Daphne Bramham: Alcohol, not opioids, is Canada’s biggest drug problem
published on May 2, 2019 by Daphne Bramham in Vancouver Sun
With so much focus on illicit drugs and overdose deaths, it might seem that opioids are the biggest addictions problem. Far from it.
Alcohol kills many more people each year (14,800 in 2014), results in more hospitalizations annually than heart attacks and is one of the most expensive and intractable health problems.
While cannabis was legalized a year ago and B.C.’s chief medical health officer is pushing hard for decriminalization and ultimately legalization of all illicit drugs, two Canadian addictions research centres want tougher regulations to mitigate the costs and harms of alcohol use and addiction…
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