Ontario’s Police Leaders Call on the Federal Government to Keep “Generic” Oxycodone out of Canada

Police Chiefs Warn of Threat to Community Safety

For Immediate Release: July 11, 2012

(Toronto) – Ontario’s police leaders are backing the Government of Ontario’s call for the federal government to put public safety first by blocking the introduction of cheaper generic versions of the controlled-release painkiller oxycodone into Canada once Purdue Pharmaceuticals’ OxyContin patent expires on November 25.

Please find attached the OACP Media Release.