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Government-sanctioned safe supply not enough to get some off fentanyl-laced street drugs

from CBC News

Government-sanctioned safe supply not enough to get some off fentanyl-laced street drugs CBC News In the morning, David Keeler starts off with a dose of methadone dispensed by a pharmacist. A few hours later, he swallows 28 prescription pills of hydromorphone, a synthetic opioid prescribed by a doctor. By late afternoon, the 44-year-old Victoria man is turning to his own stash of drugs he bought from a dealer. "It just doesn't reach my addiction," Keeler said of the hydromorphone pills he takes every day, which were prescribed through the province's safe supply program. READ MORE

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