Canada

Source: What I saw in a day on the Downtown Eastside shocked me|The Globe & Mail How have we let things go so wrong for Canada’s roughest neighbourhood? It’s just another day on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. A young man sits on the wet sidewalk, his legs spread wide, sucking the smoke ...

Source: My Year On Death Row|National Post Originally published August 23, 2018 Inside Canada’s ‘other opioid epidemic’ — patients cut off from medical painkillers By Dawn Rae Downton Illustrations by Mike Faille It started in my feet, which ached constantly whether I wore flats, heels, trainers, or went barefoot. Physiotherapy and orthotics? ...

Source: New study sheds light on who’s dying in B.C.’s opioid crisis|Peace River Record-Gazette “What we’re trying to do is determine the trajectory of the individual who died so we can find out what his or her pathway was to this particular issue.”   The first report of a project aimed ...

Source: Beyond naloxone: use drugs for drug users, Edmonton city committee hears|CBC.ca Edmonton needs a safe drug supply, advocate argues Alberta Health Services says more than 100,000 take-home naloxone kits have been distributed in the province in less than a year. (CBC News) The city and province could help address the current ...

Source : Racontez-nous votre histoire – Consultation publique sur le renforcement de l’approche du Canada à l’égard des enjeux liés à la consommation de substances Disponible jusqu’au 4 décembre 2018, English version available at link above ^^   Racontez-nous votre histoire – Consultation publique sur le renforcement de l’approche du Canada ...

Source : Doctor questions ‘disgraceful’ care provided by private, high-volume methadone clinics amid opioid crisis|CBC.ca Patients need comprehensive treatment to successfully fight opioid addiction, experts say As a northern Ontario city battles an opioid overdose death rate that’s twice as high as the provincial average, doctors are sounding the alarm about ...