Opiates

• Peterborough health unit warns a ‘bad batch’ of drugs is circulating in area

  The regional health unit warns a purple opiate product has an increased level of toxicity and been found circulating in Peterborough city and county.

  Health

  Dec 5, 2022
  
• Dog owners warned after puppy poisoned by cannabis, opiate in Coquitlam, B.C. park

  Four-month-old Wag, a Heartland Terrier, was rushed to an emergency veterinary hospital, where he tested positive for cannabis and an opiate.

  Crime

  Mar 14, 2022
  
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• Research team seeks ways to use opiates for more effective pain management

  A research team from across Canada is looking into how natural opiates are produced and how they can be used for more effective pain management.

  Canada

  Dec 29, 2021
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• Winnipeg mom continues late daughter’s giving spirit with backpack campaign

  A Winnipeg mom is putting together backpacks of basic, essential supplies to hand out to people in need, in memory of her daughter, who died of an accidental fentanyl poisoning.

  Health

  Oct 26, 2021
• Manitoba RCMP seize pills from 68-year-old driver in RM of Springfield

  Manitoba RCMP said the man was pulled over at a traffic stop on Sunday, when they found bottles of pills intended for trafficking, along with a quantity of cash.

  Crime

  Sep 22, 2021
• New flexible-length withdrawal beds open for Manitoba meth, opiate users

  The beds – a $4.2 million project – are intended to give patients longer stays, so they have the time they need to get off dangerous drugs like meth. 

  Health

  Oct 16, 2019
• ‘I had lost everything’: Addiction stories shared at Recovery Day 2019 in Moncton

  People who have struggled with and overcome addictions spoke and shared success stories, while also talking about the challenges they faced.

  Health

  Sep 16, 2019
• Calgary scientists believe they’re close to producing non-addictive painkillers

  A team of Calgary-based scientists believe they are only years away from being able to producer safer commercial pain-killing medication.

  Health

  Apr 6, 2019
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• Napanee students overdosing on counterfeit Xanax possibly laced with fentanyl

  The school says Napanee OPP has warned education officials that students are reacting to or overdosing on counterfeit Xanax that may be laced with fentanyl.

  Crime

  Oct 24, 2018
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• London police investigating overdose of seven inmates at EMDC

  London police were called in around 2:15 p.m. Thursday after seven inmates in the same range overdosed on opiates at the Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre.

  Canada

  Aug 9, 2018