Suboxone

• A Canadian first: B.C. registered nurses to begin prescribing drugs to treat opioid use

  It has been almost five years since B.C. declared the overdose crisis a public health emergency. Since then, more than 6,000 people have died due to toxic street-drug use.

  Health

  Feb 8, 2021
  
• ‘I’ve been brought back to life six times’: How a B.C. man escaped the Downtown Eastside alive

  "If I fell down, I was going to get back up": Guy Felicella battled addiction for decades on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside and won.

  Health

  Aug 10, 2020
  
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• Southern Alberta woman detoxing from drug addiction delivers healthy baby

  Katherine Holy White Man is a single woman trying to get off drugs at the Blood Tribe detox centre in Standoff, Alta.

  Features

  Aug 30, 2019
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• New N.S. ER protocol gives patients opioid dependency treatment but not take-home naloxone

  A new protocol provides emergency department physicians with the ability to connect people with opioid dependency to treatment before they're sent home.

  Canada

  Jul 2, 2019
• Kelowna man struggling with opioid addiction says special clinic saved his life

  The B.C. government announced on Friday that Interior Health's opioid agonist treatment clinic will now offer longer hours and open on weekends.

  Health

  Feb 8, 2019
• Vancouver hospital tries new treatment for overdose victims

  Kestler says their goal is simply to save lives.

  Health

  Feb 7, 2019
• 4 charged after police seize 18K in drugs in North Bay

  According to North Bay police, on Jan. 8 at around 8:30 a.m., officers conducted a search warrant in the 600-block area of Bloem Street.

  Crime

  Jan 14, 2019
• Drug dealers target Alberta community when payments arrive: ‘I don’t see any end in sight’

  A life-and-death battle against drug dealers is being waged on the sprawling Blood reserve in southwestern Alberta, as officials struggle to keep deadly opioids away from its most vulnerable residents.

  Health

  May 28, 2018
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• Manitoba doctors face delicate balance when prescribing opioids

  Canada's second only to the United States when it comes to opioid use. What do you need to ask your doctor.

  Health

  Apr 5, 2018
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• Drugs to help treat opioid addiction cleared by Health Canada

  Provinces and territories are now able to import urgently needed medications that are not available in Canada to treat the growing incidence of opioid dependence under new Health Canada regulations announced Tuesday.

  Canada

  Jun 28, 2017