‘Safer opioid distribution’ as an essential public health intervention for opioid mortality crisis

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Highlights:

Canada experiences excessive opioid mortality, mainly from toxic opioid exposure.
Many interventions have been implemented, but are limited in reach and impact.
‘Safer opioid distribution’ (SOD) is a crucial preventive measure for overdose.
SOD needs to be implemented for a large, ‘at-risk’ opioid user population.
Other community-based public health interventions may guide SOD organization.