Study reveals doubling of opioid deaths across Canada during early stages of COVID-19 pandemic

In 2021 the proportion of deaths related to opioids among people aged 20-29 was 29.3 percent. With 29 percent of deaths occurring among people aged 30-39, this means that those under 40 accounted for close to 60 percent of all opioid deaths.

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