Category: Health and Society

According to the federal government report, in 2017 around 4,000 deaths reported in Canada due to opioid overdose, which is 34% more than 2016 …

Police believe the man died of a heroin overdose, though the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s office will provide an official cause of death, a …

And Franklin County is seeing a similar spike in opioid-related overdoses with seven deaths this year from overdoses — three in the past month.

In Michigan, about 78% of drug overdose deaths involved at least one opioid. It’s not clear what Jordan may have been using at the time of his death, but …

Although the strategies look different, the concept of harm reduction is also valuable for another health issue – drug use. In 2017 more than 45,000 …

CNN – More than 151,000 Americans died from drug overdoses, alcohol and suicide combined in 2018, slightly lower than the overall numbers in …

Even though treatment centers have had to change their procedures because of the health crisis, there is still help available. “There is intentional …

On this side of the border, in 2017, there were 70,237 drug overdose deaths in the United States. That’s a whole city worth of people. That’s more …

With six overdose deaths in 48 hours, officials and organizations are working to keep community members alive. Muskingum Behavioral Health, the …

A NEW documentary has sensationally claimed boxer turned mob enforcer Sonny Liston’s death was made to look like an overdose. The former …