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How Buying My Drugs Online Has Been Working for Me
A reliable supply of drugs can save lives. That’s exactly why harm reductionists are pushing for widely accessible, regulated safe supplythroughout Canada and beyond. Until we get that, finding trusted unregulated vendors is the best we can do. We drug users need to share information about sources as much as possible to help each other through this ongoing crisis of drug poisoning deaths.
Our Need for a Safe Supply of Drugs Includes Stimulants
COVID-19 has made a severe overdose crisis much worse. Border closures have caused major disruptions to drug supplies, increasing the need to “cut” the existing supply with substances such as fentanyl or benzodiazepines. Social distancing requirements have reduced the capacity and reach of lifesaving harm reduction programs. And more people are having to use their drugs alone, with no one to respond if they overdose.
Canadian Drug Users Need Us Doctors to Step Up With Safe Supply
“The tennis player Arthur Ashe once said that to take on a challenge, “start where you are, use what you have, do what you can.” In the face of Canada’s national crisis of illicit drug poisoning, physicians and nurse practitioners who care for people who use drugs could consider Ashe’s advice.”
As a Fentanyl User, I Know How Much We Need a Safe Supply
“The odor of burning vinegar associated with the transdermal fentanyl patch will probably always be one of my favourite smells. To get the fentanyl from the patch, you need to do a chemical abstraction. Vinegar is not the safest method but I always found it the most effective.”
Why the Drug User Liberation Front Gave Out Free, Checked Drugs in Vancouver
“The Drug User Liberation Front showed that safer supply can be implemented through multiple pathways including buyers clubs,” he told Filter. “Drug users were handing out free cocaine and opium. There was a lineup of over 200 people waiting patiently to receive their free drugs.”
