VANCOUVER - The former chief coroner for British Columbia says the provincial government didn't seem influenced by evidence or expert advice on preventing overdoses because it ignored recommendations to create a safe drug supply.

Lisa Lapointe told a judge in the constitutional challenge by two people found guilty of possession for the purpose of trafficking after running a "compassion club" that sold tested heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine that she set off three expert panels into the overdose crisis since 2017.

Lawyers for Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx, the founders of DULF, or the Drug Users Liberation Front, are arguing that shutting down the compassion club violated the Charter rights of those wanting to use the safer, tested drugs instead of those purchased on the streets.

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