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In the 2002–2003 Regional Longitudinal Health Survey, the non-medical use of psychoactive pharmaceuticals by First Nations people in Canada (including codeine, morphine and opiates) ranked second, after marijuana.
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The most recent First Nations Regional Longitudinal Health Survey, released in 2011, reported that addiction was the primary challenge (83%) to on-reserve community wellness—a greater challenge than both housing (71%) and employment (66%).
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Canada is the second largest consumer of prescription opioids, according to the International Narcotics Control Board (2010).
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Prescription drug abuse accounts for 48 per cent of Aboriginal people using addiction treatment services. Of these, 74 per cent use benzodiazepines and over 60 per cent are poly-prescription drug users.
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