COVID-19 vs. Drug Supply
COVID-19 effects hit illegal drug supply, puts addicts in danger (April 1st, 2020)
- Has the COVID-19 pandemic create anxiety among drug supplies?!
- Closed borders between Canada-US is leading to more use of dangerous street drugs
- The pressure the pandemic has put on drug supply has posed a crisis for people with addiction issues; finding cheaper alternatives or forced into withdrawal
“Physical distancing is not easy when you are living in poverty, visiting a clinic every day to get your medicine and relying on an unpredictable illegal drug supply”
– Judy Darcy, British Colombia’s minister of health and addictions
Blood-borne illnesses outbreak from meth use?!
Meth use in Winnipeg causing outbreak of blood-borne illnesses, new documents say (December 11th, 2018)
- A methamphetamine crisis in Winnipeg resulting to a public health issue
- Rise in blood-borne illnesses from hepatitis B, C to HIV linked to intravenous injection drug use
- Could the lack of provincial leadership in preventative programs and resources be associated with increase meth use?