Brandon Jansen smiled for his mother's camera, but he was suffering badly his third day in rehab. Although the doctor at Sunshine Coast Health Centre had the appropriate training, the province had not yet granted him the required exemption to prescribe the drug. The Sunshine Coast Health Centre is a private, licensed addiction treatment centre for men, owned by Melanie Jordan Alsager. Citing privacy laws, the Sunshine Coast Health Centre wouldn't answer questions about Brandon's death or even confirm he'd stayed there. 's response to the fentanyl crisis and launched the Brandon Jansen Foundation to fight for better access to addiction treatment.

Source: CBC News September 14, 2016 09:00 UTC