Pain Medications: Drug-Induced Overdose

pain medications: It is estimated that by the end of this year, more than 4,000 people will die of drug-induced overdose in Canada, according to NOW Magazine. And still, a public health emergency has yet to be called by either the provincial or federal government. On December 18, the Public Health Agency of Canada announced that at least 1,460 people died of opioid overdose in the first half of 2017. Federally, there is still no comprehensive overdose strategy. Those of us on the front lines harm reduction workers, people who use drugs and their allies are often told by politicians that they are working around the clock to address the crisis. The Ontario government missed the mark with its action plan, focusing primarily on pain medications and not overdose deaths. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.