Prescription opioid pain medication containing oxycodone and acetaminophen in Chelsea, Que., in 2023.
Ontario's auditor general says the province's opioid strategy, with its new abstinence-based model for treatment, is outdated and does not serve the current needs of the people.Ontario's auditor general says the province needs to develop a new comprehensive strategy to deal with the opioid crisis as the current one has not been updated since 2016.
In their place, the government is launching 19 new "homelessness and addiction recovery treatment hubs," plus 375 highly supportive housing units at a planned cost of $378 million. Spence found a lack of data on the number and rate of hospitalizations for opioid overdoses and the percentage of people prescribed opioids who then develop an addiction, among other oversights.
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