Opioid Crisis

• 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.

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  Sep 21
  
• ‘He was on the brink of death’: B.C. dog survives fentanyl overdose

  Eight-year-old Charlie has made a full recovery, after being rushed to a vet where quick-thinking veterinarians administered two doses of Naloxone earlier this month.

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  Sep 19
  
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• First supervised injection site in North America marks 20th anniversary in Vancouver

  Unregulated drug toxicity is the leading cause of death in B.C. for people between 10 and 59, according to the BC Coroners Service.

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  Sep 14
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• Medication used to reverse opioid overdoses now available on the TTC, company says

  The TTC made the announcement on Tuesday, saying kits containing naloxone nasal sprays are now available at collector booths and hubs in its stations. 

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  Sep 12
• $1M to aid expansion of St. Joe’s measurement-based program targeting substance abuse

  The Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions is set to give some $1.8 million in funding for three projects in Hamilton tied to those experiencing substance-related harms.

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  Sep 11
• Opioid-related overdose calls in Hamilton trend upward, about 3 a day: report

  A quarterly report says paramedics responded to more than 250 suspected opioid overdose calls between April and June, equating to 19 calls per week or 2.8 calls per day.

  Sep 8
• It’s been more than 6 months of drug decriminalization in B.C. What’s changed?

  Unregulated drug toxicity is the leading cause of death in B.C. for people between 10 and 59. Six months into decriminalization, has any progress been made?

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  Sep 8
• Northern Alberta chiefs declare emergency over mental health, addictions crisis

  A tribal council representing five First Nations in northeastern Alberta have declared a state of emergency over what it calls an escalating mental health and addictions crisis.

  Canada

  Sep 7
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• Pediatricians call youth overdoses a public health emergency. What will end it?

  As students prepare to go back to school, prevention organizations are urging adults to take action against the rising risk of substance abuse to youth. 

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  Sep 3
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• Fatal overdoses can have ‘ripple effect’ on others in community, Winnipeg counsellor says

  According to Statistics Canada, there were more than 7,300 opioid-related deaths in the country last year alone — double what we saw just a few years ago.

  Health

  Aug 31