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International Narcotics Control Board: Associated Press Archives Canada

Postmedia News Archives Ontario Health Minister Deb Matthews POSTMEDIA Dept: Sue Ogrocki / The Associated Press archives Canada lacks a national tracking system for prescription-painkiller use. CP, according to Winnipeg Free Press. Canadians have become the second-largest consumers of prescription narcotics and other controlled substances per capita in the world, according to the International Narcotics Control Board and aaron Lynett / Postmedia News archives Ontario Health Minister Deb Matthews POSTMEDIA AARON LYNETT/NATIONAL Enlarge Image When it comes to fighting prescription-drug abuse in the country, government officials, health-care providers and law enforcement officers agree that without a national strategy, their efforts are doomed to fail. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.