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  • Clinical Ethics
  • Pharmacology

Background:

  • The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened the drug poisoning epidemic due to increased solo use, reduced harm reduction access, and higher unregulated drug toxicity.
  • There is an urgent need for strategies to mitigate harms associated with unregulated opioid use.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess the ethical justification for clinicians prescribing safe supply of opioids.
  • To explore the ethical permissibility of safe supply programs in the context of the overdose crisis.

Main Methods:

  • Ethical analysis of the concept of safe supply.
  • Review of current evidence and challenges related to safe supply programs.

Main Results:

  • While much remains unknown about safe supply's efficacy, the severity of the overdose epidemic necessitates exploring potential solutions.
  • The ethical case for safe supply is strengthened by the potential to reduce harms from unregulated drug supplies.

Conclusions:

  • It is ethically permissible for clinicians to prescribe opioids for safe supply to select patients.
  • Safe supply represents a potential harm reduction strategy that warrants further investigation and implementation.