Government of Canada Urged to Prosecute Opioid Manufacturers

Eight Canadian professors penned a letter to the Canadian government asking for a criminal investigation into the marketing of opioids in Canada and compensation for victims of the opioid crisis with funds recovered from opioid manufacturers.

The professors pointed out that while pharma giant Purdue has plead guilty to illegally marketing opioids in the U.S., no opioid manufacturers have been prosecuted in Canada.

“The same long-acting opioids that fueled the opioid crisis in the United States are marketed in Canada and Canadian prescribing rates for these medications accelerated with the Canadian opioid-related death rate,” the letter said.