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Opioid epidemic

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Many people have died from opioid overdoses in recent years: “In the United States nearly 50,000” in 2019 and in 2020 91,799.[1] In Canada there were “24,626 apparent opioid toxicity deaths between January 2016 and June 2021”.[2] A number of these deaths were caused by drug-dealers selling drugs laced with fentanyl.[3]

The emphasis on the use of opioids for "pain management" contributed to this crisis.[4] Another factor has been the increased anxiety created by the Covid 19 pandemic.[5]

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  1. ↑ National Institute on Drug Abuse
  2. ↑ “Opioid and Stimulant related Harms in Canada”. Government of Canada, December 2021
  3. ↑ “Opioid and Stimulant related Harms in Canada”. Government of Canada, December 2021.
  4. ↑ Letters to the Editor :Opinion – "The DEA, Big Pharma and the opioid crisis', The Washington Post, July 21, 2019
  5. ↑ “Opioid and Stimulant related Harms in Canada”. Government of Canada, December 2021
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