pointing out that the @bcgreencaucus offered to keep6 (politically) for the @BCNDPCaucus and bring the @BCLiberalCaucus to work together right now to expand real accessible #SafeSupply and the government said no we'd rather let thousands die
#bcpoli
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I get the importance of having safe supply for opioids but mean while stimulant users are still dying due to very limited access to safer stimulants which only generic Dexedrine or Ritalin is available with coverage. We need stimulants like Desoxyn to support stimulant users
Our Executive Director @ericatwrsfv and our Executive Member Coordinator @squilax_mcg as well as a member of Coalition of Substance Users of the North are authors on the paper and had extensive input on project design, recruitment, data collection, and eventually data analysis.
“15% reported using speed, methamphetamine, or crystal meth, of whom 52% increased use of these drugs” - EN.
“15 % ont déclaré utiliser de l’amphétamine, de la méthamphétamine ou de la méthamphétamine en cristaux, dont 52 % en ont augmenté la consommation” - FR.
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Opioid substitutes that separate people from the toxic street supply could save lives, especially in a worsening poisoned drug crisis.
Why do these treatments remain inaccessible to the vast majority of B.C.’s opioid-dependent people?
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