A novel strategy for people with opioid use disorder has the potential to transform lives and improve outcomes, and may become standard practice, thanks to a promising new study led by a Vancouver emergency room physician. Article content

In the Vancouver General Hospital ER, Dr. Jessica Moe and her colleagues see the losses and feel the impact of the toxic-drug crisis every day.

“Health-care providers experience moral distress daily as we witness the devastating societal impact of the toxic-drug crisis firsthand,” said Moe, who is also the Canada Research Chair in emergency response to the opioid overdose crisis.

The emergency room is a great equalizer.

“We see patients from every part of society here. Opioid use disorder doesn’t discriminate,” said Moe.

It’s also the place Moe felt

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