Dr. Barry Dworkin

Number of young people dying from opioid overdose is great enough to negatively affect Canadian average life expectancy

Health Headlines Commentary for October 24, 2018

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Source:

Opioid crisis may be lowering Canadians’ life expectancy, report says

Reference:

The Chief Public Health Officer’s Report on the State of Public Health in Canada 2018: Preventing Problematic Substance Use in Youth

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