B.C. ministers to announce new tech for police to tackle illicit drugs
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The British Columbia government is launching a 'track and trace' pilot program to analyze the illicit drug supply using lab robotics and AI. The program aims to help police identify the origins of drugs and alert health officials to new toxic additives.
The British Columbia government has announced a new 'track and trace' pilot program to analyze the illicit drug supply. The program will use lab robotics and gather information from seized drugs to create an AI-assisted dashboard for law enforcement. This will help police identify whether drugs in different regions come from the same source and track the movement of additives. The province will invest $300,000 annually for two years to support the pilot program. The program is a partnership between the province, B.C. police forces, the University of B.C., and the VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation. Early reports from 2026 show a surge in new toxic additives in the drug supply, which can be non-responsive to naloxone and increase overdose lethality.
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