Opioid Addiction

• Quebec tables bill to sue drug companies for health-care costs linked to opioids

  The lawsuit application, launched by the B.C. government in 2018, seeks $85 billion in damages to compensate Canadian governments for health-care costs linked to opioids.

  Health

  Oct 5
  
• Multi-million dollar recovery community opens in Lethbridge

  "It's been a long time since life looked this hopeful, that life looked this good," Reid Metheral, a resident of the $19-million, 50-bed facility.

  Health

  Sep 21
  
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• Niagara councillors seek stats to justify potential change to emergency declaration

  Niagara's council sent an initiative to alter a state of emergency to a perceived state of crisis downgrade back to committee for more study.

  Politics

  Jul 20
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• Niagara council may change homelessness, mental health, addictions emergency declaration

  The transition out of the declaration was recommended at a Niagara Region health and social services committee meeting July 11.

  Canada

  Jul 18
• Alternative to methadone shows promise for those addicted to opioids: researchers

  The new study shows it is possible to offer a more flexible treatment at home without reducing the chance of success for those who are dealing with opioid addiction.

  Health

  Jun 15, 2022
• Recovery camps proposed to help those struggling with addiction in Lethbridge

  After years of working on the front lines of the drug crisis, a Lethbridge man is hoping to help those struggling with addiction a different way - the Blackfoot way.

  Canada

  Aug 26, 2021
• Alberta adds detox beds, Edmonton nasal naloxone pilot in response to overdoses

  A one-year pilot project in Edmonton will see $1.5 million spent on nasal naloxone kits and $2.1 million over three years for 35 additional medical detox beds.

  Health

  Jun 9, 2021
• Lethbridge city committee votes down Moms Stop the Harm resolution

  A resolution put forward by Moms Stop the Harm Lethbridge will not move on to city council, after a unanimous vote by the community safety standing policy committee.

  Health

  Jun 2, 2021
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• Former Toronto detective admits to taking seized opioids from police lockers for personal use

  Toronto Police Chief James Ramer has asked the OPP to review the entire incident and any of the cases the detective worked on.

  Crime

  Feb 18, 2021
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• Patients launch lawsuit to force Alberta drug treatment clinics to remain open

  An Edmonton lawyer is handling a lawsuit against the province to stop the planned closure of the Injectable Opioid Agonist Treatment Clinics (iOAT).

  Health

  Oct 8, 2020