Health committee  Yes, I just have a comment. One area that we should really focus on is that our young people are really not educated at a young age about the pitfalls of medication and the role of medication in treating disease. I think we need to catch them early. We need to go into schools a

Health committee  Thank you, Mark. It's important that we address problematic drugs and that we take steps to prevent their misuse and diversion. This includes public policy that prevents the marketing of drugs known to be problematic. For example, last year OxyContin lost its patent and was a

Health committee  Good afternoon. I'm Dr. Phil Emberley. I'm the director of pharmacy innovation at the Canadian Pharmacists Association and also a practising pharmacist. CPhA represents over 35,000 Canadian pharmacists from coast to coast, practising in community and hospital pharmacies, family

Health committee  First I'd like to echo that: we are promoting the education of our pharmacist members as well. We see that as a key role in enhancing the service they provide in pharmacies. As changes of scope occur, the tools and the knowledge required to provide those services are critical,