The opioid crisis is having a significant impact on the health system as a growing number of Canadians seek emergency hospital care for overdoses related to the potent narcotics, a report released Thursday warns. Continue reading
This morning, I began assembling this Saturday’s and Sunday’s programs and was jolted back into reality by one email in particular. Continue reading
Nearly 12 per cent of Ontarians were described opioids for pain in 2016. Continue reading
An addictions doctor in Saskatchewan says physicians need more help treating people with chronic pain and avoiding opioids. Continue reading
Tammi and Niki Hale. Doug Hale was their beloved husband and father. Last October, Doug committed suicide. He was just 53. For 18 years, Doug Hale suffered horribly. At 35, Doug was diagnosed with interstitial cystitis. If you have no idea what interstitial cystitis is, pray hard you remain unaware personally of the cruelty a… Continue reading
At least 2,458 Canadians died in 2016 from opioid related ovderdoses, but that number could rise. Continue reading
In the last three years, the total number of prescriptions filled by Ontarians increased from 8.7 million to nearly 9.2 million, according to a new report. Continue reading
Canadian senator and former Vancouver mayor Larry Campbell says he wants the federal and provincial governments to allow free opioid prescriptions for people with addictions in an effort to stem the West Coast’s fentanyl crisis. Continue reading
Ontario addiction experts say reduced prescribing of oxycodone has helped cut overdose deaths from the potent narcotic, but other opioids are increasingly taking its place. Continue reading
