Possible DM involvement? I wonder if DM Medi will be involved? Sorry if the question isn't good as I have a tough time understanding the business.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/british-columbia/article-british-columbia-to-provide-regulated-substances-under-safe-supply/
British Columbia to provide regulated substances under ‘safe supply’ directive to tackle drug overdosesANDREA WOOTHE GLOBE AND MAILPUBLISHED JULY 12, 2021
UPDATED 32 MINUTES AGOMethamphetamine, heroin and cocaine being handed out by the Drug User Liberation Front, who were distributing a safe supply of illicit drugs in the Downtown Eastside to mark the five-year anniversary of British Columbia declaring a public health emergency in the overdose crisis.
DARRYL DYCK/THE CANADIAN PRESSBritish Columbia will require all health authorities to develop programs that provide pharmaceutical alternatives to deadly street drugs under a policy directive on “safe supply” aimed at curbing overdose deaths.However, the medications to be offered, and who will receive them, will still be at the discretion of individual programs and clinicians – one of the principal barriers to expanding access. And they can only be offered in certain “programmatic” or clinical settings, according to the policy directive.The document, which was obtained by The Globe and Mail, reveals that the provincial government recognizes that providing regulated substances can reduce deaths and other drug-related harms but is reluctant to expand access quickly.“Health system partners” consulted for the policy development also expressed “significant reservations” about such an approach, according to the document. Some said prescribing drugs for harm-reduction purposes was not part of their training and that prescribing potentially dangerous substances such as opioids must be done with care and guided by clear evidence.“Some key partners, including some prescribers, have expressed reservations about the approach outlined in this document, and others have noted that an approach that begins with programmatic settings will not provide broad access for people who use substances,” the document says. “We recognize that we have been unable to address all concerns, but we also recognize that we must start somewhere.”