No surprise that this is correlated with an increase in influence and lobbying south of the border of large pharmaceuticals broadening and deepening the pervasiveness of opioids in hospitals and for medical treatment.
At least Alberta and BC are doing something about it.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...ticle34227729/
Just collateral damage in Canada.
https://www.usnews.com/news/articles...t-legalization