Health Canada doesn’t think requiring potent painkillers to be tamper-resistant will have a significant effect on their misuse and abuse in Canada. Continue reading →

Saskatoon police seize meth, crack cocaine, Hydromorph-Contin, charge five people in two separate drug busts. Continue reading →

Readers share their stories of struggling with opioid use, abuse and addiction. Continue reading →

The “data’s mixed” on supervised injection sites, Stephen Harper says. What does the evidence say works — and doesn’t work — when it comes to battling drug abuse and addiction? Continue reading →

Prescription opioids kill hundreds of Canadians a year. Why are doctors still prescribing so many? Continue reading →

Ontario needs to rethink the way it treats addiction and pain if it wants to tackle a worsening prescription opioid health crisis, critics say. Continue reading →

Preliminary 2013 data from Ontario’s coroner indicates these powerful drugs are killing more people each year – and the usual suspects are being replaced by drugs that are just as addictive and even more potent. Continue reading →

In a call for proposals published Friday, the federal government said it’s looking for suggestions on how to make prescribing safer, including better training and education for the health professionals giving out these powerful painkillers. Continue reading →

Canada’s becoming a source of potent, easily abused painkillers being smuggled into the U.S. And the country’s lax rules and lack of data worry American authorities. Continue reading →

The province has no plans to tighten the rules on these skyrocketing prescriptions, even though data obtained by Global News shows they’re killing more people. Continue reading →