A Call for an Evidence-Based Strategy Against the Overdose Crisis

Can J Psychiatry. 2024 Jan;69(1):5-9. doi: 10.1177/07067437231188202. Epub 2023 Jul 12.

R Michael Krausz¹, Jean N Westenberg^{1

2

3}, Andy M Y Tai¹, Hasti Fadakar^{1

4}, Vijay Seethapathy^{1

5

6}, Nick Mathew^{1

5

6}, Pouya Azar^{1

5}, Anthony Phillips¹, Christian G Schütz^{1

6}, Fiona Choi¹, Marc Vogel², Maurice Cabanis⁷, Maximilian Meyer^{1

2}, Kerry Jang¹, Martha Ignaszewski^{1

5

8}

¹ Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
² Clinic for Addiction Medicine, University Psychiatric Clinics Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
³ School of Medicine, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
⁴ Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Herston, Australia.
⁵ Complex Pain and Addiction Services, Vancouver general Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
⁶ BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services, Provincial Health Services Authority, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
⁷ Centre for Mental Health, Klinikum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany.
⁸ BC Children's hospital, Children's and Adolescent Psychiatry, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

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Keywords: evidence-based medicine; mortality; overdose crisis; safe supply; substance use disorders.

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