'A mess': Patients, doctors upset over minister’s comment on treatment program

The end of an Alberta program used to treat severe opioid use disorders — and comments from a minister about freezing funding to it — are attracting controversy.  The program, Injectable Opioid Agonist Treatment, is commonly referred to iOAT. It started in 2018 as a pilot project by the former NDP government. The UCP stretched funding to it for one year before announcing recently that money will not be extended past March 2021.  The province says it plans to transition pati