Stimulant drugs including cocaine, MDMA and multiple types of amphetamines contributed to roughly half of all accidental overdose deaths in Canada from 2020 to 2021, according to a new report by Statistics Canada that also tracked a sharp rise in overdoses.

Stimulant drugs including cocaine, MDMA and multiple types of amphetamines contributed to roughly half of all accidental overdose deaths in Canada from 2020 to 2021, according to a new report by Statistics Canada that also tracked a sharp rise in overdoses.

  • SuddenlyBlowGreen@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    It does. You generally don’t overdose on something you don’t take.

    Drugs are a problem even in places where they are legalized or decriminalized. Not this big of a problem, but still a problem.