
Despite a major setback last November, a small group of entrenched drug users in Vancouver recently secured a legal victory against the federal government. Last Thursday, the BC Supreme Court ordered Health Canada to quit obstructing access to prescription heroin for these patients.The ruling is a small step forward in a larger legal battle about whether or not patients have a constitutional right to legal heroin. Chief Justice Hinkson said that “irreparable harm” is being caused to the plaintiffs by blocking diacetylmorphine-assisted therapy (prescription heroin) while they wait for their case to be heard.
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