While provinces have been keeping track of their daily COVID-19 cases, another insidious crisis has been quietly becoming more and more deadly throughout the pandemic: opioid overdoses.
In May, 170 people in B.C. died from suspected overdoses, the highest number in a single month ever recorded in the province.For people with opioid addiction, it can be a struggle to obtain comprehensive care due to widespread stigma and lack of resources. Now, with COVID-19, that struggle has intensified. The pandemic forced many treatment centres’ programs to scale back operations, and in some cases, even close.
The Commercial Health Centre -- an outpatient rehab clinic -- helped the grandmother kick street drugs by prescribing methadone. COVID-19 has swept across Canada and claimed lives in every corner of the country. It has also brought with it a multitude of stresses. The study also found that COVID-19 has made things worse for those who are already vulnerable. People already struggling with their mental health were two times more likely to say their mental health declined due to COVID-19, or to report having had suicidal thoughts.
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