News All Health Authorities in BC ordered to Develop Safe Supply Iniatives.

[Joey]

B.C. to provide regulated substances under safe supply directive to mitigate drug overdoses

Safe supply programs operated by health authorities, as well as those funded through Health Canada grants, will be required to offer alternative drugs in either a setting created specifically for the provision of safe supply or a similar health clinic

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https://salesground.org/2021/07/13/bc-to-provide-regulated-substances-under-the-safe-supply-directive-to-mitigate-overdose-of-substances/

Quotes from the second article as beingnthe bettor better descriptor, but it's The Globe and Mail who directly received the document.

British Columbia will require all health authorities to develop programs that deliver pharmaceutical grade opioids, stimulants and other addictive substances to street drug users under a policy of safe supply with the aim of limiting overdose deaths.

However, the drugs to be offered and who receives them will still be subject to individual programs and clinicians – one of the biggest barriers to expanding access. And they can only be offered in certain “programmatic” or clinical settings according to the policy directive

Donald MacPherson, executive director of the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition, said the health authority’s mandate and low-threshold access outlined in the policy directive are good, but they are not enough.

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“This is a world-class disaster that unfolds and you do not respond to a disaster at small intervals every 8 or 12 months,” he said.

Sir. MacPherson said the urgency and mobilization seen during the pandemic should be applied to the toxic drug crisis, with public health clinics, pharmacies and other front-line organizations working to quickly connect people at risk of overdose with pharmaceutical alternatives.

 

[Jabberwocky]

British Columbia will require all health authorities to develop programs that deliver pharmaceutical grade opioids, stimulants and other addictive substances to street drug users under a policy of safe supply with the aim of limiting overdose deaths.

I hope that this goes through as the benefits are pretty obvious. It should be that way for any person that has any substance use disorder and is in some kind of treatment. Hope this turns out to be truth and that it catches on!

 

[Joey]

British Columbia will require all health authorities to develop programs that deliver pharmaceutical grade opioids, stimulants and other addictive substances to street drug users under a policy of safe supply with the aim of limiting overdose deaths.

I hope that this goes through as the benefits are pretty obvious. It should be that way for any person that has any substance use disorder and is in some kind of treatment. Hope this turns out to be truth and that it catches on!

It's through.

 

[Jabberwocky]

Sorry for not reading the links. Im on vacation.

...but I am very pleasantly surprised.