“Our son Ryan, 26, and the vast majority of the 42,000 who have lost lives to the toxic supply of drugs, would be alive today if their substance was legalized, regulated and controlled, like we do for alcohol users.”
“Our son Ryan, 26, and the vast majority of the 42,000 who have lost lives to the toxic supply of drugs, would be alive today if their substance was legalized, regulated and controlled, like we do for alcohol users.”
My understanding (which may be faulty) is that opioids, specifically, rarely cause overdose deaths if the supply is safe. Granted, “rarely” is not “never”, and having the other programs does help addicts put their lives back together and kick the drugs for good, but a safe supply would keep a lot of people alive while we try to fund and ramp up those other programs.