Items tagged with opioids and canada
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| B.C. toxic drug deaths ‘largely preventable,’ coroner says, amid push for expanded safer supply access [01.11.2023] | The BC Coroners Service is urging the province to “immediately pursue” expanded access to safer supply as a new report on toxic drug deaths finds man ... |
| DULF organizers arrested for operating safe drug compassion club [26.10.2023] | Vancouver police have arrested drug policy activists Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum after executing search warrants on the Drug User Liberation Front of ... |
| The evidence shows that safer supply drug programs work [12.10.2023] | The mounting moral panic against safer supply and other harm reduction interventions to counter the toxic drug crisis is not based in evidence. The r ... |
| Can drug users lives be saved by giving them uncontaminated heroin and cocaine? [23.10.2022] | Canada remains in the grips of a deadly toxic drug crisis that has claimed the lives of tens of thousands. It’s a crisis that has been blamed on a wa ... |
| Over 10,000 people in B.C. have died due to toxic drugs since health emergency was declared in 2016: coroner [16.08.2022] | More than 140 people died from illicit drug toxicity across B.C. during the month of June, the provincial coroners' service says, pushing the total n ... |
| New program sells regulated fentanyl to help prevent overdoses from illicit supply in Vancouver [07.04.2022] | A Vancouver social services organization has launched a program to sell pharmaceutical-grade fentanyl to drug users who would otherwise purchase toxi ... |
| Vancouver's chief medical officer recommends compassion club model to reduce illicit drug deaths [22.10.2021] | Vancouver's head doctor said more headway needs to be made on the opioid crisis in British Columbia and one way to stop people from dying sooner rath ... |
| Drug decriminalization movement gaining momentum in Canada as overdose deaths surge [29.09.2021] | As overdose deaths keep surging in Canada, the movement to decriminalize illicit drugs is gaining steam, with one of the country's largest mental hea ... |
| We should hand out free heroin to drug users [26.08.2021] | Let’s give out heroin, for free, to anyone who wants it. This is not a provocation meant to make you gasp or to elicit angry clicks—rather, it’s a pr ... |
| This overdose awareness day, activists will again hand out safe drugs [24.08.2021] | In the midst of a federal election campaign, a group of activists plan to again hand out tested, untainted heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine in a p ... |
| Safe drug supply program still not reaching enough people in B.C., say advocates [26.03.2021] | It's been a year since the province rushed to create new guidelines allowing doctors to prescribe hydromorphone to patients with opioid use disorders ... |
| A tale of two public health crises — science is being used to stem coronavirus but not opioid deaths [13.03.2021] | As one public health emergency sees policymakers around the world turn to the best available science to stem its tide, another deadly crisis rages on ... |
| As BC’s overdose crisis deepens, Province defends efforts [02.03.2021] | At least 165 more British Columbians died of illicit drug overdoses in the first month of 2021, more than double the number of deaths recorded last J ... |
| B.C. asks federal government for exemption to decriminalize illicit drugs [11.02.2021] | British Columbia is asking the federal government to grant the province an exemption under federal law to decriminalize the possession of small amoun ... |
| Vancouver proposes decriminalizing possession of small amounts of drugs [18.11.2020] | Vancouver is proposing to become the first Canadian city to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of illicit drugs. Mayor Kennedy Stewart, wh ... |
| ‘It’s personal to me’: Dr. Bonnie Henry on why we can’t afford to ignore B.C.’s overdose crisis [30.09.2020] | B.C.’s top doctor says the province’s two public health emergencies — the overdose crisis and COVID-19 pandemic — continue to intersect in ways that ... |
| Overdoses are killing more people in Western Canada than COVID-19. B.C. has a bold new plan [25.09.2020] | Canada’s other epidemic, the opioids overdose crisis, is more deadly than ever this year. Deaths in British Columbia hit new highs over the spring, i ... |
| ‘Life-saving and life-changing’: BC’s safe supply program gets major expansion [16.09.2020] | Bold changes and a dramatic expansion are coming to safe supply efforts in B.C. in response to an increasingly toxic drug supply and the deadly overd ... |
| Amid spike in opioid overdoses, momentum for reform wavers [31.08.2020] | U.S. states and cities are seeing increases in opioid-related overdose deaths A paper issued by the American Medical Association this summer found th ... |
| 'So much sadness': more British Columbians dying from overdoses than Covid [28.08.2020] | A growing number of drug policy experts, users and advocates argue that dramatically expanding access to pharmaceutical-grade heroin is the only mean ... |
| Expand safe supply options for people who use drugs, Ontario advocates say [27.08.2020] | All levels of government responded quickly to the COVID-19 pandemic, and harm reduction advocates are wondering why the same hasn't happened for the ... |
