Episode Two / Opioid
from PATIENT Hosted by Healthcare Excellence Canada
This is a story in two parts. The first, is of a national epidemic; a story of 19 million prescriptions, 2,500 deaths, and a country that ranks second for per capita opioid use. The second, is of a person whose circumstances throw into sharp relief just how hard that epidemic will be to solve. This is the story of Canada's Opioid crisis through the eyes of a patient.
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This episode was published on October 31, 2017.
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