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L’objectif
This is a report from the Office of the Provincial Health Officer in British Columbia highlighting the urgent need to expand access to alternatives to unregulated drugs during the toxic drug crisis.
Constatations/points à retenir
Three main themes discussed in this report are: (1) Drivers of the unregulated drug emergency; (2) Alternatives to unregulated drugs - both prescribed and non-prescribed alternatives (3) Recommendations. Recommendations include increasing access and evaluating scalable models of prescribed and non-prescribed alternatives; Including PWUD in the planning, design, and implementation of policies; Increasing meaningful partnership with Indigenous communities on matters related to substance use and addressing issues related to rural and remote communities and urban or away-from-home Indigenous Peoples.
