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US relaxes rules for opioid substitutes during lockdowns

In the past few months, US agencies have temporarily eased restrictions governing how doctors can prescribe drugs meant to help people wean themselves off heroin and other opioids.

COVID-19: UK Home Secretary Urged To Allow Pharmacists To Dispense Controlled Drugs

More than 50 drug policy, public health and harm reduction experts have signed an open letter urging the UK Home Secretary to trigger legislation that is contained in the recently amended Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001.

Safe supply of drugs for DTES residents given green light, says Vancouver

The federal government has given the green light for a safe supply of drugs for Vancouver's Downtown Eastside residents in light of the COVID-19 crisis, according to Mayor Kennedy Stewart

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