Opioid Crisis

Toronto Public Health reports record-high for daily overdose calls

It’s time to get serious about mental health

Opioid deaths highlight need to decriminalize hard-drug possession, police chiefs say

Searching for Angelica: The Globe follows up on an Oshawa drug user’s struggle in an opioid crisis and pandemic

Health officials warn new Illicit drug mix found in northern B.C. could impede naloxone

At the root of the opioid crisis is our belief that Big Pharma can cure pain. Can we kick that habit?

Why is Jason Kenney scapegoating CERB for drug overdoses?

In an Afghan village of widows, the opium trade has taken a deadly toll

U.S. sues Walmart for alleged role in fuelling opioid crisis

B.C. illicit overdose deaths on track for record-breaking year, coroner says

Sacklers cited fear of OxyContin lawsuits before transferring US$10-billion from Purdue Pharma, documents show

Alberta sets record 904 opioid deaths to date in 2020, cites COVID-19 as factor

Canadian envoy silent on his knowledge of McKinsey role in Purdue opioid sales

B.C. medical group launches program to prescribe nature as medication

The field of crosses that won’t stop growing

Ottawa should listen to police chiefs. Drug use is a health care problem, not a crime

British Columbia revises COVID-19 directive that prevents firefighters from attending to most overdose calls

Former B.C. health minister Terry Lake had sought review of Methadose switch

Purdue Pharma, facing over 2000 opioid crisis lawsuits, files for bankruptcy protection

Oklahoma opioid ruling could lead to pharma companies settling in B.C.