More than a pipe dream? The need to adapt safer opioid supply programs for people who smoke drugs

Commentary
par
Bardwell, Geoff

Date de publication

2022

Géographie

Canada

Langue de la ressource

English

Texte disponible en version intégrale

Oui

Open Access / OK to Reproduce

Non

Évalué par des pairs

No

Constatations/points à retenir

Although safer opioid supply programs are one promising intervention as a means to prevent overdose, they desperately need to be adapted to provide options to people who smoke opioids. The evidence is clear that people who smoke opioids are vulnerable to overdose death and would benefit from a safer supply of smokable opioids. However, is there the political will to turn this pipe dream into a reality?

Mots clés

Safer supply
Policy/Regulatory
Overdose