| Why the Drug User Liberation Front gave out free, checked drugs in Vancouver [11.08.2020] | The Drug User Liberation Front, a Vancouver-based activist group, made a serious statement on June 23. During a protest in the city’s Downtown Eastsi ... |
| ‘Does anyone care?’: B.C. overdose deaths hit record high for second consecutive month [17.07.2020] | This time, at least 175 people died. The victims include a soccer goalie who had just celebrated his 26th birthday, a cheerful young volunteer at an ... |
| Supervised consumption sites save Alberta money: University of Calgary study [25.06.2020] | A study from the University of Calgary has concluded the Calgary supervised consumption site is saving the province money. The study looked at the co ... |
| B.C. records highest number of fatal overdoses in a single month, with 170 deaths [11.06.2020] | The BC Coroners Service said 170 people died of an illicit drug overdose in May, the highest total ever recorded for a single month in provincial his ... |
| B.C. moves to 'safe supply' as overdose deaths spike during COVID-19 pandemic [12.05.2020] | The new guidelines were announced in late March in response to the COVID-19 pandemic — concerns about the drug supply becoming even further adulterat ... |
| Canada’s Safe-Supply vending machines project is even more important now [05.05.2020] | Due to the increase in opioid overdoses, British Columbia declared a public health emergency in 2016. Fentanyl was in town, contributing to thousands ... |
| Advocates call safe drug supply a victory but worry about logistics in pandemic [06.04.2020] | Advocates say it took a pandemic for steps forward in the call for a safe supply of drugs for people dealing with substance use problems and there’s ... |
| Opioid vending machine opens in Vancouver [17.02.2020] | A vending machine for powerful opioids has opened in Canada as part of a project to help fight the Canadian city’s overdose crisis. The MySafe projec ... |
| Tainted drugs are fuelling Thunder Bay's opioid deaths, say advocates. They want a safe supply to fight it [08.01.2020] | Inside the only supervised injection site in Thunder Bay, Ont., nurse practitioner Josh Fraser has reversed so many opioid overdoses that he says the ... |
| Canada’s opioid crisis: The people and communities fighting for change and finding solutions [23.12.2019] | The drug crisis has claimed thousands of lives in Canada, with no communities spared. Now, many are banding together to speak up and find solutions. ... |
| Could cannabis be a 'silver bullet' in the fight against the opioid crisis? [24.11.2019] | A new study suggests cannabis could be a safer and more effective substitute for opioids in the treatment of chronic pain, but can it help fight the ... |
| Vancouver pilots new fentanyl-patch program to combat opioid crisis [13.11.2019] | A Vancouver physician is prescribing fentanyl to patients with opioid-use disorder in the latest effort by the medical community to curb overdose dea ... |
| Canada’s drug crisis has a solution. Politicians don’t like it [29.09.2019] | A recent study, published in the peer-reviewed journal Addiction, found that a trio of policies adopted to combat the opioid overdose epidemic saved, ... |
| Without safe injection sites, more opioid users will die [23.05.2019] | Ontario is undoubtedly in the midst of an opioid overdose crisis. From January to September 2018, an incredible 1,031 Ontarians died of an overdose. ... |
| How to legalize every drug [22.05.2019] | As Canada continues to work out the kinks of legalizing cannabis—and jurisdictions around the world follow suit—harm reduction advocates and drug pol ... |
| B.C.’s chief health officer calls for decriminalization of illicit drugs [24.04.2019] | British Columbia’s top public health officer is urging the province to decriminalize people who use and possess small amounts of illicit drugs in the ... |
| Sell regulated heroin to drug users to reduce overdose deaths: B.C. group [21.02.2019] | Heroin addicts should be granted access to a clean supply of the drug provided through “compassion clubs” similar to those that provide medical marij ... |
| Safer opioids actively being reviewed for epidemic: chief public health officer [12.12.2018] | Public health officials across Canada are seriously considering increasing the supply of safer opioids to quell a crisis that newly released data sho ... |
| Withdrawing from drug treaties over legal pot would be a ‘mistake’: Freeland [01.05.2018] | Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is defending the Liberal government’s decision not to withdraw from three international drug treaties, whi ... |
| Beijing asks Canada to help stem flow of illicit marijuana to China [30.04.2018] | Chinese officials have been quietly grilling Canada about illicit marijuana flowing to their country, prompting Ottawa to agree to work with them on ... |
| Daily cannabis use could delay at-risk youth from moving to higher risk drug use: study [29.03.2018] | Consuming cannabis every day could delay at-risk youth from moving on to injecting more dangerous drugs, according to a new study that casts doubt up ... |
