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Home 🌿 Medical Cannabis News 🌿 Ontario fentanyl deaths demonstrate the drug's national impact 🌿Ontario fentanyl deaths demonstrate the drug's national impact
Now that fentanyl is the leading cause of opioid overdose in Ontario, it’s clear that the dangerous narcotic is a cross-Canada problem.
As many users are unaware they’re even taking the drug, the crisis is likely to continue to expand, Dr. Matthew Young of the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA) tells Yahoo Canada News.
“One of the things that I think has been a little bit misunderstood about the whole issue of fentanyl is that most of those who end up either fatally or non-fatally overdosing on fentanyl were not seeking that drug,” says Young, a senior researcher with the CCSA.
Fentanyl is an opioid that is up to 100 times more toxic than morphine. It was first developed as a surgical anesthetic, but more recently was developed into a patch that administers the drug through the skin. It is generally prescribed to patients with cancer and severe chronic...
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