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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›
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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 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›
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›
BAN ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA PATIENTS GROWING OWN POT STRUCK DOWN BY FEDERAL COURT
Federal Court strikes down ban on medical marijuana patients growing own pot... 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›
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›
LULULEMON WARNS IT MIGHT MOVE HQ OUT OF VANCOUVER
Lululemon athletica inc. says because of the temporary foreign worker's program it might be forced to move its headquarters out of vancouver. tina lovgreen cbc... 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›
HOW PRICE-GOUGING OF OPIOID OVERDOSE CURE COSTS LIVES
Amphastar of California nearly tripled the price of syringes pre-filled with naloxone... READ MORE›
FIRST NATIONS CHILD WELFARE RULING A PRECEDENT FOR OTHER ON-RESERVE ISSUES, LAWYERS SAY
Every single element of government services that Canadians take for granted, First Nations people do not... 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›
POLICE SEARCHING FOR HIGH-RISK SEX OFFENDER JASON WHITE
Vancouver Police Department Vancouver Police are searching for Jason Anthony White, a convicted high-risk sex offender who is wanted on a Canada-wide warrant... 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›
GUATEMALAN CONGRESS CLEARS WAY FOR ARREST OF PRESIDENT IN CORRUPTION CASE
More than 80 percent of the legislators voted to remove the president's shield from prosecution easily clearing the two-thirds majority needed and the rest abstained... READ MORE›
PARAMEDICS CALLED TO 95 OVERDOSES SINCE JANUARY -- THE SAME NUMBER AS IN ALL OF 2016
So in first six months, we've done one year's worth of historic opioid overdoses, said Mike Nolan, chief of paramedic services in Renfrew County... READ MORE›
ADDICTION 2016: AS HEROIN USE ESCALATES, A NEW DRUG TO REVERSE OVERDOSES HITS US DRUGSTORES [VIDEO]
Privately owned Adapt Pharma says its version of naloxone, called Narcan nasal spray, is the easiest to use and most affordable to date... 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›
NORTH CAROLINA REVERSES THOUSANDS OF DRUG OVERDOSES AMID OPIOID CRISIS
The program, the North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition NCHRC, is focused on getting overdose drugs into the hands of current users and their peers... 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›
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›
FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE UNIONS BACK TO BARGAINING THIS WEEK
Some public service unions are preparing to head back to the bargaining table this week with the new Liberal federal government... READ MORE›
CINCINNATI IS AWASH WITH A DRUG THAT KILLS IN MINUSCULE DOSES
Accidental drug overdose deaths in Hamilton County doubled to 414 last year from 204 in 2012, according to the county coroner, most of those involving fentanyl or heroin... READ MORE›
EXPECT A SLOW UPTAKE OF NALOXONE AT PHARMACIES, CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER SAYS
Anyone looking for a list of Ottawa pharmacies that carry naloxone is urged to call the Drug and Alcohol Helpline at 1-800-565-8603... READ MORE›
CANADIAN CITY APPROVES TAX TO DEAL WITH OPIOID CRISIS
VANCOUVER, British Columbia AP -- Vancouver's city council on Tuesday approved a small tax hike intended to help address the opioid overdose crisis... 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›
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›
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›