Recreational Drug Use
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Report finds students drinking, smoking pot less; but fentanyl has entered the marketOntario adolescents are drinking, smoking and using cannabis and other recreational drugs at the lowest rates since the late 1970s, suggests a biennial survey of Grade 7 to 12 students by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.HealthDec 14, 2017
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Recovering fentanyl addict describes overdosing in Calgary WalmartA Calgary man who found himself hooked on fentanyl is speaking out about the dangers of the synthetic drug and how easy it was to become addicted.HealthSep 2, 2015
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‘Fentanyl is here and it’s killing Albertans’: warn health officials amid Calgary arrestPolice have laid drug charges against a 27-year-old man allegedly caught trying to smuggle fentanyl into Calgary last month.CrimeAug 13, 2015
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Just ‘one bad pill’ with fentanyl killed 32-year-old Danielle RadtkeIt only took "one bad pill" that turned out to contain fentanyl for Janis Radtke's 32-year-old daughter to go to bed and never wake up again.CanadaAug 12, 2015
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Have a fentanyl prescription? Here’s what you need to knowThe mounting number of deaths and near-death overdoses related to fentanyl is causing concern in communities across Canada, but the narcotic is one that is used frequently for the treatment of pain.CanadaAug 12, 2015
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