Thank you, Chair.
Dr. Sereda, in January 2022, you produced a report that claimed that your program was successful because of a 94% retention rate, which is a surprising finding that people with addiction will return for free government-supplied drugs. It was only later during a webcast, when you were asked directly about the other 6% who were no longer enrolled, that you acknowledged that some of the 16 had died from fentanyl overdoses or from infections acquired from injection drug use. Your study also did not analyze the impacts of diversion.
How can you claim that it shows hydromorphone from your program works?