Fentanyl Overdose Deaths

• Bob Layton: Who is responsible for opioid overdose deaths?

  Ask Oklahoma takes drugmaker Johnson & Johnson to court over its alleged role in the state's opioid crisis, Bob Layton asks: What is the price of a human life?

  Commentary

  Jul 5, 2019
  
• Opioid-related deaths continue to soar in Alberta, up 40% over last year

  Alberta's opioid crisis is showing no signs of abating, as new numbers released by the province show a 40 per cent increase in opioid-related deaths so far this year over last.

  Health

  Nov 27, 2017
  
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• These 9 maps show where Canada’s illegal drugs are coming from

  These nine maps show where and how illegal drugs arrive in Canada.

  World

  Aug 1, 2017
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• Alberta to hire 2 more medical examiners to deal with increasing demand, fentanyl overdoses

  Alberta is hiring two more medical examiners to reduce caseloads and deal with emerging issues such as fentanyl overdoses.

  Health

  Feb 8, 2017
• Ontario needs to better track opioid deaths, despite health minister’s claims: critics

  Ontario's health minister has repeatedly denied there is a lack of comprehensive real-time data to track the opioid overdose death crisis in the province, despite Premier Kathleen Wynne conceding earlier this week that more information is needed to track the growing problem.

  Canada

  Sep 28, 2016