The Canadian province of British Columbia is responding to a surge in overdose deaths with a novel strategy: giving out opioids. “We want the deaths to stop.”
VANCOUVER—The Canadian province of British Columbia is responding toThe province’s controversial policy goes further thanthat are common in the U.S. and Canada. Doctors in the province will now be able to prescribe stronger drugs like hydromorphone, an opioid that is five times more powerful than morphine; Dexedrine, a stimulant for cocaine and methamphetamine users; and tablets of fentanyl, a potent synthetic opioid.
Health officials and advocates say drugs obtained from pharmacies and clinics are safer alternatives to street drugs, which increasingly are laced with lethal amounts of opioids and tranquilizers. The program is the latest attempt by health authorities in British Columbia to get a devastating overdose epidemic under control. It also marks the latest flare-up in a long-simmering debate over whether giving users access to so-called safer drugs helps or harms them.last year, as the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic amplified the deadly impact of a toxic drug supply.
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