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An Alberta court has denied an application that would have forced the province to continue providing injectable opioid agonist treatment (iOAT) at two government-funded clinics slated to shutter next month amid an ongoing lawsuit.
Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Grant Dunlop ruled planned changes by the UCP government, and their effect on 11 severe opioid use disorder patients who launched a legal challenge, “will be minor.”
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“While there is an argument to be made that those changes will breach one or more of the Plaintiffs’ Charter rights, the Plaintiffs have not established that they will suffer irreparable harm as a result of those changes,” Dunlop wrote in his Feb. 25 ruling.
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Patients who suffer from severe opioid use disorder could face irreparable harms including risk of death or sexual assault if a government-funded treatment program is halted next month, an Alberta court heard Wednesday.
Clinics in Calgary and Edmonton, which provide injectable opioid agonist treatment (iOAT), are slated to close in March following a decision by the United Conservative government, pending the outcome of a court challenge.
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Shuttering those clinics would lead to “adverse health effects” for iOAT patients, who are likely to return to using street opioids, experience homelessness, contract sexually transmitted infections or lose access to primary care, argued Edmonton lawyer Avnish Nanda during Wednesday’s injunction hearing.
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Patients who suffer from severe opioid use disorder could face irreparable harms including risk of death or sexual assault if a government-funded treatment program is halted next month, an Alberta court heard Wednesday.
Clinics in Calgary and Edmonton, which provide injectable opioid agonist treatment (iOAT), are slated to close in March following a decision by the United Conservative government, pending the outcome of a court challenge.
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Shuttering those clinics would lead to “adverse health effects” for iOAT patients, who are likely to return to using street opioids, experience homelessness, contract sexually transmitted infections or lose access to primary care, argued Edmonton lawyer Avnish Nanda during Wednesday’s injunction hearing.