“I put 150 requests in, probably 70 complaints, for a 15-month period, trying to tell them, ‘Put me on it. He said he complained to the warden and then appealed to the commissioner of the Correctional Service of Canada. The Correctional Service linked MacDonald to a clinic in Halifax upon his release nearly two weeks ago and he is now prescribed the opioid substitute Suboxone. Ivan Zinger, Canada’s ombudsman for offenders, said the Correctional Service has failed to provide adequate addiction treatment, programs and staff at a time when more drugs are contaminated with fentanyl. group’s complaint was filed in June 2018 on behalf of offenders who accused the Correctional Service of discriminating against them.

Source: thestar March 20, 2019 11:26 UTC