Unsafe Supply: Why Making Controlled Prescription Drugs Available for Unsupervised Use Will Not Target the Syndemic of HIV, Hepatitis C, Overdose, and COVID-19— A Commentary on Bonn et al. (2020)

Commentary
by
Lembke, Anna

Release Date

2020

Geography

USA

Language of Resource

English

Full Text Available

Yes

Open Access / OK to Reproduce

No

Peer Reviewed

Yes

Objective

Commentary on Bonn et all 2020

Findings/Key points

About: counters arguments made for safer supply by using the argument that increased opioid prescribing is what caused the addiction problem and that safer supply is "Ill advised". Particularly concerned with unsupervised aspect of SOS, and believes that what is needed is increased access to SCS and treatment. Contribution: nothing new - it is a rehash of outdated arguments that depend on ideas of PWUD as untrustworthy and unable to manage their substance use.

Keywords

Safer supply