Seven years after her death, government interventions on the opioid crisis have not prevented thousands more, May says. Jacey was a mother of three who developed a fentanyl addiction and ran afoul of the law. “I’m afraid unless we do something that’s effective and immediate, we are going to see a huge increase in the overdose crisis,” she says. Fentanyl and other fentanyl-related substances continue to be a major driver of this crisis, the agency added. to decriminalize the possession of controlled substances for personal use, in a 50-page report titled Stopping the Harm.

Source: thestar May 04, 2019 18:00 UTC