Dr Christy fights Canada's Fentanyl crisis by selling pharmaceutical grade fentanyl to drug users

Canada is in the grip of an overdose epidemic.

Between 2016 and 2023 around 35,000 Canadians died of a drug overdose - 80% of those by the misuse of the painkiller fentanyl.

Cheap, addictive and potent - when fentanyl is abused it can be fatal.

Since 2019, Canada has provided so-called 'safe supply' opioid alternatives like methadone to some addicts.

But Dr Christy's world first program goes further:

She fights Canada's overdose crisis by selling pharmaceutical grade fentanyl to drug users.

It's a regulated system backed with care and support.

But it's provoked high-level political resistance from Canada's conservative opposition who say there can not be a 'safe supply' of fentanyl. It's leader, Pierre Poilievre calls for tougher policing on the supply of the drug.

You can watch the full episode 'Inside Canada's Fentanyl Epidemic ' on our YouTube channel.

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