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Hundreds of British Columbians are accessing province's 'safe supply' of drugs

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Hundreds of British Columbians are accessing province's 'safe supply' of drugs CBC More than 1,300 people have accessed safe, prescription alternatives to illicit drugs since the province announced new guidelines for prescribing them when the COVID-19 pandemic began. In March, in order to prevent illicit overdose deaths, physicians were given the go-ahead to prescribe drugs like methadone and hydromorphone to patients who met a specific set of criteria, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. B.C.'s provincial health officer told The Early Edition host Stephen Quinn that in March alone 600 people were prescribed safe drugs, and by April that number had doubled. READ MORE

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