B.C. drug decriminalization and safer supply associated with more overdoses: study

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There’s No Such Thing as a “Safer Supply” of Drugs

Sweden, the U.K., and Canada all experimented with providing opioids to addicts. The results were disastrous.

Study associates decriminalization with overdoses

A study into safer supply and drug decriminalization policies in British Columbia has found that both were associated with increased opioid overdose hospitalizations.

B.C. drug decriminalization and safer supply linked to more overdoses: study

There was no change in deaths associated with safer supply, while neither policy appeared to mitigate the opioid crisis, the report says.

B.C. drug decriminalization and safer supply associated with more overdoses, study shows

Research finds safer supply alone was associated with a 33 per cent increase in opioid hospitalizations