Opium dates back to…
4000 BC
Opium was freely traded until the late…
1800’s
Ladies were often given opium for…
Physical or emotional distress
Until the 1990’s the major opiate in coastal cities was?
Heroin
This changed the landscape in the mid-90’s
Oxycontin - major marketing!
The epidemic of oxycontin started…
In Newfoundland –> West
In Ontario ___________ communities were particularly affected
Aboriginal
In 2009-2010 oxycontin led to…
Experimentation w Fentanyl
Many deaths