Year after year in so-called #Canada, we see more of our loved ones, friends, neighbours, and community members killed by a failure to address the volatility of the unregulated drug supply.
This is not a crisis of ‘opioids’ or ‘overdose’—people are being poisoned.
We are talking about drug regulation, consumer rights, and bodily autonomy.
@kwardvancouver says it best:
“We must replace the entire illicit drug supply with regulated substances accessible to all”
Models for #SafeSupply occur on a continuum that has not yet been fully realized or invested in.
The BC Gov would have you believe that we have a safe supply already but that is simply not true.
We will not escape this hellscape of preventable deaths without broader access.
We cannot become complacent in our attempts to stop drug poisoning deaths.
Our decision-makers, MLAs, + MPs all have power to enact/promote change NOW.
They are choosing not to make changes because they lack the political will. Do not let them forget.
Effect of Risk Mitigation Guidance opioid and stimulant dispensation on mortality and acute care visits during dual public health emergencies: retrospective cohort study
“This study found that RMG opioid dispensations were associated with a reduced likelihood of all cause and overdose related mortality among people with a diagnosis of opioid use disorder.”
This is a massive study of almost 12,000 people.
“The protective effect of RMG opioid dispensations on mortality is congruent with findings from an evaluation of a prescribed opioid safer supply programme in Ontario in which mortality was rare among participants receiving medications”
“A Medicine Hat-based recovery organization, which has to date received six-figures in government funding, has endorsed an anti-supervised consumption site ad campaign in the U.S.”
Unfortunate, but not surprising. There is a coordinated movement underway to shift public opinion away from #HarmReduction. A movement heavily influenced by the misinformation machine in #Alberta.