Remote First Nations have no local pharmacists and the Health Canada nurses have been advised to give minimal assistance to community treatment programs. We have trained lay community members to do direct observed therapy, and they are responsible for keeping track of the buprenorphine-naloxone. If this spreads across the country, many communities will have access to opioid replacement therapy and there will be fewer overdose deaths.
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