From Name

From Email

To Name

To Email

Message

Amid 'horrific' spike in opioid deaths, doctors call for decriminalization, regulation of drugs

from CBC Radio

Amid 'horrific' spike in opioid deaths, doctors call for decriminalization, regulation of drugs CBC Radio With opioid overdoses spiking during the coronavirus pandemic, two doctors say decriminalization is crucial to preventing deaths. According to Dr. Keith Ahamad, an addictions physician in Vancouver, relying on doctors to provide "safe supply" prescriptions doesn't go far enough. "Most health-care professionals and physicians and addiction doctors do believe that we have to do something on the drug supply side, but we don't think it's the job of doctors to prescribe these medications when there's no research to support us doing it," said Ahamad. READ MORE

more