…effort to address… Oregon…
Oregon no longer ranks as the top state in the nation when it comes to rate of substance use disorder and lack of access to treatment, according to the most recent national survey data… Insite [safe injection site] remains open after Supreme Court of Canada dismisses federal government appeal… in a unanimous ruling, the Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed a federal government appeal to try to shut down Insite, which is Vancouver’s supervised-injection site. It’s a major victory for drug users Dean Wilson and Shelly Tomic, the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users, and the operator of Insite, the PHS Community Services Society.
“So long as it’s easier to get fentanyl than it is to get the treatment for opioid use disorder, we will continue to see a rise in overdose deaths,” said Kimberly Sue, an assistant professor at Yale Medical School who has worked with drug users and studied effective treatment strategies. Sue, with Yale Law School… sketched out what the response to fentanyl has looked like in states like New York and Massachusetts that have grappled with the drug longer than Oregon. Sue cautioned lawmakers against forced drug treatment, which she said can increase a person’s likelihood of eventually overdosing. She raised the possibility of supervised use centers, which have been rolled out in New York, as one option for curbing public drug use and preventing overdoses…
Original Article (OPB & Straight):
Oregon lawmakers begin ‘urgent’ effort to address the state’s addiction crisis & Insite remains open after Supreme Court of Canada dismisses federal government appeal
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