Tag Archives: opioid crisis

Authorities have spoken out about the threat of fentanyl in recreational drugs, but there’s reason to believe their claims are overblown. Last May, staff from New York City’s Department of Health and Hygiene toured bars and nightclubs to spread the word that the city’s cocaine was being laced with the lethal synthetic ...

Purdue Pharma is rightly reviled for pushing ‘heroin in a pill’ to those who didn’t need it – but the problem is industry-wide Few will mourn Purdue Pharma if the drug maker is buried by the flood of lawsuits over its cynical and calamitous push to sell its powerful narcotic ...

Source: Canadians in small towns face alarmingly higher risk of opioid overdoses: report|the Globe & Mail Canadians who live in small cities face substantially higher risks of opioid overdoses than those who live in larger centres, according to new national data that expose how poverty, unemployment and other factors are ...

Source: Peer support workers on front lines of the OD crisis need support too: Expert|CityNews1130.comOriginally published on August 12th 2018 VANCOUVER – Trey Helten has known almost every one of the 50 or so people he has treated for overdoses on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside since February. As a former heroin ...

Source: Denver council approves safe injection sites with lessons from Vancouver|CityNews1130.com VANCOUVER – As an overdose crisis began taking shape in Denver, Colorado, one of the places the city’s leaders looked for answers was north of the border. Councillor Albus Brooks says he hopped on a plane to Vancouver last ...

Source: City of Vancouver releases 23 recommendations to combat ongoing opioid crisis|Global News.ca A new report shows overdose deaths in Vancouver remain high, with a large number of victims not necessarily who you’d think they are. Ted Chernecki reports. The City of Vancouver is out with 23 recommendations to combat the ...