Prescription opioid dispensing in Canada: an update on recent developments to 2018

Abstract Canada has been home to comparatively extreme developments in prescription opioid (PO) availability and related harms (e.g. morbidity, mortality) post-2000. Following persistent pan-Canadian increases in PO use, select control measures were implemented and PO dispensing levels—while only in...

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Main Authors: Wayne Jones, Lenka Vojtila, Paul Kurdyak, Benedikt Fischer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-10-01
Series:Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40545-020-00271-x