GATEWAY TO TEEN DRUG USE EXPOSED.

In a new documentary, Port Coquitlam teens describe how safer supply drugs are diverted to the streets, contributing to youth drug use.

?Full story and video at https://caainc.org.au/

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Victoria is inching towards the concept of ‘Safer Supply’ for drug users, supposedly aimed at reducing the harm of the illicit drug trade, however as Canada is experiencing this strategy is a failure as it promotes drug use, particularly among teenagers hood winked by the ‘Safer’ reference in the strategy – no drugs are safe.

Madison was just 15 when she first encountered “dillies” — hydromorphone pills meant for safer supply but readily available on the streets.?

“Multiple people walking up the street, down the street, saying ‘dillies, dillies,’ and that’s how you get them,” Madison said, referring to dealers in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.?

Madison says she could get pills for $1.25 each when purchased directly from someone receiving the drugs through Safer Supply — a provincial program that provides...