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flames_fan_down_under · 07-15-2021, 10:59 PM

I am a firefighter in Vancouver and am face to face with the opioid epidemic at a level not many people can understand. It's hard to put into words how defeating this problem is, how all encompassing it can be sometimes, and how the ripple effect of this problem means high burnout rates with our partner agencies like paramedics and other first responders and less adequate resources and care for other people calling 911 who aren't overdosing. I am hopeful that this can do some help, but harm reduction measures like this and safe injection sites are just a bandaid masking so many other humongous problems that need to be tackled upstream, serious investments in mental health support, better treatment and support of those with chronic health issues that doesn't involve prescribing opioids, more supportive housing the list goes on and on. I am sure that this program aims to direct those on the safe supply to these supports. I guess when when you revive the same person who has overdosed three times in one day it's hard to get optimistic about these sorts of things.

07-15-2021, 10:59 PM	#6
flames_fan_down_under I believe in the Jays. Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Kitsilano Exp:	I am a firefighter in Vancouver and am face to face with the opioid epidemic at a level not many people can understand. It's hard to put into words how defeating this problem is, how all encompassing it can be sometimes, and how the ripple effect of this problem means high burnout rates with our partner agencies like paramedics and other first responders and less adequate resources and care for other people calling 911 who aren't overdosing. I am hopeful that this can do some help, but harm reduction measures like this and safe injection sites are just a bandaid masking so many other humongous problems that need to be tackled upstream, serious investments in mental health support, better treatment and support of those with chronic health issues that doesn't involve prescribing opioids, more supportive housing the list goes on and on. I am sure that this program aims to direct those on the safe supply to these supports. I guess when when you revive the same person who has overdosed three times in one day it's hard to get optimistic about these sorts of things.