Government of Canada announces tighter controls on opioid W-18

The Government of Canada announced today it has published final amendments that add the synthetic opioid W-18 to Schedule I to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA), and to the Restricted Drugs section of the Food and Drug Regulations, rendering unauthorized activities such as production, possession, importation or exportation and trafficking illegal.

Source: Government of Canada News - Health Canada - June 1, 2016 Category: American Health Authors: Health Canada Source Type: news