Opiate

• Ontario passes bill to join B.C.-led class action lawsuit against opioid manufacturers

  Ontario is joining five other provinces in a class-action lawsuit, which alleges that drug manufacturers falsely marketed opioids as less addictive than other pain drugs.

  Health

  Dec 12, 2019
  
• Toronto man arrested on Lincoln Alexander Parkway after alleged altercation with Hamilton police

  A 21-year-old Toronto man is facing several charges after an alleged altercation involving Hamilton police on the Lincoln Alexander Parkway.

  Crime

  May 9, 2019
  
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• 700 grams of doda, a powdered opiate, seized at Saskatchewan-U.S. border

  A B.C. man is accused to trying to smuggle doda, a powdered opiate, across the Saskatchewan-U.S. border.

  Crime

  Dec 12, 2017
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• Italian police seize 24 million tablets of opiates linked to ISIS

  Police suspect the drugs were part of a trafficking ring destined to be sold by ISIS to its fighters.

  World

  Nov 3, 2017
• Video shows mom who overdosed in store while toddler tries to wake her; woman charged

  A mother in Massachusetts has been charged after she apparently collapsed from a drug overdose with her toddler nearby. Heartbreaking video shows the child trying to wake her mother up.

  World

  Sep 21, 2016
• Needle drug use up in Lethbridge

  Organizations on the front lines of drug use in Lethbridge continue to see a rise in needle-injected drugs

  Crime

  May 11, 2016
• Fentanyl fact sheet: what it is and what it does

  Learn more about fentanyl, what it does, and how to tell if someone is suffering from fentanyl poisoning.

  Crime

  Aug 12, 2015