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Health minister determined to tackle opioid crisis

Up to 3,000 Canadians could die this year from opioid use—an unacceptable death toll.

More than 2,800 Canadians died last year as a result of an overdose on opioids such as fentanyl, writes Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor. Photograph courtesy of Dennis Yip
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BY HEALTH MINISTER GINETTE PETITPAS TAYLOR
November 15, 2017
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