CALGARY — Ottawa is planning to boost treatment options for drug users as it tries to deal with what Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor is calling a national public health crisis. Petitpas Taylor outlined some of the steps the federal government aims to take during a conference in Calgary of the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction. She said the government plans to support pilot projects that would provide safer opioid alternatives at supervised consumption sites. Ottawa also aims to hold consultations on allowing different drugs, such as heroin, to be administered outside of hospital settings. She said the government intends to allow drug-checking services at all authorized supervised consumption sites that would like to offer that service.

Source: National Post November 15, 2017 21:45 UTC