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IMPENDING CLOSURE OF LOWERTOWN POP-UP INJECTION SITE 'BITTERSWEET,' SAY VOLUNTEERS
Catherine Hacksel is a volunteer with Overdose Prevention Ottawa and calls the closure of the Raphael Brunet Park tent site 'bittersweet.'... READ MORE›
'YOU GOTTA HAVE A PLAN': IN THE U.S. 'OVERDOSE CAPITAL,' QUESTIONS LINGER OVER TRUMP'S OPIOID DECLARATION
We can be the generation that ends the opioid epidemic, Trump proclaimed in a speech Thursday, formally declaring the opioid crisis a national public-health emergency... READ MORE›
DRUG FATALITIES HIGHEST WHERE TREATMENT CUTBACKS DEEPEST
Other drug death hotspots with the biggest cuts are Gateshead 51 percent, Sefton 51 percent, Portsmouth 38 percent, and Durham 38 percent ... READ MORE›
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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›
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›
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 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›
VANCOUVER HAD AS MANY AS 9 DRUG OVERDOSE DEATHS IN 1 NIGHT, OFFICIALS SUSPECT FENTANYL TO BLAME
Vancouver had as many as 9 drug overdose deaths in 1 night, officials suspect fentanyl to blame... READ MORE›
OTTAWA HOSPITAL SEES SPIKE IN SUSPECTED FENTANYL OVERDOSES
Ottawa public health recorded 15 suspected cases recorded in 72 hours... READ MORE›
APRIL SAW 2ND HIGHEST NUMBER OF OVERDOSE DEATHS EVER RECORDED IN B.C.
The coroner's service says, in 2017, 89.5 per cent of illicit drug overdose deaths occurred indoors, with more than half inside a person's private residence... READ MORE›
THE DRUG OVERDOSE EPIDEMIC IN AMERICA'S SUBURBS
She is deputy director of data and science for the project as well as an associate scientist at the University of Wisconsin's Population Health Institute... READ MORE›
FAMILY OF MAN KILLED BY SHARK IN TASMANIA SAY THEY OPPOSE SHARK CULL
Olivia Johnson watched in horror as her father Damian of Hobart was attacked by a shark in waters off Triabunna near Maria Island early on Saturday... READ MORE›
TEEN DRUG OVERDOSE RATE IN US ROSE 20% IN 2015 AFTER YEARS OF DECLINE
Deaths among teenagers represent a tiny portion of drug overdose deaths nationally - less than 2 percent ... READ MORE›
'THIS IS BECOMING A NEW NORM'
Erika Hurt, 25, was found by police as in Hope, Indiana, on Saturday still holding a syringe in her hand... READ MORE›
A HEROIN OVERDOSE NEVER LEAVES JUST ONE CASUALTY I SHOULD KNOW
My friend James fit this statistic white, 25 and upper middle class, from a wealthy DC community... READ MORE›
WHAT'S KILLING WHITE MIDDLE-AGED AMERICAN WOMEN?
Why are death rates going up for middle-aged less-educated white American women, given that mortality rates are generally improving?... READ MORE›
OTTAWA PUBLIC HEALTH REFERRING DRUG USERS TO UNSANCTIONED SAFE INJECTION SITE
Ottawa Public Health referring drug users to unsanctioned safe injection site... READ MORE›
OVERDOSE PREVENTION GROUPS URGE HEALTH MINISTER TO DECLARE EMERGENCY
Overdose prevention sites, among other measures, are desperately needed in Ontario municipalities... READ MORE›
'IT'S RIGHT UNDER OUR FACES': WHY OPIOID ABUSE OVERSHADOWS POLITICS IN EAST LIVERPOOL, OHIO
'It's right under our faces' Why opioid abuse overshadows politics in East Liverpool, Ohio... READ MORE›
GRIEVING US FATHER ON 'DRUGS RESCUE' RAID
John Cramsey's 20-year-old daughter died from a heroin overdose four months earlier in Allentown, Pennsylvania... READ MORE›
'HEARTBREAKING' VIDEO CAPTURES TODDLER TRYING TO WAKE MOTHER AFTER APPARENT OVERDOSE
Increasingly, he told the paper, police are encountering heroin users who bring their children with them to purchase drugs or expose them to their addiction... READ MORE›
DRUG OVERDOSE EPIDEMIC HAS DRIVEN INCREASE IN ORGAN DONORS, DATA SHOWS
The devastating epidemic of drug overdose deaths in the US has led to an increase in organ donors, data from the federal government shows... READ MORE›
OVERDOSES, DRINKING AND SUICIDES HIT WHITE AMERICANS HARD
The work was a reaction to recent research that suggested drug overdoses and suicides have caused alarming increases in death rates for middle-aged white Americans... READ MORE›
CALLS FOR GOOD SAMARITAN LAW RENEWED AFTER OVERDOSE VICTIM'S BODY DUMPED
The Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act will go to second reading next month... READ MORE›
BIG CITY MAYORS RELEASE NEW RECOMMENDATIONS TO COMBAT OPIOID CRISIS
In March 2017, there were 120 suspected drug overdose deaths, a 51.9 per cent increase year over year... READ MORE›
COUPLE REUNITED WITH ENGAGEMENT PHOTO TAKEN BY STRANGER IN ICELAND THANKS TO POWER OF SOCIAL MEDIA
But in the post-proposal excitement Michael Kent, from County Durham, misspelled his email address as he gave it to the photographer, Jessica Bowe... READ MORE›
OPIOID OVERDOSE DEATHS: CAN A BIPARTISAN BILL AIMED AT CURBING CRISIS REALLY WORK?
Since then, both the number of overdose deaths and people who admit using opioid painkillers and heroin recreationally have increased... READ MORE›
DRUGS KILL 12 PEOPLE PER WEEK
Of the non-poisoning drug deaths, half of those who died were under 29 years of age... READ MORE›
'TO MY DAUGHTER'S DRUG DEALER:' BEREAVED MOM'S FACEBOOK POST GOES VIRAL
I know Ashley took the drugs, but I still believe the dealer should be somewhat responsible, Louden told TV station KSDK... READ MORE›
NEW HAMPSHIRE, FOCUS OF U.S. ELECTION DRAMA, FIGHTING A SILENT HEROIN CRISIS
In Manchester, the largest city, there were 726 suspected heroin and fentanyl overdoses and 83 deaths in 2015, up from 320 in 2014... READ MORE›
FEARS GROW THAT POWERFUL 'SUPER HEROIN' WILL CAUSE MORE DEATHS ON CITY STREETS
Mr Duffin said another drug, Pregabulin, has also been implicated in a number of drug overdose deaths in Dublin... READ MORE›
