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Record numbers of overdose deaths renew calls for decriminalization

from CTV News

Record numbers of overdose deaths renew calls for decriminalization CTV News After he was caught forging prescription opioids, former emergency room doctor Darryl Gebien went from practitioner to prisoner to rehab patient in the span of a few years. He pleaded guilty in 2016 to trafficking and forgery, and spent eight months behind bars. But Gebien doesn't believe he should have endured the inmate episode at all. Now five years sober, he told CTV National News that he should have skipped straight to patient status. READ MORE

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