Opioids

• Changes to prescribing safer supply drugs approved by Ontario medical regulator

  The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario's board of directors will soon implement several changes to the practice of prescribing safer supply.

  Health

  Oct 13
  
• Opioid use among Ontario seniors an ‘overlooked and evolving crisis’: study

  The study showed the number of adults 55 and older seeking care doubled in eight years from about 7,100 in 2017 to more than 15,000 in 2025.

  Canada

  Sep 23
  
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• Opioid calls surpassing alcohol-related calls: Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service

  Recent data from the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service shows opioid-related call volumes are now surpassing alcohol-related calls for the first time.

  Canada

  Jun 8
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• Traces of fentanyl, other drugs found in some Ontario fish, study shows

  Researchers said while wastewater treatment plants do a good job at treating water, they were not designed to deal with the 'complexity' of compounds like fentanyl.

  Environment

  Apr 20
• Loitering outside Calgary pharmacy raises concerns over safety

  Businesses and community members in Sunalta are growing more concerned over safety as the number of people seeking addiction treatment grows at a local pharmacy.

  Canada

  Mar 11
• Animal tranquilizers are being mixed with fentanyl in Canada

  Opioid overdose deaths in Canada are falling, but there's growing concerns on a certain veterinary tranquilizer being cut into fentanyl and other opioids.

  Canada

  Mar 4
• Drug alert issued for medetomidine in Saskatoon

  Saskatchewan's Ministry of Health has released another drug alert regarding medetomidine, a veterinary sedative not reactive to naloxone and increasingly found in opioids.

  Canada

  Jan 30
• Rising drug poisonings prompt rare B.C.-wide alert over medetomidine

  The BC Centre for Disease Control has issued a provincewide drug alert as poisonings rise, warning that medetomidine is increasingly present in the unregulated drug supply.

  Canada

  Jan 28
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• Alberta RCMP issue warning about opioid-laced drugs after teenager’s death

  RCMP are issuing a warning to Albertans about some counterfeit drugs that are laced with a potentially deadly dose of opioids that have been found in the province.

  Crime

  Jul 18, 2025
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• More than 2K died of opioids in Ontario last year as numbers trend downward: data

  More than 2,200 Ontarians died from opioids last year, a 15 per cent decrease from 2023, newly released data from the Office of the Chief Coroner shows.

  Health

  Jun 5, 2025