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Increasing availability of illicit and prescription opioids among people who inject drugs in a Canadian setting, 2010-2014.

Joel HoKora DeBeckM-J MilloyHuiru DongEvan WoodThomas KerrKanna Hayashi PhD
Published in: The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse (2017)
The availability of most prescription opioids had continued to increase in recent years among our sample of PWID in Vancouver. Concurrent increases in the availability of heroin were also observed, raising concerns regarding combination of both illicit and prescription opioid use among PWID that could potentially increase the risk of overdose.
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