A low-barrier, flexible safe supply program to prevent deaths from overdose
Sukhpreet Klaire, Christy Sutherland, Thomas Kerr, Mary Clare Kennedy
Abstract
[For a first-person account of this program, see www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.220649][1] KEY POINTS Between January 2016 and June 2021, 24 626 people died from opioid toxicity in Canada.[1][2] A key driver of this ongoing public health crisis has been the infiltration of illicitly
Topics & Concepts
Key (lock)MedicineOpioid overdosePublic healthMedical emergencyComputer securityComputer scienceOpioidInternal medicinePathologyReceptor(+)-NaloxoneOpioid Use Disorder TreatmentPoisoning and overdose treatmentsHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk