One of the challenges of identifying safer supply drugs once they are diverted into the criminal marketplace is that we first have to identify them if they're out of their packaging, and they're often not stamped as safer supply drugs. When we locate prescribed drugs that we believe to be safer supply, we want to be sure that they're properly identified, because we do not want to stigmatize legitimate users of those drugs.
In many cases, safer supply drugs may be diverted from one area through the criminal element to a broader marketplace. You've likely seen the news releases on Prince George and perhaps Campbell River, areas where we have made criminal seizures of safer supply drugs.
It's important to note that we have to train our officers in how to identify those drugs should they not be in the accompanying packaging, or should they not be identified right at the first outset as safer supply drugs, because we want to make sure that we're accurate. When we do seize safe supply drugs, we engage with health authorities in the province of British Columbia so that we can better track and identify those drugs and identify where they've come from.