The Globe & Mail reports:

Doctors fighting to prescribe heroin to a select group of severe addicts have cleared a significant hurdle with an injunction that will effectively green-light the practice while a larger constitutional challenge is before the courts.

B.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Christopher Hinkson released his decision on Thursday morning, finding risks associated with severe heroin addiction “will be reduced if [the addicts] receive injectable diacetylmorphine treatment from Providence physicians. These potential harms are clearly irreparable in nature.”

Whether you agree with the decision of Judge Hinkson or not likely misses the point:  the judge acted with courage.

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