Strategies for Reducing Opioid-Overdose Deaths - Lessons from Canada

N Engl J Med. 2018 Apr 26;378(17):1565-1567. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp1800216.

Author

Evan Wood¹

Affiliation

¹ From the Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, and the British Columbia Centre on Substance Use - both in Vancouver, Canada.

PMID: 29694813
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1800216

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Canada / epidemiology
Drug Overdose / epidemiology
Drug Overdose / mortality
Drug Overdose / prevention & control*
Drug and Narcotic Control / legislation & jurisprudence
Fentanyl / poisoning
Humans
Inappropriate Prescribing / legislation & jurisprudence
Mortality / trends
Opioid-Related Disorders / mortality*
Preventive Medicine
United States / epidemiology

Substances

Fentanyl