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Published on Sep 30, 2019

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Poisoning,
Overdoses
And Regulation

Ian Mitchell, MD, CM

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Ian Mitchell

  • Emergency Physician, RIH
  • Site Scholar, Family Medicine Residency Program
  • Associate Professor, UBC

Disclosures

  • Speaking Fees: Tilray, Maricann
  • Consulting: Shoppers Drug Mart, MD Briefcase
  • Cannsolve Clinic, Kamloops
  • Research: Tilray
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Mitigation of bias

  • Avoid therapeutics
  • No licensed producers
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Poisoning
Or
Overdose?

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20 G ACETAMINOPHEN

Poisoning or overdose?
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SOMEONE PUT GHB IN HER DRINK

Poisoning or Overdose?
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PARTYING, SHE TOOK TOO MUCH GHB

Poisoning or Overdose?
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PARTYING, SHE DRANK 15 TEQUILA SLAMMERS

Poisoning or Overdose?
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POISONING VS OVERDOSE

Exposed to white powder, gave self naloxone
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Cost of Stigma

Summary

  • A Little History
  • The Fentanyl Crisis
  • Vaping Respiratory Disease Illness
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Poisoning
& Regulation

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DRUG REGULATION

1888

MASSENGILL MASSACRE

Diethylene glycol, 1937 >100 DEAD

CHICAGO, 1982

A City In a Panic over Poison.
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CYANIDE

7 deaths

Opiate Crisis

>3000/YEAR

ISN’T FENTANYL SAFE?

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WHY FENTANYL?

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Why Fentanyl

Poisoning
Or
Overdose?

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Response to Opiate Crisis

TAKE HOME NALOXONE

SUPERVISED CONSUMPTION SITE

Zero deaths, ever.

PRESCRIPTION HEROIN

HYDROMORPHONE

Safe supply
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SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS

K2 & Spice

WHY SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS?

SYNTHETIC CANNABINOIDS

Brodifacoum, 2018 8 dead >300 Ill

THE IRON LAW OF PROHIBITION

Increased Potency, Increased Danger.
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Vaping Related Lung Injury

VAPING VS SMOKING

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E-CIGARETTES

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  • Cartridges: Lead
  • Oil: Mycobutanil, synthetic cannabinoids
  • Filler: Vitamin E

VITAMIN E Acetate?

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Response to Vaping Crisis

18 deaths, >1000 sickened
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the Future?

Summary and
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Questions?

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