TY - JOUR AU - Ali, Suad PY - 2022/02/16 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Inside a Killer Drug Epidemic: A Look at Canada’s Opioid Crisis JF - Revue YOUR Review (York Online Undergraduate Research) JA - Revue YOUR Review VL - 7 IS - SE - Abstracts & Posters DO - UR - https://yourreview.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/yourreview/article/view/40622 SP - AB - <p><span style="left: 210.41px; top: 435.426px; font-size: 18.4px; font-family: sans-serif;">“</span><span style="left: 219.576px; top: 435.426px; font-size: 18.4px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.959586);">Comprehensive, collaborative, compassionate and evidence</span><span style="left: 690.794px; top: 435.426px; font-size: 18.4px; font-family: sans-serif;">-</span><span style="left: 696.221px; top: 435.426px; font-size: 18.4px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.927153);">based</span><span style="left: 742.732px; top: 435.426px; font-size: 18.4px; font-family: sans-serif;">”</span><span style="left: 756.542px; top: 435.426px; font-size: 18.4px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.944341);">are the </span><span style="left: 210.41px; top: 461.026px; font-size: 18.4px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.961149);">words used to describe the Government of Canada</span><span style="left: 610.643px; top: 461.026px; font-size: 18.4px; font-family: sans-serif;">’</span><span style="left: 615.74px; top: 461.026px; font-size: 18.4px; font-family: sans-serif;">s</span><span style="left: 627.659px; top: 461.026px; font-size: 18.4px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.956204);">approach in addressing </span><span style="left: 210.41px; top: 486.626px; font-size: 18.4px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.92187);">the opioid crisis. An average of </span><span style="left: 473.344px; top: 486.626px; font-size: 18.4px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.94834);">eight people</span><span style="left: 580.905px; top: 486.626px; font-size: 18.4px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.935204);">die every day due to opioid </span><span style="left: 210.41px; top: 512.226px; font-size: 18.4px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.978415);">overdose. This is greater than the number</span><span style="left: 551.289px; top: 512.226px; font-size: 18.4px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.00034);">of Canadians lost in 1995 to the </span><span style="left: 210.41px; top: 537.826px; font-size: 18.4px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.999795);">HIV epidemic. This multi</span><span style="left: 408.783px; top: 537.826px; font-size: 18.4px; font-family: sans-serif;">-</span><span style="left: 414.21px; top: 537.826px; font-size: 18.4px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.955642);">faceted</span><span style="left: 477.945px; top: 537.826px; font-size: 18.4px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.982204);">crisis is far beyond the illegal drug market </span><span style="left: 210.41px; top: 563.026px; font-size: 18.4px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.937137);">and the increased use of</span><span style="left: 403.684px; top: 563.026px; font-size: 18.4px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.973166);">fentanyl and other illegal opioid dru</span><span style="left: 681.528px; top: 563.026px; font-size: 18.4px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.903352);">gs. The crisis has </span><span style="left: 210.41px; top: 588.626px; font-size: 18.4px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.961148);">deep</span><span style="left: 249.789px; top: 588.626px; font-size: 18.4px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.932821);">er</span><span style="left: 274.623px; top: 588.626px; font-size: 18.4px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.954174);">roots</span><span style="left: 323.233px; top: 588.626px; font-size: 18.4px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.981034);">that l</span><span style="left: 367.426px; top: 588.626px; font-size: 18.4px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.94981);">ie</span><span style="left: 390.573px; top: 588.626px; font-size: 18.4px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.967832);">in high level addiction to legal opioids caused by</span><span style="left: 210.41px; top: 614.226px; font-size: 18.4px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.99293);">inappropriate prescribing practices and lack of education about the</span><span style="left: 754.986px; top: 614.226px; font-size: 18.4px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.954304);">risks of </span><span style="left: 210.41px; top: 639.826px; font-size: 18.4px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.959655);">opioid usage</span><span style="left: 310.6px; top: 639.826px; font-size: 18.4px; font-family: sans-serif;">.</span></p> ER -