Safer Drug Supply Program causing concern for doctors in Lindsay and area - Lindsay Advocate

Safer Drug Supply Program causing concern for doctors in Lindsay and area - Lindsay Advocate

By Dr. Joan Dafoe, Ross Memorial Hospital, Lindsay As a community ER physician, I recently provided care to a teenage boy who was brought by ambulance to our rural emergency department. This high school student almost died from an overdose when he ingested pills that he had purchased on the street. After the young man was resuscitated, he told us that…