Overdose Awareness Day is a time for Healing
Toronto recently received federal funding for two safe supply programs. Michael Parkinson of the Waterloo Region Crime Prevention Council also supports safe supply as a proven approach.
“Safe supply initiatives with pharmaceutical medications … in a therapeutic context are backed by more than 25 years of evidence, showing substantial benefits in both individual and community health and safety.”
Parkinson wrote that “for people using unregulated substances who find themselves marginalized by human structures and systems … safe supply offers an opportunity to reverse the historical over-incarceration of our friends and neighbours at a fraction of the cost.”