{"id":21742,"date":"2020-11-18T16:44:47","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T21:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=21742"},"modified":"2020-11-18T16:44:47","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T21:44:47","slug":"the-overdose-crisis-remains-an-ongoing-serious-problem-throughout-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/the-overdose-crisis-remains-an-ongoing-serious-problem-throughout-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"The overdose crisis remains an &#8220;ongoing, serious problem&#8221; throughout Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"block-editor-block-list__layout is-root-container\">\n<p id=\"block-e6fe9175-9195-4ee4-aa8e-660bcf02b08f\" class=\"block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block\" role=\"textbox\" aria-label=\"Paragraph block\" data-block=\"e6fe9175-9195-4ee4-aa8e-660bcf02b08f\" data-type=\"core\/paragraph\" data-title=\"Paragraph\">Donald MacPherson is the director of the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia.<\/p>\n<p id=\"block-caeca5c0-ecd5-4404-b4e3-4c9aef9023b4\" class=\"block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block\" role=\"textbox\" aria-label=\"Paragraph block\" data-block=\"caeca5c0-ecd5-4404-b4e3-4c9aef9023b4\" data-type=\"core\/paragraph\" data-title=\"Paragraph\">The CDPC is participating in a regional community dialogue project across the country called \u201cGetting to Tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"block-12d6e4c1-f81d-4e89-ac4f-ab5b6f187b28\" class=\"block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block\" role=\"textbox\" aria-label=\"Paragraph block\" data-block=\"12d6e4c1-f81d-4e89-ac4f-ab5b6f187b28\" data-type=\"core\/paragraph\" data-title=\"Paragraph\">Avenue B Harm Reduction, Ensemble Moncton, and AIDS New Brunswick are participating in the \u201cGetting to Tomorrow\u201d project, which took place Tuesday (November 17) and today (November 19).<\/p>\n<p id=\"block-5c6618fd-2c9c-45f5-b0bb-b45065091c07\" class=\"block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block\" role=\"textbox\" aria-label=\"Paragraph block\" data-block=\"5c6618fd-2c9c-45f5-b0bb-b45065091c07\" data-type=\"core\/paragraph\" data-title=\"Paragraph\">MacPherson says that fentanyl is a very lucrative, highly concentrated, and easy to transport across borders.<\/p>\n<p id=\"block-c0a98555-bb14-4c2a-bfdd-9a090e2214d0\" class=\"block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block\" role=\"textbox\" aria-label=\"Paragraph block\" data-block=\"c0a98555-bb14-4c2a-bfdd-9a090e2214d0\" data-type=\"core\/paragraph\" data-title=\"Paragraph\">According to the \u201cGetting to Tomorrow\u201d website, life expectancy at birth has stopped rising for the first time in four decades as a result of the ongoing overdose crisis.<\/p>\n<p role=\"textbox\" aria-label=\"Paragraph block\" data-block=\"c0a98555-bb14-4c2a-bfdd-9a090e2214d0\" data-type=\"core\/paragraph\" data-title=\"Paragraph\">Listen to the full interview with MacPherson here:<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-21742-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/The-opioid-crisis-CDPC.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/The-opioid-crisis-CDPC.mp3\">https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/The-opioid-crisis-CDPC.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p id=\"block-1e5d812f-0356-4e96-8a06-4dd3c81f84cb\" class=\"block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block\" role=\"textbox\" aria-label=\"Paragraph block\" data-block=\"1e5d812f-0356-4e96-8a06-4dd3c81f84cb\" data-type=\"core\/paragraph\" data-title=\"Paragraph\">Treatment programs nearby include the following:<\/p>\n<p id=\"block-8495b1bc-2e09-4ad2-85e9-4ad261f22f1b\" class=\"block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block\" role=\"textbox\" aria-label=\"Paragraph block\" data-block=\"8495b1bc-2e09-4ad2-85e9-4ad261f22f1b\" data-type=\"core\/paragraph\" data-title=\"Paragraph\">Moncton Addiction Services Methadone Treatment Program, 135 MacBeath Ave.;<\/p>\n<p id=\"block-cfcffa61-5637-4a9d-9d2b-b2bfc00bfc2b\" class=\"block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block\" role=\"textbox\" aria-label=\"Paragraph block\" data-block=\"cfcffa61-5637-4a9d-9d2b-b2bfc00bfc2b\" data-type=\"core\/paragraph\" data-title=\"Paragraph\">The Moncton Hospital Methadone Treatment Program, 125 Mapleton Rd.;<\/p>\n<p id=\"block-e977bad3-2906-43cb-ac72-04c89c0a6bb7\" class=\"block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block\" role=\"textbox\" aria-label=\"Paragraph block\" data-block=\"e977bad3-2906-43cb-ac72-04c89c0a6bb7\" data-type=\"core\/paragraph\" data-title=\"Paragraph\">and the Corner Drug Store on Main Street in Sackville offers free safe injection kits.<\/p>\n<p id=\"block-e129ba68-60e0-4295-b32c-12aec7273a90\" class=\"block-editor-block-list__block wp-block rich-text block-editor-rich-text__editable wp-block\" role=\"textbox\" aria-label=\"Paragraph block\" data-block=\"e129ba68-60e0-4295-b32c-12aec7273a90\" data-type=\"core\/paragraph\" data-title=\"Paragraph\">The Opiate Addiction Resource helpline is confidential and available 24\/7 at 1-800-785-6890.<\/p>\n<div class=\"block-list-appender\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald MacPherson is the director of the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia. The CDPC is participating in a regional community dialogue project across the country called \u201cGetting to Tomorrow.\u201d Avenue B Harm Reduction, Ensemble Moncton, and AIDS New Brunswick are participating in the \u201cGetting to Tomorrow\u201d project, which took&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":21737,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[218,223],"tags":[3284,1048,982,3285],"radio":[227],"origine":[274,275,277],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21742"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21742\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21742"},{"taxonomy":"radio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/radio?post=21742"},{"taxonomy":"origine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/origine?post=21742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}