A new report from Dr. Bonnie Henry has called on the B.C. government to broaden the availability and types of drugs that can be prescribed under the province’s controversial safer-supply program.
But the provincial health officer also acknowledged Thursday that the pioneering program carries some societal risks, and urged B.C. to create a scientific and clinical committee to address concerns and evidence arising from it.
B.C. is the first province to have a safer-supply program, which allows medical prescribers to give substance users regulated versions of some opioids.
“This policy, in its intent, is an important part of the spectrum of medical care we are providing
