Drug Overdose

This is the largest difference in the US since 1996.The Researcher also pointed out that no one has systematically analysed why the gap between men and women has been widening since 2010. Research indicates that women in the United…

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 10, 2023 1:09 pm Descrease article font size Increase article…

Last Updated: June 26, 2023, 04:47 ISTIn 2021 alone, the majority of about 90,000 opioid related overdose deaths in North America involved the synthetic opioid drug.(Representative image/Shutterstock)Fentanyl has drastically altered the…

As Canada’s supply of street drugs grows increasingly dangerous due to harmful additives, testing kits have offered a glimmer of hope for drug users and those working to help them. But on Monday, Health Canada warned that illicit drug…

Last Updated: April 07, 2023, 04:40 ISTMany people who die of overdoses in the United States do not know they are taking fentanyl. (Image: Reuters)The U.S. government has pressured both Mexico and China to do more to curb the trade in the…

Indigenous people, especially women, are dying from toxic drugs at disproportionately high rates in British Columbia as the overdose crisis continues “unabated,” nearly seven years after the province first declared a public health…

Families and advocates of youth addicted to illicit drugs are divided over whether minors should be forced into so-called secure care to stabilize them before longer-term voluntary treatment could be provided. Laws vary across Canada…

Some Canadian cities and provinces are trying to decriminalize possession of small amounts of drugs in their jurisdictions as thousands of people die of overdoses each year. Since January 2016, almost 25,000 people have died from…

Image: Getty ImagesThree years ago, Tyler Skaggs’ death rocked Major League Baseball. Yet, the trial of Eric Kay, the Los Angeles Angels’ ex-Communications Director who allegedly sold Skaggs the opioid he OD’d on, has taken place on the…

Four men face charges that they were members of the drug distribution crew that supplied a deadly mix of narcotics to Michael K. Williams, the renowned actor from "The Wire" who overdosed just hours after buying fentanyl-laced heroin in a…