Prescription Opioids

• Opioid-dependent patients worry changes to Alberta’s prescription methods will be harmful

  A new provincial strategy to fight addiction could backfire, according to patients. Harm reduction advocates say the changes could put people at higher risk for opioid poisoning.

  Health

  Oct 17, 2022
  
• Roy Green: Opioids are not the enemy yet the war on pain patients continues

  Roy Green says it is rare for a week to pass without him receiving emails from good people suffering because they can't access pain medication.

  Blogs

  Oct 25, 2018
  
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• Prescription opioids will soon carry warning stickers, says Health Canada

  All prescription opioids in Canada will carry a label warning of their addictive properties, starting in October.

  Health

  May 2, 2018
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• Bob Layton: Those hooked on opioids have my empathy

  Walking a mile in another person's shoes can be a great education.

  Blogs

  Mar 13, 2018
• Make prescription opioids legal, says senator and former mayor Larry Campbell

  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.

  Health

  Feb 19, 2017
• Liberals, NDP try to expedite bill to help combat opioid crisis

  The Liberals and NDP are working together to expedite the passage of a bill designed to help combat the country's opioid crisis.

  Canada

  Feb 1, 2017
• More Canadian babies born with opioid addiction and withdrawal

  Canada's ongoing opioid crisis is hurting some of its smallest citizens: newborns are being born with withdrawal symptoms.

  Health

  Jan 26, 2017
• Opioids may dull a parent’s instinct to find babies irresistible, study finds

  A drug addict wouldn't respond to the cuteness of an infant's round face, big eyes and bulging cheeks, a study found.

  Health

  Oct 17, 2016
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• Opposition calls for action on Ontario opioid deaths

  Ontario needs to rethink the way it treats addiction and pain if it wants to tackle a worsening prescription opioid health crisis, critics say.

  Canada

  Nov 13, 2014
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• UPDATED: Opioids killing more Ontarians than ever, coroner’s numbers show

  Preliminary 2013 data from Ontario's coroner indicates these powerful drugs are killing more people each year - and the usual suspects are being replaced by drugs that are just as addictive and even more potent.

  Canada

  Nov 9, 2014