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Sharp rise in OD deaths demands better policies for those in their 20s, 30s: study

Few patients receive opioid agonist therapy after opioid overdose, despite benefits: Study

Only 1 in 18 people with opioid use disorder get effective treatment after overdose

In the week following any hospital visit for an overdose, only 1 in 18 people with opioid use disorder begin a treatment known to be highly effective in reducing illness and deaths, according to new research in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).

One in every six deaths in young adults is opioid-related: Study

  Rate of opioid-related deaths in Ontario has tripled in past fifteen years, with most significant increase in young adults St. Michael's Hospital IMAGE: Dr. Tara Gomes is a researcher at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's Hospital and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES). Credit: St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, April…

'We are so incredibly relieved': Toronto's drug checking pilot gets greenlight to expand

Since launching in the fall of 2019, the service has analyzed more than 10,000 samples from the unregulated drug supply in the city. Now with the go-ahead to expand provincially, the service aims to extend the service to those hardest hit in rural and northern Ontario.