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Canada’s opioid crisis has led to the deaths of tens of thousands of people, costing the health and justice systems billions. Many health providers say there were solutions that could have helped. We reveal how politics got in the way.
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00:00 - Visiting the epicentre of a poison drug crisis
06:49 - When fentanyl took over the drug supply
11:30 - Funding alternatives to street drugs
21:48 - Prescribing fentanyl
31:42 - Caving to political pressure
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