Peer-reviewed research shows 49% reduction in drug poisonings, with poisonings requiring naloxone reduced by almost two-thirds.
What political dark magic is preventing the rapid rollout of non-profit, non-medicalized safe supply while Canada drowns in drug poisonings?
The Drug User Liberation Front (DULF), criminalized and shut down by Vancouver Police in October, just published its findings from a study of compassion club participants over a 12-month period.
The study, published in the highly regarded International Journal of Drug Policy, reports that non-fatal drug poisonings were cut in half, and poisonings involving naloxone administration were reduced nearly two-thirds among participants.
Needless to say, this is yet another major test case favouring national rollout of safe supply.
But more: the federal government has resisted the non-medicalized compassion club models. It even denied DULF’s exemption from the Controlled Drugs & Substances Act, which would have allowed the club to operate without threat of prosecution. (This decision is being challenged in an upcoming Judicial Review.)
This study should change the government’s calculation
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