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Heroin addicts launch Charter challenge to prescription ban

Posted on Sat, Nov 16, 2013 - 8:14pm

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heroin, drug addiction, SALOME, Providence Health Care, Naomi, methadone

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Five people severely addicted to heroin are launching a constitutional challenge to the federal government’s ban on the prescription version of the drug, The Globe and Mail has learned.

Ottawa vetoes prescription heroin treatment for addicts

Posted on Wed, Oct 23, 2013 - 2:29pm

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Severely entrenched addicts who were recently granted Health Canada authorization to receive prescription heroin – a first in the country – will explore their legal options after the federal government announced it has banned the practice, effective immediately.

The politics of the heroin addict

Posted on Wed, Oct 23, 2013 - 2:12pm

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heroin, addiction, drugs, Naomi, SALOME, hydromorphone, David Byres, Providence Health Care, Insite

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If a society is judged by how its cares for its most vulnerable, we are basically faced with a test of what we are willing to try to help the most beleaguered. Consider the heroin addict.

Q&A: Dr. Perry Kendall on Heroin-Assisted Treatment

Posted on Wed, Oct 23, 2013 - 2:02pm

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Dr. Perry Kendall is the provincial health officer for British Columbia. He is the former president of the Addiction Research Foundation of Ontario and served on advisory panel for the NAOMI study. In light of Rona Ambrose’s announcement, The Globe and Mail talked to him about heroin-assisted treatment. Here is part of the conversation.