British Columbia is opposed to a move by the federal government to stop doctors from prescribing heroin, arguing that addicts should have access to unorthodox treatments in the name of scientific research.
B.C. Health Minister Terry Lake delivered this message to his federal counterpart, Rona Ambrose, at a ministers’ meeting in Toronto Friday, a day after Ms. Ambrose announced she would stop doctors from prescribing illicit drugs under the Special Access Programme.
Adrian Morrow
The Globe and Mail
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