Opioid Crisis
Lethbridge businesses seeing increase in antisocial behaviours: study
By Quinn Campbell Videographer
The report said antisocial behaviours cannot be unequivocally and entirely attributed to Lethbridge’s supervised consumption site, due largely to sample size and an ongoing drug epidemic. Continue reading
Free fentanyl test strips to be distributed in Vancouver Coastal Health region
For the first time in British Columbia, the public will be able to check drugs at home with take-home fentanyl test strips. Continue reading
Guelph police seize $2,000 worth of purple fentanyl
By Matt Carty Reporter
A 37-year-old man from Fergus faces several charges including trafficking and breaching his probation. Continue reading
Peterborough’s suspected opioid overdose death toll climbs to 30 in 2019
Peterborough police Deputy Chief Tim Farquharson says two more opioid overdose deaths occurred in the city two weeks ago. Continue reading
Decade in review: 10 stories that shaped British Columbia in the 2010s
Here is a look back at B.C.’s 10 biggest stores of the 2010s. Continue reading
Trudeau unconvinced decriminalizing hard drugs is a cure-all for opioid crisis
But Trudeau once felt the same way about marijuana — conceding it during an interview this week — before changing his mind. Continue reading
Cashing in on a cure: affiliate of Oxycontin-maker sets sights on naloxone market
Mundipharma’s antidote, a naloxone nasal spray called Nyxoid, was recently approved in New Zealand, Europe and Australia. Continue reading
Large increase in number of opioid deaths, ER visits in Ontario
Public Health Ontario has released updated statistics that indicate 435 people died from opioid-related causes from January to March 2019 – up from 307 deaths during the same period in 2018. Continue reading
A look at ‘the other opioid crisis’ — one that’s destabilizing the world’s poorest nations
Mass abuse of the opioid tramadol spans continents, from India to Africa to the Middle East. Continue reading
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. Continue reading