Backgrounder: Canada’s prescription opioid crisis

By Ann Silversides Comments Off on Backgrounder: Canada’s prescription opioid crisis addiction, chronic pain, drug abuse, Opioid crisis, overdose, painkiller abuse, Pharmaceutical industry, Pharmaceutical policy, Prescription Drug Crisis, prescription opioids

“The misuse of opioids has grown exponentially with devastating consequences” – First Do No Harm: Responding to Canada’s Prescription Drug Crisis (Canadian Council on Substance Abuse, 2013).