Kanada/British Columbia. Coronavirus prompts Canada to roll out safe drugs for street users (…) In March, the Canadian government urged provinces to lower barriers to prescription medications - allowing doctors to provide prescriptions for controll…

UK. Recovering heroin addicts offered monthly injections during pandemic Wales is to become the first part of the UK to offer a once-a-month injection for recovering heroin addicts to help protect NHS staff during the coronavirus pandemic.  T…

Australien. Opioid addiction treatment must change during pandemic, experts say People being treated for opioid addiction risk relapsing without changes in their support and treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic. Royal Australasian College of Phy…

New York/USA. NYC Rolls Out Courier System to Deliver Methadone to Isolated Patients  For the 30,000 patients who take methadone every day for opioid use disorder in New York City, one big worry was potentially taken away this week. If they ar…

Coronavirus Crisis Spurs Access To Online Treatment For Opioid Addiction  Opioid addiction isn't taking a break during the coronavirus pandemic. But the U.S. response to the viral crisis is making addiction treatment easier to get. (npr – Nati…

USA. Coronavirus Crisis Opens Access To Online Opioid Addiction Treatment Opioid addiction isn’t taking a break during the coronavirus pandemic. But the U.S. response to the viral crisis is making addiction treatment easier to get. Under the nati…