From the Wellesley Institute. Read the source study here The number of people living in encampments across the province has been growing in recent years. At least 1,400 encampments were reported across Ontario in 2023. The growth demonstrates how current social and economic policy is failing more and more people. […]
From Science Direct – International Journal of Drug Policy – by Daniel O’Brien read the full article Abstract Background In Canada, involuntary stabilization programs are used to apprehend and confine youth who use drugs for the purpose of stabilization, assessment, and discharge planning. In the Canadian province of Alberta, the […]
A logical step forward in harm reduction. From the International Journal of Drug Policy, Sept 2024 – Click to read the Original Article Abstract In 2022, the Drug User Liberation Frontʼs Compassion Club and Fulfillment Centre emerged as a groundbreaking initiative and research endeavor aimed at addressing the alarming rise […]
From the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. In 2020, Canada had an alcohol deficit of $6.4 billion, despite 100 years of harm reduction measures and a regulated safer supply. Canada’s Alcohol Deficit, 2007–2020: Social Cost, Public Revenue, Magnitudes of Alcohol Use, and the Per-Drink Net Deficit for a […]
A report released by Dr. Bonnie Henry, British Columbia’s provincial health officer (PHO), provides a review of the provincial prescribed safer supply (PSS) policy and makes recommendations aimed at improving the lives of people who use drugs in B.C. and supporting clinicians in this work. https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024HLTH0011-000122
From Peterborough Currents by Will Pearson Participants’ lives are stabilizing and improving thanks to safer supply prescriptions, clinic researchers find. Participants of a safer supply program in downtown Peterborough have experienced positive changes in their lives — including reduced use of fentanyl and fewer overdoses — since enrolling in the […]
From Science Direct – HIghlight Read the full peer reviewed study of safe supply Abstract Background Although non-medical use of pharmaceutical opioids (POs) is associated with a number of risks, in the context of the opioid-overdose crisis, it may have the secondary benefit of decreasing the risk of exposure to […]
From the BCCDC People with an opioid use disorder who were prescribed at least one day’s supply of opioids as part of the Province of British Columbia’s Risk Mitigation Guidance were 61 per cent less likely to die in the following week when compared to a similar group of people […]
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