Since Canada began tracking the number of opioid-related deaths and other harms in 2016, more than 40,000 people have died due to apparent opioid toxicity. Between January and June 2023 alone, there were an average of 22 deaths per day*.
To address this crisis, the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) has created a toolkit that provides valuable insights and resources for frontline pharmacy professionals to support people taking opioids to mitigate the negative impacts of stigma.
The toolkit describes strategies for reducing stigma around opioids and people who use them, including people who are prescribed opioids to manage pain or treat opioid use disorder or who are seeking naloxone kits. It illustrates some of these strategies by applying them to situations that pharmacy professionals may encounter in practice.
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