Vancouvers Unconventional Approach to Its Fentanyl Crisis

Published: Sept. 2, 2022, 9:50 a.m.

An influx of Fentanyl, a highly lethal synthetic narcotic, has aggravated the opioid crisis in the United States and prompted communities to scramble for ways to lower the skyrocketing rates of overdose deaths.\n\nIn Vancouver, a Canadian city that has been at the forefront of innovative approaches to drug use, a novel and surprising tactic is being tried: It\u2019s called \u201csafer supply.\u201d\n\nGuest: Stephanie Nolen, a global health reporter for The New York Times.