| Vancouver mayor calls for drug decriminalization after record year for opioid overdoses [28.03.2018] | Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson is calling for the decriminalization of personal drug use and possession following the release of new numbers that s ... |
| B.C. pilot project to distribute clean opioids to people at high risk of overdose [20.12.2017] | Ottawa has approved a pilot project that will allow health officials in B.C. to distribute clean opioids to drug users to use as they please, marking ... |
| Supervised injection sites could stop untold opioid-related deaths [01.12.2017] | In addition to the legal issues, the heavy stigma around heroin and other opioids driving the nation's overdose crisis can push individuals into the ... |
| Ottawa approves temporary overdose-prevention sites in bid to address opioid crisis [16.11.2017] | Ottawa will let provinces and territories open temporary sites for drug-overdose prevention while their applications for permanent facilities are pro ... |
| Recognized for controversy, Vancouver's former drug czar says the fentanyl crisis requires legalizing heroin [11.10.2017] | “Heroin at your corner store.” That was the title of a speech that Donald MacPherson delivered in acceptance of the 2017 Nora and Ted Sterling Prize ... |
| Commission makes recommendations for tackling opioid crisis in North America [03.10.2017] | The Global Commission on Drug Policy has issued recommendations on tackling North America's opioid crisis, calling for the immediate expansion of har ... |
| B.C.'s overdose crisis may be 'new normal,' no matter what politicians say [30.09.2017] | British Columbia has been in a public health emergency since April 14, 2016. At the time, the government said it was implemented to "help prevent fut ... |
| Ottawa rejects expert calls to decriminalize illegal opioids [28.08.2017] | Ottawa says it has no plans to consider decriminalizing hard drugs, such as heroin, despite calls from local politicians, health officials and expert ... |
| Canada’s mayors call for speedy approval of proposals to address overdose crisis [25.05.2017] | Canada’s big-city mayors are calling for the expedited approval of new supervised drug-consumption sites, improved data collection and the expansion ... |
| Canada eases steps to open supervised drug injection sites amid opioid crisis [21.05.2017] | Canada’s government has made it easier to open supervised drug injection sites across the country, offering communities a lifeline as they battle an ... |
| Cannabis may help wean people off crack, study finds [16.05.2017] | Cannabis has been identified as a potential substitute for users of legal or illicit opioids, but a new Vancouver-based study shows the drug may also ... |
| Drug controls are 'absolutely pathetic,' activist says regulation will save lives [25.04.2017] | A Vancouver based drug policy researcher has been working for decades to get the federal government to regulate illegal drugs like heroin and cocaine ... |
| Legalize heroin for 'less overdose deaths,’ forensic psychologist tells Vancouver conference [25.04.2017] | A forensic psychologist working with the Canadian prison system is calling for “radically different” approaches to B.C.’s overdose crisis, including ... |
| Ottawa doctor pioneers use of cannabis to help opioid addicts [16.04.2017] | The patients at Dr. Mark Ujjainwalla’s methadone clinic are trying to beat their addiction to heroin, narcotic painkillers and other opioid drugs, bu ... |
| B.C. mulls framework for expanded heroin-assisted treatment [06.04.2017] | Prescription heroin, a last-resort treatment for severe addiction currently restricted to only one clinic in all of North America, could one day be d ... |
| Ottawa moves to facilitate more injection sites as death toll climbs [09.12.2016] | Ottawa will introduce a bill that is expected to reduce barriers to opening and operating supervised drug-consumption sites in Canada. The move come ... |
| Vancouver’s safer injection services stalled as overdose death toll mounts [30.09.2016] | On Sept. 30, 2011, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled in favour of Vancouver’s Insite, North America’s first legally authorized safer injection site. ... |
| Safe injection clinic says 90% of clients' heroin had dangerous drug additive [01.09.2016] | North America’s only supervised injection site has found that 90% of its clients’ heroin contained the powerful synthetic fentanyl. Vancouver’s Insit ... |
| Street opioids are getting deadlier. Overseeing drug use can reduce deaths [25.04.2016] | As health officials battle increasing mortality associated with heroin and prescription opioids, an even more dangerous group of street drugs has app ... |
| Vancouver prescriptions for addicts gain attention as heroin and opioid use rises [20.04.2016] | Vancouver’s Crosstown Clinic, the only medical facility in North America permitted to prescribe heroin at the center of an epidemic raging across the ... |
| How Canada got addicted to fentanyl [07.04.2016] | The supply chain for illicit fentanyl begins in China, but the problems Canada is experiencing start right here at home: No other country in the worl ... |
| The OxyContin disaster [24.02.2012] | Who is going to clean up the mess OxyContin has left behind in Ontario? Health Minister Deb Matthews' move to delist the addictive prescription paink ... |
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