Why Big Pharma must disclose payments to patient groups
Evidence shows that opioid manufacturers fund patient advocacy groups in Canada, distorting policies to protect public health.
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Hope for cannabis as treatment for opioid addiction
Research shows that THC and CBD in cannabis have potential to interrupt the vicious cycle of opioid addiction, dependence, withdrawal and relapse.
Better medical education: One solution to the opioid crisis
Most physicians are unaware of effective approaches to treat opioid addiction. Addiction medicine fellowships offer a new and effective way to save lives.
Why Canada should declare a national opioid emergency too
Opioids kill an average of eight people every day in Canada. The federal government must officially declare this a ‘public welfare emergency’ and invest the funds critical to a humane response.
How to fix Canada’s opioid crisis: It starts with pain and the prescription pad
One in five Canadians suffers chronic pain and almost 2,500 died last year from opioid overdose. A National Pain Strategy promises to tackle both problems.
‘There has never been a more dangerous time to take drugs’: the rising global threat of nitazenes and synthetic opioids
Unlike opium, nitazenes and other synthetic opioids can be produced anywhere in the world using precursor chemicals that are often uncontrolled.
Legal weed: An accidental solution to the opioid crisis?
As Canada moves towards legalization of cannabis in 2018, there is growing evidence of the drug’s potential to treat opioid addiction itself, as well as the chronic pain that often drives it.
Now that cannabis is legal, let’s use it to tackle the opioid crisis
Cannabis legalization in Canada is a public health strategy. Let’s harness this opportunity to understand how cannabis could fit into a multi-faceted opioid prevention and response strategy.
How to stop overdoses? Prevent them to begin with
Catastrophic increases in opioid overdose deaths across Canada require a broad response – tackling housing, food and income insecurity as well as the contaminated drug supply.
Fuelling a crisis: Lack of treatment for opioid use in Canada’s prisons and jails
Urgently needed treatment for opioid use disorder is often denied to incarcerated people, feeding the crisis in prisons and jails.
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