The opioid death crisis in Canada: crucial lessons for public health

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¹ Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland 1023, New Zealand; Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada. Electronic address: benedikt.fischer@utoronto.ca.
² Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada; Centre for Applied Research in Mental Health and Addiction, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
³ British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, BC, Canada; School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

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Benedikt Fischer et al. Lancet Public Health. 2019 Feb.

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. 2019 Feb;4(2):e81-e82.

doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(18)30232-9. Epub 2018 Dec 20.

¹ Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland 1023, New Zealand; Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada. Electronic address: benedikt.fischer@utoronto.ca.
² Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada; Centre for Applied Research in Mental Health and Addiction, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
³ British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, BC, Canada; School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

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Kolla G, Dodd Z, Ko J, Boyce N, Ovens S. Kolla G, et al. Lancet Public Health. 2019 Apr;4(4):e180. doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(19)30040-4. Lancet Public Health. 2019. PMID: 30954142 No abstract available.