As Drug Overdose Deaths Soar, Advocates Fight Uphill Battle
As Drug Overdose Deaths Soar, Advocates Fight Uphill Battle. November 27, 2020. By Edgar Mendez Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service. This …
McKinsey Proposed Paying Pharmacy Companies Rebates for OxyContin Overdoses
A rebate of $14,810 per “event” meant that Purdue would pay CVS $36.8 … question: “Who at Purdue takes personal responsibility for these deaths?”.
Rapper who filmed girlfriend dying of overdose seen for first time since jail release
A RAPPER who filmed his girlfriend as she died of an overdose has been seen on Instagram for the first time since being let out of jail.
25 people died from drug overdoses in Coquitlam so far this year
For the fifth month in 2020, drug overdose deaths surpassed 160 in October. Photograph By file photo. Twenty-five people have died in Coquitlam from …
Prince George on pace for record illicit drug deaths
Since the start of 2018, there have been 127 drug–related deaths in the city and the rate per 100,000 people stands at 44.8. Only Hope and Vancouver …
Warning to employers: Drug, alcohol abuse soars during COVID-19
It is being reported by many agencies in the U.S. and Canada that illicit drug use has also increased with a major spike in overdose deaths in B.C. and …
Money Promised for Overdose Crisis Unused
Preliminary data shows an even higher death toll is likely this year. The crisis has only grown worse during the coronavirus pandemic. George stated he …
Kamloops mayor wants meeting with BC government after record year for overdose deaths
Ken Christian says he is waiting to have a conversation with the new Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, noting the latest overdose numbers from …
Sophie Burgess from Surrey died following an overdose of the drug phenytoin.
The doctor involved in overseeing a fatal overdose to an 11-month-old girl in hospital says she had “trusted” nurses to make sure the dosage was …
Drug toxicity levels killing more than five people daily: BC Coroners Service
In October, there were 162 illicit drug toxicity deaths reported. … “We encourage clinicians to support those at risk of overdose by prescribing safe …