TORONTO - Opioid-related deaths among teens and young adults in Ontario tripled from 2014 to 2021, while drug treatment rates significantly decreased,...
TORONTO - Opioid-related deaths among teens and young adults in Ontario tripled from 2014 to 2021, while drug treatment rates significantly decreased, a new report shows.
During that time, 752 young people died, there were 711 hospitalizations and 5,401 emergency department visits. Fentanyl was found in 94 per cent of those who died from opioids during the pandemic, up 10 percentage points after COVID-19 came to the province. Patients may also be reluctant to start a methadone regime, for instance, that requires daily trips to the pharmacy for a process that could last years, Gomes said.
Younger peer support workers could help, Gomes said, as well as looking at treatments such as Sublocade, the injectable form of buprenorphine needed just once a month, as opposed to a daily trip to the pharmacy.
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