Safe Supply

Dr. Andrea Sereda explains Safe Supply to London Ontario podcaster

June 26, 2024 oceansidecat 0

Dr. Andrea Sereda of London Intercommunity Health Centre, one of the leading safe supply advocates in the country, joins the Craig Needles podcast. Note, this podcast led the Conservative Party of Canada to call for the cancelling of her medical licence. Listen to the podcast here. https://www.podbean.com/ep/pb-2xysv-16441d1 https://londonnewstoday.ca/London/news/2024/06/18/episode-277-dr-andrea-sereda-shares-her-side-of-safe-supply-debate

Peterborough safer supply pilot shares program evaluation

June 15, 2024 oceansidecat 0

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 […]

The first goal of drug overdoses policy: Keep people alive

April 13, 2024 oceansidecat 0

From The Globe and Mail In late March, Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer published his annual report to the province’s legislature. Its focus was drugs, from tobacco to opioids. One line in the report stood out: “When thousands of people are dying from preventable opioid overdoses each year, the system must […]

Mom’s Stop The Harm Event Sunday April 14th

April 9, 2024 oceansidecat 0

In commemoration of the 8th anniversary of the declaration of the Public Health Emergency of toxic drug poisonings, Mom’s Stop The Harm invites you to gather at Memorial Plaza on Sunday April 14th from 11:30 – 2:30 PM. Alberni Hwy & Memorial Avenue, Parksville BC Free Naloxone training and kits by OCAT […]

BC’s Poisoned Drug Crisis – What You Need To Know

March 11, 2024 oceansidecat 0

From the Port Alberni CAT The Grim Reality The poisoned drug crisis has reached epidemic proportions that claim lives daily. In Canada alone, an average of 22 people die each day from toxic street drugs. In BC, 2023 delivered more than 7 deaths a day. This year, In January another 198 […]

The use of diverted pharmaceutical opioids is associated with reduced risk of fentanyl exposure among people using unregulated drugs in Vancouver, Canada

March 8, 2024 oceansidecat 0

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 […]

Everyone I Know And Love Is Dead

March 7, 2024 oceansidecat 0

From The Tyee – In May, 176 more people were killed by toxic drugs in BC. The number of people dying each day due to a toxic drug supply decreased slightly in May compared to April, with 5.7 deaths per day compared to 7.3 deaths per day, respectively. So far […]

Overdoses cut in half, reports Vancouver compassion club

February 23, 2024 oceansidecat 0

From Drug Data Decoded 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 […]