Hydromorphone

• B.C. addictions doctor raises concerns about safer supply as minister offers reassurance

  B.C. launched its prescribed safer supply program in the midst of the pandemic, in the fifth year of its seven-year public health emergency declared to combat the overdose crisis.

  Health

  May 26, 2023
  
• Safe supply: Are prescribed opioids being sold on B.C.’s streets, and if so, is it a problem?

  Allegations that opioids from B.C.'s prescribed safer supply initiative are being diverted to the street became a hot political issue in the B.C. legislature this week.

  Health

  May 11, 2023
  
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• Judge grants woman interim injunction for exemption from Alberta opioid restrictions

  Her lawsuit against the Alberta government says she follows a treatment regimen that allows her to effectively manage her condition, prevents her from using street-sourced opioids.

  Canada

  Mar 2, 2023
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• Calgary woman seeking ‘narrow, individual exemption’ over Alberta opioid restrictions

  The province's new standards require service providers to refrain from prescribing opioids for at-home use unless approved by a medical director.

  Canada

  Mar 1, 2023
• Woman suing Alberta government over rules around opioid hydromorphone

  The province says the risk of these potent opioids getting into the community is too high for it to be administered outside a clinic setting.

  Canada

  Feb 3, 2023
• Drugs, firearms, and more seized at Waterloo home: police

  A man and a woman from Waterloo are facing a number of charges after a search warrant was executed at a home on Thursday.

  Crime

  Dec 8, 2022
• OPP seize multiple guns, ammunition and drugs in Stayner

  OPP from Huronia West and Collingwood seized multiple guns and drugs during a search warrant in Stayner.

  Canada

  Oct 28, 2022
• Opioid-dependent patients worry changes to Alberta’s prescription methods will be harmful

  A new provincial strategy to fight addiction could backfire, according to patients. Harm reduction advocates say the changes could put people at higher risk for opioid poisoning.

  Health

  Oct 17, 2022
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• Drugs seized, wanted man who tried hiding behind umbrella arrested, say Kelowna RCMP

  Police say officers on crime-reduction patrol last week spotted two men sitting on a bench, “hiding behind an umbrella.”

  Crime

  Sep 27, 2022
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• 7 charged after Kingston police drug raid

  Police say the raid led to the discovery of cocaine, crystal meth, hydromorphone pills, a loaded Glock pistol and more evidence of drug trafficking.

  Crime

  Feb 16, 2022