17 Doctors Write Ottawa Opposing Drug ‘Safe Supply’

A woman prepares to smoke a cigarette in an alley after using illicit drugs at an outdoor supervised consumption site in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, on May 27, 2021. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

More than a dozen Canadian medical doctors specializing in addiction have written the federal government to voice their opposition to the “safe supply” of drugs like hydromorphone and opioids.

“‘Safe Supply’ is a nice marketing slogan. The reality is it is not safe,” said the 17 doctors who signed the Sept. 25 letter, sent to Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Ya'ara Saks.