Opioid Crisis
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Mental health, addictions front and centre at Kelowna forum as opioid crisis rages onThe 2023 Western Canada Addiction Forum taking place in Kelowna on Friday and Saturday brought together nearly 200 experts in the fields of addiction and mental health.CanadaMay 26
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B.C. addictions doctor raises concerns about safer supply as minister offers reassuranceB.C. launched its prescribed safer supply program in the midst of the pandemic, in the fifth year of its seven-year public health emergency declared to combat the overdose crisis.HealthMay 26
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Drugs seized, 4 arrested at Peterborough residence: policeMembers of the city police's drug unit and emergency response team executed a search warrant at a residence in the area of Park Street North and Dalhousie Street.CrimeMay 26
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Feds will join class action lawsuit against McKinsey over opioid marketingThe legal action against McKinsey & Company was brought forward by British Columbia in December 2021 over the firm's alleged marketing campaigns to boost opioid sales.CanadaMay 19
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Peterborough detox and treatment centre to open at CMHA safe beds buildingPending zoning approval, Peterborough's new 12-bed detox and treatment centre program will be based at 24 Paddock Wood where the CMHA-HKPR currently runs a safe bed program.HealthMay 9
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Illegal drug store selling heroin, meth, cocaine in downtown Vancouver for safe supplyWednesday was the opening day for The Drugs Store, a small mobile store that is selling heroin, meth, cocaine and MDMA in downtown Vancouver.HealthMay 4
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12-bed residential detox and addiction program approved for Peterborough areaThe program, to be run by Fourcast and the CMHA, will open six residential treatment beds and six residential withdrawal management beds.HealthMay 2
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Animal tranquilizer xylazine found in Peterborough street drug supplyThe health unit says the tranquilizer was found in several drug samples tested at the Peterborough Consumption and Treatment Services (CTS) site between April 29 to April 30.HealthMay 1
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First Nations drug users six times more likely to die of overdose in B.C., data findsFirst Nations people represent 3.3 per cent of B.C.'s population, but the health authority said 16.4 per cent of those who died from overdoses last year were Indigenous.HealthApr 21
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Alberta’s involuntary addictions treatment law violates Charter rights, expert saysThe policy is part of the United Conservative government's model of recovery and treatment while stripping down harm reduction resources like supervised consumption sitesHealthApr 19
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