Eby government pushes involuntary synthetic opioid treatment for youth
Eby unveiled new guidance enabling doctors to administer overdose-prevention drugs, including long-acting Buprenorphine, to youth held involuntarily under the Mental Health Act.
B.C. Premier David Eby on Friday unveiled new guidance enabling doctors to administer overdose-prevention drugs, including long-acting Buprenorphine, to youth held involuntarily under the Mental Health Act, marking yet another attempt by the province to curb its unrelenting overdose crisis.
Buprenorphine is widely described by health offi…
