Thanks for logging in.

You can now click/tap WATCH to start the live stream.

Thanks for logging in.

You can now click/tap LISTEN to start the live stream.

Thanks for logging in.

You can now click/tap LATEST NEWS to start the live stream.

LISTEN
Watch
on air now

Create a 4BC account today!

You can now log in once to listen live, watch live, join competitions, enjoy exclusive 4BC content and other benefits.


Joining is free and easy.

You will soon need to register to keep streaming 4BC online. Register an account or skip for now to do it later.

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement

New codeine laws to have ‘enormous consequences’

Article image for New codeine laws to have ‘enormous consequences’

New laws making codeine products prescription-only from next month could encourage patients to “doctor shop”.

Professor Peter Carroll from Notre Dame University’s School of Medicine, tells Chris Smith banning over-the-counter codeine products will have “adverse consequences”.

“The evidence clearly shows the vast majority of people who purchase these products over the counter, use them safely to treat acute short-term pain.

“To make these people now go to the doctor if they want to use these products is going to cause enormous adverse consequences.”

Professor Carroll says the new laws which come into effect from February 1 don’t make sense.

“There’s no real-time monitoring of codeine prescriptions at GP surgeries which means people can doctor shop.”

Click PLAY below for the full interview

Chris Smith
Advertisement