![]() ![]() The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. ![]() The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". BRINGING SA FOOTBALL TOGETHER DURING COVID19 We encourage all our MySAFA users, players, coaches, referees and other stakeholders to stay safe and healthy, adhere to the lock down regulations and help stop the spread of the COVID19 virus. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". MYSAFA works best in the Google Chromebrowser. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. It is becoming clearer that young people need support and safer access too.Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. We need to ask ourselves the bigger picture here and acknowledge why and what youth are doing to not die from the toxic drug supply. We want young people to thrive and live long happy safe lives and have opportunities. Regular check-ins have never indicated any cases reported to any staff or peers or clients of youth diversion. Much like any pharmacy pick up or in house delivery of safe supply, we cannot 100% guarantee what MySafe participants do. The other 95% of safe supply programs and prescribers in the community dispense thousands of dilaudid pills everyday – mainly through pharmacy pick-ups and deliveries. We estimate that MySafe provides less than 5% of all the legal prescriptions of dilaudid in Vancouver. This has increased the need to get all drugs tested that come from anywhere other than those legitimate sources. Unless the person received it from the doctor or pharmacy, the current death rate shows that anything can end up in the poisoned supply. With prescriptions and street drugs, the origin of the current supply is highly variable and unregulated. Prescription diversion goes way beyond the scope of MySafe. From what we have observed, any diversion is to a friend or partner who is drug sick. We cannot say 100% that there has never been diversion to another person as this is the very nature of the unregulated drug market. ![]() On two occasions we have not, we spoke with the participant to assess whether continuing with the program was right for them. We carefully screen and select participants and do regular follow-up interviews and urine tests and always find dilaudid in the samples. It creates a much-needed stability in the client so that they can get their life back and, in many cases, has lead to reduction with some in full recovery. We have seen some dramatic changes in their lives. Dilaudid tablets per day are dispensed in a regulated schedule. They will be assigned a lane in a machine and have their palm scanned for a biometric hand profile that will allow them access. Selected participants will undergo a full medical and social assessment which includes current drug use patterns and their risk of overdose. ![]() Participants consent to having their prescriptions accessed through this secure dispensing storage machine, equivalent to an individualized storage locker. We also have a fourth machine in Victoria serving about 30. The MySafe program operates 3 machines in Vancouver (1 downtown and 2 in the Downtown Eastside) and currently serves about 90 people. It was done as an ethical response to over 11,000 people who have died due to toxic street drugs. Their prescription is stored in a highly secure storage locker, that can be accessed once per day using a biometric palm scan. MySafe is a national program providing prescribed hydromorphone tablets (dilaudid) to eligible participants as an alternative to the poisoned street supply of drugs. ![]()
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