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british columbia
Toxic drug supply claims 177 lives in B.C. in February, Coroners Service says
Fentanyl, the powerful synthetic opioid implicated in a growing number of fatal overdoses, was detected in about one-third of last year’s 465 deaths, according to the BC Coroners Service.
opinion
Diversion of safer supply drugs is a trivial issue distracting us from the real challenge: Toxic drug deaths
André Picard
canada
Mental health minister says ‘safer supply’ drug concerns rooted in ‘stigma and fear’
Canada's mental health and addictions minister says concerns about prescribing pharmaceutical alternatives to drug users as a way to combat the overdose crisis are rooted in fear and stigma. Mental Health and Addictions Minister Ya’ara Saks arrives to a cabinet meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
canada
Opioid 25 times more powerful than fentanyl detected in Quebec City region
canada
Police charge Winnipeg parents of baby girl who died after ingesting fentanyl
<div>Winnipeg police say they arrested a man for allegedly assaulting a bus driver with a bag full of groceries. A Winnipeg Police Service shoulder badge is seen on an officer in Winnipeg,&nbsp;Sept. 2, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Lipnowski</div>
world
eBay will pay $59-million settlement over pill presses sold online as U.S. undergoes overdose epidemic
FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2010 file photo, an eBay logo is seen at their offices in San Jose, Calif. Online retailer eBay Inc. will cut about 1,000 jobs, or an estimated 9% of its full-time workforce, saying its number of employees and costs have exceeded how much the business is growing in a slowing economy. It marks the latest layoffs in the tech industry. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)
canada
Detector dogs could help sniff out more fentanyl, firearms at border, review suggests
Detector dogs who work at Canada's border agency could play a bigger role in sniffing out deadly fentanyl and illicit firearms, suggests an internal evaluation that found room to boost enforcement measures. A border services officer watches his dog sniff through shipping boxes at a Canada Border Services Agency warehouse, Tuesday, April 21, 2009 in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
opinion
I will never forget: A found poem about fentanyl
Claire Cameron
world
Biden removes Chinese institute from sanction list in push for fentanyl help
President Joe Biden greets China's President President Xi Jinping at the Filoli Estate in Woodside, Calif., Wednesday, Nov, 15, 2023, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperative conference. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool)
world
Election offices are sent envelopes with fentanyl or other substances, authorities investigating
Emergency and law enforcement agencies respond to a possible hazmat situation at the King County Elections office in Renton, Wash., Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. Four county elections offices in Washington state were evacuated Wednesday after they received envelopes containing suspicious powders — including two that field-tested positive for fentanyl — while workers were processing ballots from Tuesday’s election. (Karen Ducey/The Seattle Times via AP)
analysis
Vivek Ramaswamy’s pledge to build wall along Canada-U.S. border an expensive, impractical proposition
Republican presidential candidate businessman Vivek Ramaswamy speaks during a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by NBC News, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County in Miami. Ramaswamy said he wants to build a wall at the Canada-U.S. border. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Rebecca Blackwell
u.s. politics
Trump’s rivals take aim as they try to stop his momentum in third Republican debate
Republican presidential candidates from left, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy and Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., participate in a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by NBC News Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
world
New York City daycare operator tried to cover up fentanyl operation before one-year-old’s death, prosecutors allege
Police at the scene of a day care where a toddler died in the Bronx, Sept. 15, 2023. A kilogram of fentanyl was found near mats that children used for napping at a Bronx day care site where one toddler died and three other children were hospitalized last week, the police said on Monday night. (Dave Sanders/The New York Times)
world
Mexico extradites Ovidio Guzman Lopez, son of Sinaloa cartel leader ‘El Chapo,’ to United States
FILE PHOTO: Ovidio Guzman, son of kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, is briefly captured by Mexican military police in a residential compound near the centre of Culiacan in the state of Sinaloa, Mexico October 17, 2019 in this still image taken from a helmet camera footage obtained October 30, 2019. Mexican Government TV/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY/File Photo
alberta
‘We hit it hard’: Alberta First Nation’s war on drug trafficking reducing overdoses
Blood Tribe Police Service Const. Manasse Gabor stands outside of a boarded up house in Standoff, Alta., on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
canada
Montreal man gets 22 years in U.S. prison in transborder fentanyl distribution ring
An OPP officer displays bags containing fentanyl as Ontario Provincial Police host a news conference in Vaughan, Ont., on February 23, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
british columbia
BC Coroners Service blames illicit drug supply for 184 deaths in June
A protester holds a sign during a rally in Victoria, Thursday, April 14, 2022. The BC Coroners Service says 184 people died in B.C. in June due to the toxic, unregulated drug supply that has claimed more than 1,200 lives in the first six months of 2023. The coroners service says the numbers show just how risky it continues to be for users who access their drugs on the illicit market. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
canada
Prescribing psychostimulant medication used for ADHD could help reduce illegal drug use, expert says
A member of the Sinaloa Cartel shows capsules with methamphetamine in a safe house in Culiacan, Mexico, April 4, 2022. To match Special report MEXICO-DRUGS/CHAPITOS REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini
world
U.S. files first-ever charges against Chinese fentanyl manufacturers
FILE PHOTO: Plastic bags of Fentanyl are displayed on a table at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection area at the International Mail Facility at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. November 29, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Lott/File Photo
opinion
Do we use laws, diversions or safer supply to end toxic drug deaths? All of the above, and more
Jason Altenberg and Irfan Dhalla