Provincial Health Ministers: Nova Scotia S Health Minister

Addictive Drug Dept: David Wilson, Nova Scotia s health minister, announced Thursday that provincial and territorial ministers unanimously agreed to ask for the delay until further research is done on the highly addictive drug, according to The Chronicle Herald. Ontario Health Minister Deb Matthews says the pain-relief drug whether it s in brand-name or generic form is too addictive, too easy to tamper with and is causing particularly devastating consequences in First Nations communities and provincial health ministers are calling on Ottawa to delay the approval of a generic form of OxyContin. The ministers are meeting in Halifax this week, and their federal counterpart, Leona Aglukkaq, is expected to join them today. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.