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Adam Zivo: Ontario regulator ponders severe restrictions on 'safer supply'

They would require safer supply drugs only be consumed under medical supervision

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO), one of the province’s main medical regulators, is considering severe restrictions on the availability of so-called “safer supply” drugs. Their proposed reforms are long-overdue and must be implemented if the regulatory body wants to maintain its credibility as a guarantor of responsible health care.

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“Safer supply” refers to the experimental practice of prescribing addicts free recreational drugs — typically hydromorphone, a heroin-strength opioid — with minimal supervision under the assumption that this dissuades use of riskier street substances.

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