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Calgary police have charged a 17-year-old with a long list of drug offences following two suspected fatal drug overdoses on the Tsuut'ina Nation last summer.

A Winnipeg judge is recommending improved addiction supports after examining the overdose death of a man living in a tent who had faced barriers in accessing treatment.

A constitutional challenge by founders of a Vancouver "compassion club" who were found guilty of drug trafficking is expected to begin today at the British Columbia Supreme Court.

A Quebec program is being described as the only one of its kind in the province: a treatment centre that allows mothers to keep their children with them while they recover.

As fatalities drop due to training and awareness around naloxone, new drugs cut with sedatives like benzos are making it less effective.

With two deaths and dozens of overdoses over the past two weeks, a health alert remains in effect for the Guelph-Wellington County area.

Dr. Salvador Plasencia was the first to be sentenced of the five defendants who have pleaded guilty in connection with the 'Friends' actor's death at age 54 in 2023.

Hundreds of pages of contraband reports paint a picture of a jail system where illegal drugs, from cocaine to MDMA or fentanyl, are regularly found.

The deal overseen by a U.S. bankruptcy judge would require members of the Sackler family who own the company to contribute up to $7 billion and give up ownership.

The attack, which Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said killed two people, was a departure from the seven previous U.S. strikes that had targeted vessels in the Caribbean.

York Region police say a 29-year-old man has been charged with manslaughter following an overdose death in Vaughan, Ont., last September.

Jasveen Sangha is the fifth and final defendant charged in the overdose death of the 'Friends' star to strike a plea agreement with federal prosecutors.

The City of Toronto is reporting an increase in visible drug use in the wake of the Ford government's decision to pull funding for several safe-injection sites earlier this year.

This guidance is to help clarify for physicians when young people can be admitted under the Mental Health Act at the request of parents or guardians.

The BC Coroners Service says in a statement that fentanyl or its analogs were found in the system of 84 per cent of those who were tested.

Employee furloughs and potential layoffs would halt some government activities if the U.S. government shuts down by midnight Tuesday.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Tuesday overturned a landmark decision in West Virginia that had rejected attempts by an opioid-ravaged area to be compensated by U.S. drug distributors for a influx of prescription pain pills into the region.

Police believe the discovery of 60,000 plants being grown in a field behind a rural Edmonton home is the second largest opium poppy bust in Canadian history.

Ahead of International Overdose Awareness Day on Aug. 31, the group, Moms Stop The Harm, gathered at the site of the billboard.

After attending too many funerals for young people, some residents of Kehewin First Nation have crafted legislation banning drugs and alcohol in the Alberta community.