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The national pilot scheme saw nearly 8,500 people prescribed nature activities in its first two years, with more than half those patients living in socio-economically deprived areas.

The latest approval drew backlash from antiabortion lawmakers and groups that have questioned the drug’s safety and pushed for further restrictions on how it can be prescribed and dispensed.

A medical professional Lichtenberg met on a brief video call prescribed him buprenorphine, a medication that can help opioid addicts with withdrawal.

“I am grateful for the governor’s signature to ensure that patients are receiving medical care prescribed by their doctors, not from private-equity investors,” said state Sen. Christopher Cabaldon, a Democrat, who introduced the bill.

For decades, doctors have prescribed them, and patients have taken them, even though most do little good and can potentially do serious harm.