Wall Street Journalさんのインスタグラム写真 - (Wall Street JournalInstagram)「After a public-health push that focused on overdose prevention sites, methadone clinics and counseling services, the number of deaths from opioid overdoses finally began to decrease in Canada last year.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ But as cities across Canada locked down when the coronavirus arrived, the number of overdose deaths surged, putting the country on track to lose the gains it made last year. Unlike in the U.S., where opioid-related deaths have continued to rise, deaths in Canada fell 13% in 2019, to 3,799. This year they could surpass the record 4,372 deaths reported in 2018, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ The overdose death toll in Toronto, Canada’s largest city, reached 28 in October, the most in a single month on record, according to city statistics. As of October, 206 had died in 2020, compared with 141 for all of last year. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ The rising death count underscores how important Canada’s harm-reduction efforts have been in limiting the toll of opioid addiction. As users have lost access to clinics and services, and have become more isolated from treatment or their communities, the Canadian health-care system has lost ground in the battle against opioid deaths.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Read more at the link in our bio.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Photo: Jesse Winters/Reuters」11月23日 0時01分