Researchers say B.C.\u0027s decriminalization plan is expected to make little immediate difference because of a toxic drug supply.
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“They’ll cut their cocaine for five minutes, then they’ll cut their fentanyl on the same scale and all of a sudden there’s fentanyl on the cocaine. And when somebody who’s never done opioids at all gets the one that had a little bit of fentanyl, they’re dead,” Wilson said.A regulated supply of pharmaceutical alternatives should be available through multiple routes, including compassion clubs, to save the lives of people at risk of fatally overdosing, he said.
Despite such services, over 11,000 people have fatally overdosed in B.C. since 2016, when the province declared a public health emergency. They say decriminalization requires adequate supports so people get the help they need when they ask for it. They include information on contacting new “substance-use navigators” hired by health authorities specifically to build connections with local service providers and connect people referred by police, Whiteside said.
Federal Mental Health and Addictions Minister Carolyn Bennett said the plan is to move people away from the criminal justice system to health and social services so such programs will need to be ramped up. Bennett noted that one project in Vancouver, where a small number of drug users are prescribed powdered fentanyl, could be promising as part of an increased, regulated supply for more people.
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