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Federal prisons are removing methadone and Suboxone opioid treatments, leaving only a patented once-per-month injection for prisoners.
A large group of experts is raising serious concerns about harms to prisoners––and the corporate motivations behind the move.
drugdatadecoded.ca/150-experts-...
Federal prisons are removing methadone and Suboxone opioid treatments, leaving only a patented once-per-month injection for prisoners.
A large group of experts is raising serious concerns about harms to prisoners––and the corporate motivations behind the move.
drugdatadecoded.ca/150-experts-...
150 experts demand Correctional Service Canada reverse "coercive" opioid treatment guidance
A new policy in federal prisons removes methadone and Suboxone opioid treatments, leaving only a patented once-per-month gel injection available to prisoners. A large group of experts is raising serio...
drugdatadecoded.ca
December 16, 2025 at 12:42 AM
NEW
Federal prisons are removing methadone and Suboxone opioid treatments, leaving only a patented once-per-month injection for prisoners.
A large group of experts is raising serious concerns about harms to prisoners––and the corporate motivations behind the move.
drugdatadecoded.ca/150-experts-...
Federal prisons are removing methadone and Suboxone opioid treatments, leaving only a patented once-per-month injection for prisoners.
A large group of experts is raising serious concerns about harms to prisoners––and the corporate motivations behind the move.
drugdatadecoded.ca/150-experts-...
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“It boils down to: people are still dying in huge numbers. Whatever was being done wasn’t enough. Calculations from the province say a fraction of people who could benefit from these programs are able to access them.”
@michellegamage.bsky.social was on CBC’s Front Burner podcast. Listen here.
@michellegamage.bsky.social was on CBC’s Front Burner podcast. Listen here.
The 'compassion club' fighting Canada's drug laws
Podcast Episode · Front Burner · 2025-12-09 · 28m
podcasts.apple.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:20 PM
“It boils down to: people are still dying in huge numbers. Whatever was being done wasn’t enough. Calculations from the province say a fraction of people who could benefit from these programs are able to access them.”
@michellegamage.bsky.social was on CBC’s Front Burner podcast. Listen here.
@michellegamage.bsky.social was on CBC’s Front Burner podcast. Listen here.
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It is a choice to keep drugs unregulated. The government chooses to prohibit drugs, which allows for black markets to flourish, which creates a more potent and dangerous unregulated supply. The government could regulate drugs and undercut the unregulated market, but chooses not to.
Health authorities linking spike to their own failure
Health authorities linking spike to medetomidine, a veterinary anesthetic that is among the latest substances being added to the ever-changing street-drug supply. By some estimates, it's up to 200x more potent than xylazine.
Nov surge does not appear to correspond with a similar increase in deaths.
Nov surge does not appear to correspond with a similar increase in deaths.
December 10, 2025 at 1:32 AM
It is a choice to keep drugs unregulated. The government chooses to prohibit drugs, which allows for black markets to flourish, which creates a more potent and dangerous unregulated supply. The government could regulate drugs and undercut the unregulated market, but chooses not to.
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Last week, BC NDP Premier Eby made misleading claims about Sublocade.
A decade into BC's toxic drug emergency, there is a heightened risk when government leaders promote this type of disinformation. It should not be acceptable.
Read in more detail: themainlander.com/2025/12/10/v...
A decade into BC's toxic drug emergency, there is a heightened risk when government leaders promote this type of disinformation. It should not be acceptable.
Read in more detail: themainlander.com/2025/12/10/v...
Premier Eby hazardously misrepresents Sublocade while endorsing forced treatment of youth
Extended release buprenorphine is not
themainlander.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Last week, BC NDP Premier Eby made misleading claims about Sublocade.
A decade into BC's toxic drug emergency, there is a heightened risk when government leaders promote this type of disinformation. It should not be acceptable.
Read in more detail: themainlander.com/2025/12/10/v...
A decade into BC's toxic drug emergency, there is a heightened risk when government leaders promote this type of disinformation. It should not be acceptable.
Read in more detail: themainlander.com/2025/12/10/v...