Informal Request for ATI Records Previously Released

Organization: Health Canada

Year: 2024

Month: October

Request Number: A-2024-000569

Request Summary: The number of requests for exemption under subsection 56(1) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) to possess and use psilocybin by province and territory, that were received by the Minister of Health in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. The number of exemption requests under subsection 56(1) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) to possess and use psilocybin by province and territory, that were granted by the Minister of Health in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. The number of requests filed by medical practitioners on behalf of their patients to access psilocybin through Health Canada's Special Access Program (SAP) for emergency treatment of their patient, by province and territory, in 2022, 2023, and 2024. The number of Special Access Program (SAP) requests filed by medical practitioners on behalf of their patients to access psilocybin for emergency treatment of their patient, by province and territory, that were granted and/or approved in 2022, 2023, and 2024.

Disposition: Disclosed in part

Number of pages: 2

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