About 13 Canadians died every day as a result of opioids in 2018, says a new report, while unintentional poisonings have surpassed motor-vehicle collisions as a major cause of preventable death in Canada.
That’s a key finding of the Evidence Summary on the Prevention of Poisoning in Canada, a joint report by Parachute, which is a national charity dedicated to injury prevention, and the Injury Prevention Centre at the University of Alberta.
