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Dr. Diane McIntosh: Fentanyl crisis is largely a mental-health problem

August 13th, 2017 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized

png-0610n-balmoral-1971Whether due to stigma, poor insight, hopelessness or lack of access to care, many people who are mentally ill suffer in silence, sometimes for years [image: Jason Payne]

We’re in the midst of an unprecedented health crisis, with fentanyl-related overdoses causing the death of thousands of Canadians. I believe this crisis is due, to a great extent, to the wilful blindness of all levels of government to the inadequate resourcing of mental-health care.  Read the rest of this article at The Province…

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