Rose A Schmidt, Nat Kaminski, David T Kryszajtys, Katherine Rudzinski, Melissa Perri, Adrian Guta, Anita C Benoit, Ahmed M Bayoumi, Laurel Challacombe, Jessica Hales, Kathleen Kenny, Gillian Kolla, Emmet O'Reilly, Andrea Sereda, Nanky Rai, Carol Strike
INTRODUCTION: The ongoing opioid overdose crisis, which has killed over 30,000 people in Canada since 2016, is driven by the volatility of an unregulated opioid drug supply comprised primarily of fentanyl. The Canadian government has recently funded safer opioid supply (SOS) programs, which include off-label prescriptions of pharmaceutical-grade opioids to high risk individuals with the goal of reducing overdose deaths. METHODS: In 2021, we examined the implementation and adaption of four SOS programs in Ontario...
September 18, 2023: Drug and Alcohol Review