Naturopaths in B.C. are lobbying for the right to prescribe safer supply, saying they want to help address a toxic drug crisis that’s killing nearly seven people in the province every day.
B.C.’s Naturopathic Doctors (BCND), a voluntary professional association, wrote to Minister of Mental Health and Addiction Jennifer Whiteside on Nov. 16, asking for the power to prescribe alternatives to street drugs, along with opioid agonist therapies like methadone and suboxone. Opioid agonist therapy is a form of treatment that involves taking medication that reduce withdrawals from opioid use.
Prince George naturopath Deborah Phair told Carolina DeRyk, host of CBC’s Daybreak
