B.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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