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Kate Smolina

Kate Smolina is an expert adviser with EvidenceNetwork.ca. She was a postdoctoral fellow at the School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, at the time the studies were conducted. She currently works as the director of the B.C. Observatory for Population & Public Health at the B.C. Centre for Disease Control.

Rising rates of long-term prescription-opioid use highlight urgent need for treatment options for chronic pain and addiction

  • Across Canada, the tragic spike in opioid-related deaths has brought to national attention the large and complex issue of drug use and misuse. As
Opinion | BY KATE SMOLINA, KIM RUTHERFORD | March 6, 2017
Across Canada, the tragic spike in opioid-related deaths has brought to national attention the large and complex issue of drug use and misuse. As fentanyl-related overdoses are gripping the country, there is a connected, but separate crisis of doctor-prescribed opioids being increasingly used on a regular, long-term basis. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Rising rates of long-term prescription-opioid use highlight urgent need for treatment options for chronic pain and addiction

Opinion | BY KATE SMOLINA, KIM RUTHERFORD | March 6, 2017
  • Across Canada, the tragic spike in opioid-related deaths has brought to national attention the large and complex issue of drug use and misuse. As

Rising rates of long-term prescription-opioid use highlight urgent need for treatment options for chronic pain and addiction

Opinion | BY KATE SMOLINA, KIM RUTHERFORD | March 6, 2017
  • Across Canada, the tragic spike in opioid-related deaths has brought to national attention the large and complex issue of drug use and misuse. As
Across Canada, the tragic spike in opioid-related deaths has brought to national attention the large and complex issue of drug use and misuse. As fentanyl-related overdoses are gripping the country, there is a connected, but separate crisis of doctor-prescribed opioids being increasingly used on a regular, long-term basis. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Rising rates of long-term prescription-opioid use highlight urgent need for treatment options for chronic pain and addiction

  • Across Canada, the tragic spike in opioid-related deaths has brought to national attention the large and complex issue of drug use and misuse. As
Opinion | BY KATE SMOLINA, KIM RUTHERFORD | March 6, 2017
Across Canada, the tragic spike in opioid-related deaths has brought to national attention the large and complex issue of drug use and misuse. As fentanyl-related overdoses are gripping the country, there is a connected, but separate crisis of doctor-prescribed opioids being increasingly used on a regular, long-term basis. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Rising rates of long-term prescription-opioid use highlight urgent need for treatment options for chronic pain and addiction

Opinion | BY KATE SMOLINA, KIM RUTHERFORD | March 6, 2017
  • Across Canada, the tragic spike in opioid-related deaths has brought to national attention the large and complex issue of drug use and misuse. As

Rising rates of long-term prescription-opioid use highlight urgent need for treatment options for chronic pain and addiction

Opinion | BY KATE SMOLINA, KIM RUTHERFORD | March 6, 2017
  • Across Canada, the tragic spike in opioid-related deaths has brought to national attention the large and complex issue of drug use and misuse. As
Across Canada, the tragic spike in opioid-related deaths has brought to national attention the large and complex issue of drug use and misuse. As fentanyl-related overdoses are gripping the country, there is a connected, but separate crisis of doctor-prescribed opioids being increasingly used on a regular, long-term basis. Photograph courtesy of Flickr
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