ViewpointsOpinionThe Opioid Crisis Reflects a Failure of Public Policy—It’s Time to Change CourseSavePrintParamedics perform chest compressions on an individual in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside on Sept. 10, 2020. Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian PressSusan Martinuk7/5/2023|Updated: 7/5/20230:00X 1CommentaryWhat is the end goal of a policy that deals with drug addiction?Share this articleLeave a commentSusan MartinukAuthorSusan Martinuk is a senior fellow at the Frontier Centre for Public Policy and the author of “Patients at Risk: Exposing Canada’s Health-Care Crisis.”Author’s Selected ArticlesOn Wrong Behaviours Related to Drug Abuse, Why Can’t We Just Say ‘No?’Apr 23, 2024Are ‘Safe Supply’ Opioids Based More on Ideology Than Evidence?Mar 29, 2024Pharmacare Deal: What Happens When Health Care Is Reduced to PoliticsFeb 29, 2024Hard to Find the Moral High Ground in BC’s Lawsuit Against Opioid MakersDec 09, 2023Related Topicssafe injection sitesharm reduction modelDrug DecriminalizationVancouver Downtown Eastside