CBC News: B.Y.O.B., New Brunswick hospital tells patients

CBC News: B.Y.O.B., New Brunswick hospital tells patients: "One of the few remaining hospitals in New Brunswick to prescribe liquor and beer is telling patients they'll soon have to buy their own alcohol.
The long-standing practice of prescribing alcohol for medicinal purposes � such as giving beer to breastfeeding women, to help people sleep or to increase appetites � still exists in three New Brunswick hospitals.

Dr. Edouard Hendriks, head of Edmundston's health authority.
Hospital pharmacies in Saint John, Bathurst and Edmundston keep alcohol on hand for prescription-only, therapeutic purposes.
But as of Jan. 1, the hospital in Edmundston will no longer keep a booze supply.
The head of Edmundston's health authority, Dr. Edouard Hendriks, says times have changed"