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Semaglutide – a key ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy – was associated with a lower risk of opioid overdose in patients with Type 2 diabetes and opioid use disorder, research shows.

A new group is behind a request to the province to work on an opioid treatment plan, which they hope would see a multi-ministry taskforce convened to coordinate a plan.

'We need to memorialize what these folks, our friends and family members, have gone through, and their tragic passing in this crisis we're all facing.'

Ontario's auditor general was critical of the province's opioid addiction strategy, suggesting it was uncoordinated and didn't have proper processes in place.

A social services agency that operates a supervised consumption site in Toronto has filed a legal challenge against recently passed legislation that will shut down several sites.

The government is set to table new legislation that would prevent a supervised consumption site from operating within a 200-metre radius of a school or child care centre.

Burnaby RCMP said that in August its drug and organized crime section executed search warrants on two homes in Coquitlam and Surrey. Four people have been arrested.

Two deaths on the streets of Montreal have advocates calling attention to the overdose crisis and are also raising questions about the need for more resources in the community.

“I’m doing very well thank you, 100 per cent better,” Jamie Hardy a.k.a Smokey D told Global News in an interview from The Hills Rehab in Chiang Mai. “I love it here.”

With more than 15,000 lives lost to toxic drugs since 2016, B.C. has been at the cutting edge of debate, science and policy about how to deal with the crisis.

Illicit drug deaths are down slightly in British Columbia from the same period last year, but the coroners service says females are dying at a much higher rate.

Mayor Scott Gillingham said the costs reflect the city's population growth, as well as increased calls for emergency services.

Yukon government officials said a key concern is the increasing presence of xylazine, a veterinary tranquilizer that has been detected in significant quantities in the deaths.

Benzodiazepines are now being monitored by the province, providing more detail to the public on overdoses in your community.

Ontario Big City Mayors are asking the province to review mental-health laws and whether to expand the scope of involuntary treatment for people who are addicted to drugs.

Compulsory mental health and addictions care is being contemplated or expanded in several provinces as communities struggle to cope with a countrywide overdose crisis.

The head of London, Ont.’s supervised consumption site says a recent overdose there is a 'tragic loss' but 'highlights the ongoing risk posed by the increasing toxic drug supply.'

Gladys Akimana was living in a shelter in August 2022, run by Covenant House Vancouver when he overdosed on a mix of opioids and alcohol.

A British Columbia report tracking Indigenous health issues says life expectancy for the province's First Nations people has plunged by more than six years since 2017.

A number of religious organizations came to Queen's Park on Tuesday and said they were hopeful they could reach Ford's 'humanity.'