Premier Danielle Smith speaks to media during a press conference at Western Canada High School in Calgary on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024./Brent Calver/Postmedia

Just over 100 new prescriptions for hormone-related drugs filled for minors last year: Alberta government

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said last week that she'd soon be introducing new legislation banning the use of puberty blockers

by · National Post

OTTAWA — Just over 100 new prescriptions for hormone-related drugs were filled last year for Albertans between the ages of 11 and 15, according to data from the province’s Pharmaceutical Information Network.

There were a total of 107 “first pharmacy dispenses” of estrogen, testosterone and puberty blocker leuprolide in 2023. This was down from 139 first dispenses in 2022 and 124 in 2021, marking a three-year low.

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