Overview
- All patients in the prescribed-alternatives program will take their medication under observation starting Dec. 30.
- Supervision will be conducted by health professionals such as pharmacists or nurses under provincial direction.
- The province says it will provide support for health-care workers tasked with overseeing witnessed dosing.
- Limited exemptions will be granted only in exceptional circumstances, according to the government.
- Officials previously required new enrollees to dose under supervision, and the health minister says prescribed alternatives save lives by separating people from toxic street drugs.