Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I have two questions, one for Mr. Selby and Mr. MacPherson and the other for Mr. Harris. I'll ask them both and then get you to respond.
I'm interested in naloxone. In my previous life as a police officer, I've seen what I'll refer to as Narcan provided to people, especially to those overdosed on heroin. Reactions, let's say, can be different from person to person. When we talk about having it provided to a person and/or being able to have a variety of people administer naloxone, I'm just curious to understand, should we be determining the dosages that need to be provided? If you give too much you get a different reaction from what you may be expecting. Certainly, I've watched people get quite agitated, shall we say, and you best get out of their way because they're not really happy with what just happened to them. I would like an answer to that.
Mr. Harris, we heard a witness explain that rural and remote areas have higher rates of prescription opioid drug use than urban areas because there is limited access to comprehensive pain management services, such as physiotherapy and pain management specialists, in the regions. I use rural and urban specific to Alberta. Consequently physicians in these areas may be limited to prescribing opioids to acute and chronic patients. How does the use of prescription drugs vary from region to region, both within and among provinces in Canada? What are the differences, if any, in the rates of misuse and abuse of prescription drugs in rural and urban areas?
I'll start with Mr. Selby and Mr. MacPherson on that question, and then I'll lead to Mr. Harris. We can limit to about a minute and a half, Chair.