In the morning, David Keeler starts off with a dose of methadone dispensed by a pharmacist. A few hours later, he swallows 28 prescription pills of government-supplied hydromorphone, a synthetic opioid prescribed by a doctor.So where does Keeler get money for smack?
By late afternoon, the 44-year-old Victoria man is turning to his own stash of drugs he bought from a dealer.
From you, stupid!...
Some days, Keeler doesn't even take the hydromorphone, which is why a stockpile is building up in the supportive housing unit he lives in. "Maybe more than half of the people that I know that are on these are looking to sell them."Translation: I'll commit crimes to get my junk.
He would like to be prescribed heroin. "Give people what they need, because if they don't get what they need they are going to go after it."
The province was unable to provide data for how many people who signed up for the program are still on it.