After years of petitioning by health officials in British Columbia, Health Canada has authorised some B.C. doctors to prescribe heroin for select patients.
The $2.5 million in interim applicant funding for the Russian Federation (see GFO article) will be used to extend an existing HIV grant, RUS-304-G01-H, for 12 more months through to 21 December 2014.
In late August 2013 almost 100 people representing over 50 organisations gathered in Wellington help reshape New Zealand's alcohol and other drug policy.
The Canadian government has just regulated medical cannabis markets launching a $1.3-billion free market that could provide 450,000 Canadians with quality substances.