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FRANCE LOOKS TO REFORM ITS DRUG POLICIES
The cultivation and sale of cannabis and other drugs, however, remains illegal... READ MORE›
TRUMP PUBLICLY PRAISES DEATH SENTENCES FOR DRUG DEALERS
WASHINGTON - President Trump said Thursday he wants tougher penalties for drug dealers and praised countries that punish pushers with the ultimate death penalty... READ MORE›
'PHARMANET RESCUES ME'
After Rian died, Jennens requested his PharmaNet records and questioned why he was prescribed such a wide range of medications including opioids... READ MORE›
OXYCONTIN MAKER STOPS PROMOTING OPIOIDS
Its sales representatives will now focus on Symproic, a drug for treating opioid-induced constipation, and other potential nonopioid products, Purdue said... READ MORE›
FENTANYL ADDS DEADLY KICK TO OPIOID WOES IN BRITAIN
Several people in Hull who said they had collapsed after trying fentanyl vowed never to take it again... READ MORE›
CORONER SAYS 2017 WAS 'MOST TRAGIC YEAR EVER' FOR OVERDOSE DEATHS IN B.C.
The coroners service said nobody died at any supervised consumption site or at any of the drug overdose prevention sites... READ MORE›
ANALYSIS | CANADA'S FIX TO THE OPIOID CRISIS: VENDING MACHINES THAT DISTRIBUTE PRESCRIPTION OPIOIDS TO ADDICTS
Death rates from drug overdoses in British Columbia are almost as high as those in the states hardest-hit by the opioid epidemic in the United States... READ MORE›
TOM PETTY DIED OF ACCIDENTAL DRUG OVERDOSE
Petty suffered from emphysema, a fractured hip and knee problems that caused him pain, the family said, but he was still committed to touring... READ MORE›
NO NEW FUNDS BUT NEW DATA HELPING OFFICIALS TARGET 'DRUG-DEALING' DOCTORS AS OPIOID EPIDEMIC KILLS 100 A DAY
Another addiction expert, Dr. Andrew Kolodny, founder of Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing, said prosecutors' emphasis on drug-dealing doctors is appropriate but inadequate on its own... READ MORE›
CHINA: U.S. SHOULD CURB DEMAND FOR DRUGS FUELING ITS OPIOID EPIDEMIC
China and the U.S. have worked to build a close working relationship to fight global flows of illicit synthetic drugs, but their collaboration remains fraught... READ MORE›
SOARING OVERDOSE DEATHS CUT U.S. LIFE EXPECTANCY FOR 2ND STRAIGHT YEAR
The CDC also reported --West Virginia continued to be the state with highest drug overdose death rate, with a rate of 52 deaths per 100,000 state residents in 2016... READ MORE›
DEADLY PAINKILLER DRUG FENTANYL HAS 'GROWING MARKET IN EUROPE'
Overdose deaths from all opioids, not just fentanyl, hit 2,304 in the UK, the highest number in Europe... READ MORE›
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PORTUGALS RADICAL DRUGS POLICY IS WORKING. WHY HASNT THE WORLD COPIED IT?
Alvaro Pereira was working as a family doctor in Olhao in southern Portugal... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP CALLS FOR DRUG TEST AHEAD OF NEXT DEBATE
Trump calls for drug test ahead of next debate, says clinton was 'pumped up'... READ MORE›
CALGARY MOTHER HOPES PHOTO OF DYING SON WILL DETER OTHERS FROM DOING FENTANYL
The next day, however, while his sister was taking a nap, Kent says Michael left the house to meet up with the man once again... READ MORE›
'EL CHAPO' ARREST SPARKS HOMICIDE SURGE AS FACTIONS FIGHT TO FILL VACUUM
Mexico had just started emerging from its bloody battle with drug cartels, with murder rates dropping for four consecutive years from 2011 to 2014... READ MORE›
'ADDICTION CLAIMED HIS LIFE': SCOTT OAKE OPENS UP ABOUT SON'S BATTLE WITH DRUGS
Bruce had been assaulted over a drug debt, so he turned to his parents... READ MORE›
THIS IS AMERICA ON DRUGS: A VISUAL GUIDE
In modern history, few things have caused such a sharp spike in US deaths as drug overdoses... READ MORE›
AMID OPIOID EPIDEMIC, WHITE HOUSE MAY CUT DRUG CONTROL OFFICE BUDGET
Drug office budget cuts being considered by Trump White House... READ MORE›
NINE DIE IN VANCOUVER IN 24 HOURS FROM FENTANYL OPIOID OVERDOSE
Nine people have died in Vancouver in the past 24 hours from an overdose of the painkiller fentanyl opioid, officials say... READ MORE›
AS OPIOID OVERDOSES EXACT A HIGHER PRICE, COMMUNITIES PONDER WHO SHOULD BE SAVED
