The new home of Direction 180 lies in the Scotia Pharmacy’s old location on Gottingen Street. Continue reading →

U.S. counties that heavily favoured Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election were the most likely to have high rates of prescription opioid use, according to a new study. Continue reading →

A rapid access addiction medicine clinic has opened at Charlton Avenue East and James Street South in Hamilton. Continue reading →

A life-and-death battle against drug dealers is being waged on the sprawling Blood reserve in southwestern Alberta, as officials struggle to keep deadly opioids away from its most vulnerable residents. Continue reading →

All prescription opioids in Canada will carry a label warning of their addictive properties, starting in October. Continue reading →

Four new addictions nurses will soon be part of the health-care team at Hamilton’s Barton Street jail. That’s according to Hamilton-Wentworth detention centre nurse Debbie Heiliger, who is testifying at a coroner’s inquest exploring the circumstances surrounding the deaths of Marty Tykoliz, 38, in May 2014, and seven other inmates at the Barton Street jail. She… Continue reading →

The Middlesex-London Health Unit said over the last 10 years the local opioid crisis has claimed the lives of about 400 people. Continue reading →

More than 60 per cent of those living with PTSD suffer from addiction. Researchers at Western University shed light on the link between the two. Continue reading →

Some say the discourse of opioids as an “epidemic” or a “crisis” is also problematic. Continue reading →