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Prescribing safer-supply drugs helps people with addictions — but also pits some doctors against each other
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a security story. CBC Canada is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 29 Sept 2026, 08:00 UTC. The headline in use is “Prescribing safer-supply drugs helps people with addictions — but also pits some doctors against each other”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Amid police concerns over what they say is an increase in diverted prescribed opioids, some doctors are also calling for stronger rules around safer-supply prescribing. "What we have now is programs where people with active drug addictions are given drugs that they sell, and they use the money to purchase…
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