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Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Why Canada Needs to Urgently Address the Older and Invisible Faces of its Opioid Crisis

Over the past decade, the opioid crisis in Canada has become a major and growing public health emergency, however, older Canadians in this crisis have been largely left out of the discussion. This webinar, featuring co-authors of the NIA’s report, Dr. Samir Sinha, NIA Director of Health Policy Research and Matthew Downer, NIA Associate Policy Analyst, alongside Moira Welsh, Investigative Reporter at the Toronto Star, and Marilyn White Campbell, Geriatric Addiction Specialist at Baycrest, will discuss why older Canadians are a group that require particular attention in order to better address the opioid crisis in Canada.

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