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flag BC shifts to witnessed drug consumption model to combat opioid trafficking, affecting 60 pharmacies.

flag British Columbia's Health Minister, Josie Osborne, announced a shift from a take-home to a witnessed model in the province's safer-supply program, where healthcare workers will observe patients consuming prescribed alternatives to street drugs. flag This aims to curb the diversion of opioids like hydromorphone, with around 60 pharmacies under investigation for illegal practices. flag The move follows a leaked health ministry report revealing significant drug trafficking of prescribed opioids.

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