Health advocates say a safe supply of opioids is critical to help prevent people from overdosing on tainted street drugs.
Now, a pilot project in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside provides some high-risk users with access to an automated machine that dispenses opioids prescribed by a doctor.
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Dr. Perry Kendall, interim co-executive director of the B.C. Centre on Substance Use, supports the pilot project.
“We very much hope that this can be expanded to reduce deaths and morbidity, get people into treatment and eventually move people into recovery,” said Kendall.
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