B.C. Safer Medication Program Changes

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B.C. NDP to require health workers to witness patients' doses of safer supply after leak of diversion memo

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B.C. government announces changes to its safer supply program that will require patients to take their doses in the presence of a health care worker.

New patients will immediately be required to have their doses witnessed, but there will be a transition period for those already in the program.

The announcement comes on the heels of a leaked provincial briefing document that detailed how some pharmacies offered patients incentives to use their services that allowed the pharmacy to collect dispensing fees.

Green Interim Leader Jeremy Valeriote said he recognizes the concerns around diversion but wants to see hard evidence before supporting the changes.

Former chief coroner Lisa Lapointe , long a proponent of safer supply, opposed the government’s end to unwitnessed consumption.

She said it risks increasing barriers for people who use the program and potentially forcing them back to street drugs.

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