2026-09-02 from immigrationnewscanada.ca

Health Canada is replacing the patchwork of federal regulations that currently govern prescription drugs containing controlled substances with a single consolidated framework that takes effect on October 1, 2026.

The new Controlled Substances Regulations, published in the Canada Gazette on December 17, 2025, will merge the Narcotic Control Regulations, the Benzodiazepines and Other Targeted Substances Regulations, Parts G and J of the Food and Drug Regulations, and the New Classes of Practitioners Regulations into one modernized set of rules. 

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