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Massachusetts reports largest single-year decline in opioid-related overdose deaths in two decades

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Massachusetts experienced a 10% drop in opioid-related overdose deaths from 2022 to 2023, the largest single-year…

3 weeks ago

First Nations ‘triaging grief’ as opioids claim lives at more than 8 times the rate of the rest of Alberta

First Nations people in Alberta have been dying from opioids at more than eight times the rate of the rest of…

4 weeks ago

Admitting I was an addict was hard. Then came the even harder part

This is a First Person column by Matthew Heneghan, who lives in Falkland, B.C. For more information about CBC's First…

1 month ago

Almost 1 in 3 Americans know someone who’s died from a drug overdose

As the opioid addiction crisis continues to lay waste to American life, a new survey finds that nearly a third…

1 month ago

Toronto reports 523 opioid overdose deaths in 2023

Toronto's top doctor is calling the opioid overdose crisis a drug toxicity epidemic and is pushing for an empathetic health…

1 month ago

Public health leaders welcome plans to make overdose reversal drug more accessible

Naloxone, a drug used to reverse the effects of opioid overdose, is to be made more accessible across the UK,…

2 months ago

‘Can’t keep letting fentanyl win’: Safe supply of drugs needed to fight Winnipeg’s crisis, says advocate

A safe place to consume drugs is vital to saving lives, but even more crucial in the harm-reduction approach is…

2 months ago

More than 1 in 4 deaths among young people in Canada were opioid-related in 2021, study finds

Opioid-related deaths doubled in Canada between 2019 and the end of 2021, with Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta experiencing a dramatic…

3 months ago

Why staff at an Ontario cottage country restaurant took naloxone training

White Coat Black Art26:30Preventing the next BellevilleAt The Mill on Main restaurant in Huntsville, Ont., manager Michelle Francis is placing…

3 months ago

Ontario regulator exploring legal options to address allegations of corporate pressure at pharmacies

The Ontario College of Pharmacists says it's working with a legal team to explore its options after thousands of pharmacy…

3 months ago

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