Advocates say a safe supply of drugs is needed to combat the thousands of deaths from the opioid crisis. The Alberta government disagrees.
They had managed to stay away from opioids for a year and a half, but the disease of addiction reset that calendar. They know it's not a moral lapse or failure on their part — addiction is complex, and most people's journeys don't follow a straight line., has grappled with addiction since being prescribed Vicodin as a high school athlete.
"Our [opioid] prescribing levels are way down and yet our deaths are way up," says Elaine Hyshka, an associate professor at the University of Alberta's School of Public Health. "I really believe if we had access to safe supply and supervised consumption sites and drug-checking services on a broader, population-level scale, we could reduce deaths immediately in the short term," says Rebecca Haines-Saah, an associate professor at the University of Calgary's Cumming School of Medicine.
Alberta's rate of drug poisoning deaths — 31.9 per 100,000 people as of November 2022, the most recent data available — remains well above pre-pandemic levels, with B.C. the only province with a higher figure. Edmonton's rate is higher still at 50.5.
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