A new peer-reviewed study has found that British Columbia’s “safer supply” policy was associated with a statistically significant increase in opioid hospitalizations with no reduction in deaths. To make matters worse, it found that the addition of drug possession decriminalization policies was associated with a further increase in hospitalizations. This research vindicates critics of the harm reduction movement, and raises serious concerns about whether the federal Liberals and B.C. NDP acted recklessly by forwarding these untested policies.