Ask Oklahoma takes drugmaker Johnson & Johnson to court over its alleged role in the state’s opioid crisis, Bob Layton asks: What is the price of a human life? Continue reading →

Public Health Ontario has released updated statistics that indicate 388 people died from opioid-related causes from July to September 2018, down from 414 deaths during the same period in 2017. Continue reading →

Ontario Provincial Police say they have undergone a big shift in their approach to overdoses as the opioid crisis deepens. Continue reading →

Since September 2017, officers have administered naloxone on 79 occasions and saved 73 lives, police say, with the highest number of naloxone doses being administered in March and April. Continue reading →

Tramadol prescriptions have risen 30 per cent between 2012-2016 in Canada. Continue reading →

Edmonton and Lethbridge are the first cities in Alberta to get Health Canada approval to offer safe injection sites for opioid drugs. Continue reading →

The Alberta government will be announcing a new plan to deal with the province’s opioid crisis. Continue reading →

Ontario’s health minister has repeatedly denied there is a lack of comprehensive real-time data to track the opioid overdose death crisis in the province, despite Premier Kathleen Wynne conceding earlier this week that more information is needed to track the growing problem. Continue reading →