The overdose crisis continues to escalate. In Canada and the United States, more than 120
000 people now die annually, twice the toll in 2015. 1, 2 In the global epicentre, the …

The alarming statistics (as cited in Babu et al. 1) of the number of opioid-related deaths is not
just a tragedy in the United States but one that is growing throughout North America. 1 …

The current overdose crisis is one of the most devastating public health challenges in the
field of mental health and substance use disorder care in history. Globally, about 1 in 5 …

For the third year in a row, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported an
unprecedented decline in life expectancy for the United States, a decline attributable mainly …

To the Editor We want to thank Martins et al1 for their direction as we attempt to navigate and
remap the current opioid epidemic's vexing domestic landscape. As Martins et al1 reported …

The overdose crisis in Canada shows little sign of sustained abatement despite nearly a
decade of attention by health care, government, and regional activists. Statistics from 2019 …

Since 2015, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)-World Health
Organization (WHO) Informal Scientific Network (ISN) has strived to bring the voice of …

With the preliminary report of 94 134 overdose deaths in the US for the 12 months ending on
January 1, 2021, it is likely that 2020, in addition to being marred by COVID-19, was also the …

The opioid crisis continues unabated in Canada. In 2019, there were 3,923 reported deaths
from opioid overdose, and 94% of these deaths were unintentional (Government of Canada …

Background The current opioid crisis in the United States has been escalating for the past
two decades, and it has only worsened since the emergence of coronavirus disease in 2019 …