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B.C. ends take-home ‘safer supply’ for drug users

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British Columbia’s health minister has announced that the province is changing its “safer-supply” program to a witnessed model, in which users will be watched as they consume the drugs.

Minister Josie Osborne says the “significant” change to end the take-home model will be difficult for some, but is designed to reduce the criminal diversion of prescribed alternatives.

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