ICT REPORTS: Opioid crisis devastates Indigenous communities in Canada
Credit: An ICT investigation in partnership with the Yellowhead Institute of Toronto found that Canadian health services helped fund a sharp rise in the use of opiates among Indigenous communities, including the use of hydromorphone, (left) also known as Dilaudid, a highly prescribed medication in Canada used to treat pain in opioid-tolerant patients. Gabapentin (right) is a non-opiate drug that is prescribed to treat a wide variety of ailments including pain, but researchers have found that Gabbies, as they are called on the street, are increasingly connected to overdoses when used in combination with opiates. (Photo by Miles Morrisseau/ICT)
