US EditionB.C. drug decriminalization and safer supply associated with more overdoses: study
- B.C. Coroners Service reported 498 drug overdose deaths in the first three months of 2021.
- A study found that safer supply was linked to a 33% increase in opioid hospitalizations, while decriminalization added 25%, resulting in a total increase of 58%.
- Researchers from Memorial University, the University of Manitoba, and Weill Cornell Medicine published evidence associating overdoses with drug decriminalization in B.C.
- The study highlighted that increased hospitalizations might indicate more people seeking help, possibly due to reduced stigma from decriminalization.
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BC Decriminalization and ‘Safer Supply’ Resulted in Increased Overdoses: Study
A study into safer supply and drug decriminalization policies in British Columbia has found that both were associated with increased opioid overdose hospitalizations. The report says that there was no change in deaths associated with safer supply, while neither policy appeared to mitigate the opioid crisis that has claimed more than 16,000 lives in B.C. since being declared a public health emergency in 2016. “The observed increase in opioid hosp…
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B.C. drug decriminalization and safer supply associated with more overdoses: study
A study into safer supply and drug decriminalization policies in British Columbia has found that both were associated with increased opioid overdose hospitalizations. The report says that there was no change in deaths associated with safer supply, while neither policy appeared to mitigate the opioid...
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