Jones has decided not to let his deputies carry Narcan, a potentially lifesaving medicine for those suffering opioid overdoses... READ MORE›
'LONG-TERM TREATMENT SAVED MY LIFE,' SAYS FORMER B.C. ADDICT WHO OVERDOSED ON FENTANYL 17 TIMES
It took the sisters two years to get into the program, which used suboxone to transition them off fentanyl... READ MORE›
CITY URGING NYE PARTYGOERS TO PICK UP OVERDOSE KITS
Ottawa health officials are urging partygoers who recreationally use drugs to carry naloxone kits with them on New Year's Eve to prevent fentanyl deaths... READ MORE›
43 PERCENT RISE IN ESTIMATED OPIUM HARVEST
Figures from government and UNODC show 10 percent increase in poppy cultivation and 91 percent decrease in eradication... READ MORE›
U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS PEOPLE SHOULD JUST 'SAY NO' TO OPIOIDS
Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks at the Heritage Foundation's Legal Strategy Forum in Washington, U.S., October 26, 2017... READ MORE›
EXCLUSIVE: OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO LAUNCH NEW EFFORT ON HEROIN CRISIS
Yet after Congress approved landmark legislation in July for expanded drug addiction treatment and prevention, it did not include the 181 million to actually fund the measure... READ MORE›
'A SMALL BAND-AID ON A BIG CUT'
Nice work, says Lynch as the man comes back to life after repeated shots of Narcan... READ MORE›
MILLIONS OF PATIENTS FACE PAIN AND WITHDRAWAL AS OPIOID PRESCRIPTIONS PLUMMET
In the battle to wean patients off opioids, dosage has emerged as a critical issue... READ MORE›
THESE ARE THE WORLD'S CHEAPEST PLACES TO BUY DRUGS, ALCOHOL AND CIGARETTES
Bloomberg mined its own research, the annual World Drug Report published by the United Nations along with data from the World Health Organization... READ MORE›
AS MANY AS 13 PEOPLE ACROSS B.C. DIED OF SUSPECTED OVERDOSES IN 1 NIGHT
Vancouver officials held a news conference Friday to address the growing crisis of drug overdose deaths... READ MORE›
DURHAM POLICE WILL GIVE ADDICTS HEROIN TO INJECT IN 'SHOOTING GALLERIES'
A part government-funded pilot scheme in Darlington, London and Brighton involving 127 chronic addicts found that giving them heroin significantly reduced both their drug usage and crime... READ MORE›
TED CRUZ WANTS EL CHAPO TO PAY FOR TRUMP'S BORDER WALL
Ted Cruz wants to build the border wall using a different kind of brick... READ MORE›
DRUG OVERDOSES CLAIM UNPRECEDENTED 914 LIVES IN B.C. IN 2016
Health Minister Terry Lake announced more money for treatment beds and said the federal government needs to step up... READ MORE›
AS OVERDOSE DEATHS HIT RECORD LEVELS, DRUG AND ALCOHOL SERVICES FACE MASSIVE CUTS
Its 2016 annual report, published last week, which also aggregates data from Turkey and Norway, found the UK also had the highest proportion of heroin addicts... READ MORE›
AS AN OPEN-AIR HEROIN CAMP IS CLOSED, OPTIONS NARROW
Now people come to Kensington from around the city, state and country in search of heroin... READ MORE›
MAKERS OF OXYCONTIN, PERCOCET SUED BY U.S. GOVERNMENTS OVER OPIOID CRISIS
Whenever an autopsy is done in Sullivan County, in northeast Tennessee, the report is sent to the district attorney... READ MORE›
'THIS IS WHY SO MANY PEOPLE ARE DYING'
'This is why so many people are dying' Data show dramatic rise in street drugs testing positive for fentanyl... READ MORE›
DRUG CZAR NOMINEE COULD BE IN LIMBO AFTER REPORT ON DRUG INDUSTRY TIES
Manchin calls on Trump to withdraw drug czar nomination, saying Marino is unfit for job and can't be trusted to confront opioid epidemic... READ MORE›
OTTAWA HOSPITAL SEES SPIKE IN SUSPECTED FENTANYL OVERDOSES
Ottawa public health recorded 15 suspected cases recorded in 72 hours... READ MORE›
TRUMP DECLARES OPIOIDS A U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY
Trump declares opioids a US public health emergency... READ MORE›
'I'M SMARTER THAN THEY ARE': UNDERGROUND CHEMIST SAYS POLICE LOSING FENTANYL BATTLE
Drug producer known as Beeker says underground chemists are steps ahead of the police when it comes to the movement of illicit drugs on the streets... READ MORE›
'THERE IS LIFE AFTER DRUGS': A MESSAGE FOR TEENS ADDICTED TO FENTANYL
And Smith has some advice for the Kanata teens who have recently spoken out about their own fentanyl addictions... READ MORE›