People are dying from poisoned drugs. Politicians must act to ensure safe supply

by mysafeadmin | Jul 20, 2022 | News, Safe supply

‘Many unhoused people in Toronto aren’t so much living on the street as dying on it. A record 216 homeless people died in 2021 — more than four a week.’By Star Editorial Board Mon., April 18, 2022 If there’s one thing we can learn from new data from Toronto...

Alberta’s safe-supply committee is missing an opportunity to protect people from harm

by mysafeadmin | Mar 14, 2022 | News, Safe supply

ZOE DODD, ERIS NYX, COREY RANGER AND MARK TYNDALL MARK TYNDALL CONTRIBUTED TO THE GLOBE AND MAIL PUBLISHED MARCH 11, 2022 Zoë Dodd is a community scholar with the MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions and co-organizer with the Toronto Overdose...

Sydney overdose prevention site could include machine that dispenses safe supplies of opioids

by mysafeadmin | Jan 4, 2022 | Safe supply

Organizers hope to take part in nationally funded project that uses palm scanning to safely dispense opioids Tom Ayers · CBC News · Posted: Sep 28, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: September 28, 2021...

Opioid vending machines could be the next big thing in safe supply

by mysafeadmin | Jan 4, 2022 | Safe supply

The doctor who introduced Canada’s MySafe program thinks the technology may save livesColumn by Tracy Giesz-Ramsay JUNE 8, 2021 Alarge, blue screen lights up the front surface of a grey appliance standing by a brick wall. An illustration of a palm moving toward a...

They’ve saved hundreds of lives. Will B.C. provide a safe drug supply to help save theirs?

by mysafeadmin | Jan 4, 2022 | News, Safe supply

Sarah Grochowski, Vancouver Sunsgrochowski@postmedia.comDecember 12, 2021 Harm reduction workers on the front lines of Vancouver’s opioid crisis have mourned the deaths of four co-workers in the last two months, and now they are calling for an immediate increase in...