Lessons learned from the opioid crisis across the pillars of the Canadian drugs and substances strategy

Abstract Background Canada is facing an urgent challenge to reduce the harms associated with opioids: from January 2016 to December of 2018, more than 11,500 individuals lost their lives due to opioid related harms. This review examines responses to the opioid crisis thus far, the lessons learned fr...

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Main Authors: Sheena Taha, Bridget Maloney-Hall, Jane Buxton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-08-01
Series:Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13011-019-0220-7