A poll from October 2021 found that around 77 percent of Canadian adults strongly or moderatly supported launching more education and awareness campaigns about drug use to combat the use of prescription and non-prescription opioid drugs in their community. This statistic shows the percentage of adults in Canada who strongly or moderatly supported with select ideas to combat the use of prescription and non-prescription opioids in their community as of 2021.
Percentage of adults in Canada who strongly or moderatly supported select ideas to combat the use of opioids in their community as of 2021
Characteristic
Percentage of respondents
Launching more education and awareness campaigns about drug use
77%
Creating more spaces for drug rehabilitation
76%
Reducing the prescription of opioids by medical professionals
69%
Establishing “safe supply” programs where alternatives to opioids can be prescribed by health professionals
61%
Setting up more “harm reduction” strategies, such as legal supervised injection sites
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Original question: "Thinking about the use of prescription and non-prescription opioid drugs in your community, do you support or oppose each of the following ideas?"
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Research Co.. (November 5, 2021). Percentage of adults in Canada who strongly or moderatly supported select ideas to combat the use of opioids in their community as of 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 18, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1299832/canadians-who-support-for-ideas-to-fight-opioid-problem-in-community/
Research Co.. "Percentage of adults in Canada who strongly or moderatly supported select ideas to combat the use of opioids in their community as of 2021." Chart. November 5, 2021. Statista. Accessed April 18, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1299832/canadians-who-support-for-ideas-to-fight-opioid-problem-in-community/
Research Co.. (2021). Percentage of adults in Canada who strongly or moderatly supported select ideas to combat the use of opioids in their community as of 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 18, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1299832/canadians-who-support-for-ideas-to-fight-opioid-problem-in-community/
Research Co.. "Percentage of Adults in Canada Who Strongly or Moderatly Supported Select Ideas to Combat The Use of Opioids in Their Community as of 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Nov 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1299832/canadians-who-support-for-ideas-to-fight-opioid-problem-in-community/
Research Co., Percentage of adults in Canada who strongly or moderatly supported select ideas to combat the use of opioids in their community as of 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1299832/canadians-who-support-for-ideas-to-fight-opioid-problem-in-community/ (last visited April 18, 2025)
Percentage of adults in Canada who strongly or moderatly supported select ideas to combat the use of opioids in their community as of 2021 [Graph], Research Co., November 5, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1299832/canadians-who-support-for-ideas-to-fight-opioid-problem-in-community/
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