The opioid crisis in Canada is worsening as it enters its eighth year, with the number of opioid-related deaths showing little sign of decreasing despite promises and investments by both federal and provincial governments.
Last week, three provinces came together in the hopes that a new approach will help combat the crisis.
Heather Yourex-West reports as the crisis quietly continues to ravage the country.
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Why do you report this? And at the same time support Justin Trudeau?
His policies has made things worse!?
How do you help addicts get off drugs, especially dangerous drugs?
Put The Shovel Down. Amber Hollingsworth is a LPC and MAC who helps people with addictions and their loved ones.
no 1 advice to u young ppl stay away from drugs! very important comman sence to have! all addictions start from some were they nver happin by accident!
Canada must make sure Chinese ?? Xi Jinping won't get away for sending Fentanyl to the country.
The government has de-criminalized drugs and has been handing them out like its candy; what did anyone with a brain honestly expect to happen?
Opioid crisis
Cost of living crisis
Housing crisis
Things are just great here in Canada! Good job everyone! ? Our MPs and PM definetly deserved that recent pay increase. ?
Was it really the Fentynl that killed?
The Chinese are learning from the Opium War history… Now you can call it karma or simply oblivious to History. What the British did back then? HORRENDOUS
Its not a crisis drugs are 100 percent a choice. Any addiction can be easily beaten just gotta have a liitle something called will power
Nine was 28 hun
All levels of Government cater to it and Taxpayers are forced to pay for it.
A symptom of a sick nation.
Yeah maybe we should.make drugs illegal not pump them into the population.. kind dumb to make the news coverage, we all know why
Why don't we place recovered drug addicts as minister or consultant rather than friends/donors of the party?