An increasing number of overdose deaths in Ontario involves the use of more than one drug, with the combination of opioids and stimulants proving to be especially dangerous, a new report says.
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"Now, the most common situation is that opioids and stimulants together are contributing to death," said Tara Gomes, an epidemiologist with Unity Health and investigator with the Ontario Drug Policy Research Network, and one of the report's authors. The researchers also tracked each death to see if that person had any interaction with the health-care system.
"We need to make sure that those emergency departments are actually well set up to support and provide care to people who are relying so heavily on them," Gomes said. "Part of that is to help make sure people get the best quality of care within the hospital setting, but also to help plan for when people are discharged to connect them to primary care, their family doctor, and other community-based services."
"We now have a situation where upwards of half of the opioid-related deaths that we see have some kind of benzodiazepine detected in them," Gomes said. 'True when I said it, true today': former Canadian PM Harper pushes back against Trump on social media Former prime minister Stephen Harper doesn’t find U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s jibes about Canada becoming the 51st U.S. state very amusing.City council to discuss next steps to finalize redevelopment of former Stratford factory
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