Mr. Speaker, for 10 years Health Canada has been working to address this problem. There are two things in particular that have been done.
First, we have kept good statistical analysis of how the drugs are being used so that we can track abuse. Second, over the last number of years, we put in place a system that will be fully operational by the end of December 1997 which will allow pharmacists at the point of sale to determine whether the person presenting the prescription is doing it fraudulently or otherwise.
That will make an enormous difference in resolving this problem.