Category: Health and Society

According to a news release from the province, no deaths have been … Saint John police issue warning after sharp increase in drug–overdose calls.

The CONAIE reported that the death occurred in El Arbolito Park, near the National Assembly, … Drug overdose epidemic wreaks havoc in the U.S..

No new deaths were reported, leaving the statewide death toll now … Bangor has had more suspected drug overdoses than Portland and Lewiston.

The Okanagan as a whole accounts for 54 of the 117 overdose deaths in the Interior Health region between January and the end of April. Throughout the …

Saskatoon’s chief of police still thinks decriminalization of drugs … are related to drug use, addiction, mental health and overdose deaths.

“Jefferson County is experiencing near all-time highs in both homicides and drug overdose deaths, with drug fatalities increasing 70 percent over …

Naloxone is a medication that reverses an opioid overdose. … The state notes that overdose deaths include those related to all drugs, …

On average, there were 21 drug deaths daily in Canada in 2021, up from eight deaths only five years earlier. The vast majority of the deaths were …

According to the CDC, opioids were involved in 68,630 overdose deaths in 2020, which made up about 75 percent of total drug overdose deaths that …

But Muse Treatment, which works on the front lines of the opioid epidemic and … of the almost 107,000 drug–overdose deaths in the U.S. in 2021, …