Prescription painkiller abuse exploding in Hamilton

Tuesday, November 12, 2013 - 10:00 in Health & Medicine

Where crack once reigned in Hamilton, painkiller opiates are now the city's fastest growing abuse and addiction problem. Admissions to opioid withdrawal programs are now the second highest in Ontario and most of the city's drug deaths are from opiates. First in a three-part series.

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