With increasing attention on overdoses and deaths, a look at what provinces are doing and what common terms mean.
Opioids are the leading cause of fatal overdoses in Canada, and since 2016 more than 40,000 deaths have been linked to the drugs.
The opioid crisis in Canada so far The number of people exposed to opioids has increased dramatically since the late 1990s, when the drugs became more readily available and legal formulations were prescribed regularly for pain. People became dependent and turned to the illegal drug supply – which, in turn, was contaminated with more potent opioids such as fentanyl.
What’s happening in Ontario The opioid crisis killed more than 2,500 people in Ontario in 2023. After a passerby was fatally shot outside a supervised drug-use site in Toronto that year, the province launched a review of such programs. Before the fall B.C. vote, Mr. Eby announced that his government would introduce a plan to provide involuntary care for people with concurrent addiction, mental illness and acquired brain injuries, as well as legislation to compel youth to receive care if they are unable to seek it themselves. He was re-elected in October.
Opinion: Supervised drug consumption sites may have earned political and public wrath, but they are more helpful than harmful Safer supply programs are interventions where medical professionals prescribe controlled substances as an alternative to illicit drugs.
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