Overdose Report

There were 30 drug–related deaths in the City of Peterborough in 2019. She said the health unit has engaged its early-warning task force for an …

This year, 17 people have died of suspected overdoses here, says Dr. Rosana Salvaterra, medical officer of health for Peterborough Public Health. Last …

“M.S.’s death, like the thousands of other deaths, was a direct result of the criminal choices of a drug dealer who refused to stop dealing heroin and …

Narcan is a medicine that can save someone’s life if they are overdosing on opioids, whether it’s a prescription opioid pain medicine, heroin, or a drug …

Jeff Hardy’s friend died of an overdose. He decided to create an app that could keep people using alone safer. Photo from Lifeguard Digital Health.

Taking the fast-acting treatment to eight locations that have seen a majority of opioid overdoses is a smart move by Columbus’ Rapid Response …

Now the latest update regarding the matter is that the reason for the couple, Gregory Tyree Boyce & Natalie Adepoju’s death is drug overdose.

The board will consider at its next meeting on Monday a report from Dr. Eileen de Villa, the city’s medical officer of health, that asks the federal health …

Illicit drug death rates in BC are currently the highest of any jurisdiction in Canada, with more than three British Columbians succumbing to illicit drug …

Fentanyl has been blamed for illegal-use drug overdose deaths nationwide. Boyce appeared as Tyler Crowley in “Twilight,” the 2008 film starring Kristen …