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The Terrible Dangers of "Safe Supply"

Our addiction to failed policy is harming addicts — and costing lives.

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J. Edward Les, MD
Feb 11, 2024
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“Common sense in matters medical is rare,” the incomparable Dr. William Osler once said, “And is usually in inverse ratio to the degree of education.”

Indeed.

How else to explain the persistence of the objectively failed “safe supply” drug policy conceived of by the tall foreheads of Canadian addiction and public health medicine, the implementation by tho…

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