1 million bottles of children’s medication only a “short term solution”

As Canada anxiously waits for the shipment of one million bottles of children’s pain reliever medication, CEO of the Ontario’s Pharmacists Association Justin Bates says it won’t be enough to tackle the issue in the long-run.

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37 comments

  1. And how much of the cost of this shipment has made its way into the pockets of Jagmeet Trudeau in the form of kickbacks?

    1. @Deleted Comment #2 How is this pander? you guys love playing the victims. Sorry to tell you that this is respect.

  2. news: 1 million bottles will be on shelves next week

    next week: shelves are empty

    facebook market place has entered the chat

    1. Parents should stop giving their kids drugs. Especially Tylenol.
      A spoonful of raw honey will reduce pain, induce restful sleep and build immunity

    1. There’s a lot more businesses in the alcohol industry; big pharma is an oligopoly with fewer competition. I don’t know about the tobacco industry.

    2. Because the govt makes massive profits off of the taxes on smokes, alcohol, and canna. I don’t believe there is any tax charged on children’s medication. Why would the govt care about something they don’t stuff their pockets with?

    1. What’s the link? I’m not judging, I’ve just never heard of it. I think the v schedule as kids causes it for the record

    1. That should tell you where the government priorities are. This is yet another massive liberal failure. They’ve known about the depleting supply since at least April.

  3. This works out to roughly one bottle for every 8 children, or about two teaspoons per child lol

    1. most medication is short term anyways because who wants to be in pain but hey that’s life. This stuff just makes it tolerable.

  4. They need rainbows on them too so that we can pander to them also. We don’t wanna leave anyone out and hurt someone’s feelings.

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