Benzodiazepines

• Vape juice containing benzodiazepines prompts Chilliwack drug alert

  Benzodiazepines are a class of drug that slow brain activity and create a drowsy or calming effect, and include the brand-name products Valium, Xanax and Ativan.

  Health

  Jun 29
  
• Interior Health issues alert for street drug in Kelowna

  The alert is for a drug called Down, which is said to contain very high concentrations of fentanyl and benzodiazepines.

  Health

  May 25
  
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• Prairie Harm Reduction warns about new substance amid rising drug overdoses

  The number of overdose deaths in Saskatchewan has more than tripled over the past six years, with 366 deaths being reported in 2021 by the Saskatchewan Coroners Service.

  Health

  Aug 4, 2022
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• B.C. reports at least 160 overdose deaths in May

  May marked the 15th straight month with more than 100 suspected illicit drug toxicity deaths in B.C.

  News

  Jun 29, 2021
• Calgary police warn about potential of deadly new street drug

  Calgary police said that the addition of benzodiazepines to counterfeit Xanax and fentanyl can make the drugs resistant to naloxone.

  Crime

  Apr 13, 2021
• Interior Health issues street drug warning for Kelowna, West Kelowna

  The Kelowna alert is for street drugs being sold as fentanyl but that they actually contain benzodiazepines and fentanyl.

  Feb 4, 2021
• Interior Health issues drug alert for Penticton

  Interior Health says a black, tar-like and chunky substance is being sold as fentanyl, but that it contains benzodiazepines and fentanyl.

  Health

  Feb 3, 2021
• N.S. doctor shortage leads to barriers for patients in need of prescriptions for narcotics, controlled drugs

  "Patients running out of their medications, patients taking less than maybe they should. All those kinds of things have an impact on their health and it has an impact on the system as a whole." 

  Health

  Jan 15, 2020
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• Deadly new street drug mix can’t be reversed by naloxone, AHS warns

  Health officials are warning Albertans about a new mix of street drugs that won’t fully be reversed by naloxone if the person consuming them suffers an overdose.

  Canada

  Aug 1, 2019
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• Vancouver Overdose Prevention Society blames new drug for 16 overdoses in 2 days

  The society's director says she's noticed a recent spike in overdoses ever since a type of psychoactive drug also known as "benzos" came on the Vancouver scene.

  Health

  Jul 7, 2019