Groups offer more support for Canadian families of drug users who have fatally overdosed
Jennens, whose two sons died of overdose, says the two Stronger Together B.C. groups are led by volunteer facilitators with lived experience. “We also …
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US drug overdose deaths surged during COVID-19 lockdowns
More than 87,200 people in the U.S. died from drug overdoses, primarily related to opioids, between September 2019 and September 2020.
April 24 is prescription Drug Take Back Day at 15 locations in Lorain County
The Drug Enforcement Administration will host the 20th biannual Take Back … The increase in drug overdose deaths appeared to begin prior to the …
Drug-case defendant admits to guns count
Ricky Lynn Hinton, 59, of Little Rock pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Brian … It has been linked to hundreds of overdose deaths nationwide.
Middlesbrough drugs overdose kit hailed as ‘lifesaver’
Street wardens with drug overdose kits are believed to have helped save the … This can help reverse the effects of a heroin overdose, allowing time for … Middlesbrough has among the highest number of drug–related deaths in the …
Donald MacPherson: Federal government must decriminalize drugs to save lives and protect …
This week was the five-year anniversary of B.C.’s declaration of a public health emergency due to a toxic drug supply causing fatal overdoses. Back in …
Vernon’s controversial overdose prevention site saving lives
Interior Health saw a record year of overdose deaths with 283 recorded in 2020. But without the recently opened OPS in Vernon, that number could …
Drug checking services may come to Saskatoon as fentanyl deaths rise
A tragic record. The coroners service currently estimates 345 Saskatchewan people died of drug overdoses in 2020. Source: Sask Coroners Service, …
Sask. government approved 13 overdose prevention sites in quarantine locations
Advocates have long argued for such sites as a way of preventing overdose deaths. Hindley said these locations are not publicly accessible and …
COVID drives Cambria fatal overdose climb: Coroner says fentanyl blends amount to ‘Russian …
An analysis of last year’s fatal overdoses also showed that a contrasting blend of drugs was also responsible for more than half of Cambria’s 71 deaths.