opioid crisis
Vincent Lam has worked on the frontlines of Canada’s opioid crisis. It haunts him.
“Some patients stopped treatment, overdosed and died. Those cases will always be with me.”
Every 49 minutes
That’s how frequently people died of drug poisoning in Canada during one dreadful week last summer. Here, their mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters share a message: the opioid crisis touches everyone.
Empire of Pain: The billionaire Sackler family’s role in the opioid crisis
A much-anticipated book delves into the Sackler dynasty’s multi-billion-dollar pharmaceutical business and its staggering human cost
Decriminalization is not a radical solution to the opioid crisis. And it would work.
Jane Philpott: If you don’t already know someone who has lost a loved one because of an accidental opioid overdose, it’s only a matter of time until you will
Fentanyl-detecting dogs are the newest soldiers in the battle against opioids
The search for the opioid is as dangerous to the police dog as it is to its human handler. It’s high-risk duty.
Why people hooked on opioids, especially in the U.S., keep falling through the cracks
The author notes that the culture of pill-taking often takes hold in early life, when kids are prescribed drugs such as Adderall or Ritalin for ADHD
How opioid vending machines could fix Vancouver’s drug crisis
Paul Wells: Overdoses killed 1,422 people in B.C. last year. For one doctor the solution is to “offer people the opportunity to get drugs that won’t kill them.”
Learning to fight the opioid crisis at Vancouver Community College
If you’re going to be an addictions counsellor, book learning isn’t enough. These students are getting a dose of reality
Facing the opioid crisis, an establishment doctor heads to the streets
Dr. Jeffrey Turnbull leaves behind an elite medical career to help homeless people suffering from addiction
‘Unexplained losses’ of opioids on the rise in Canadian hospitals
Morphine, hydromorphone, oxycodone, codeine, and fentanyl all seem to disappear without a known cause from Canadian hospitals
Opioid crisis: Trump declared it an emergency, why won’t Trudeau?
Opinion: By declaring a national public welfare emergency, Ottawa could unlock critical funds to respond to Canada’s opioid crisis
Can Ottawa stop Canada’s deadly opioid crisis?
In 2016 alone, 2,816 Canadians died. The Liberals are scrambling to confront an unprecedented health crisis. Paul Wells on why frontline workers say it’s only going to get worse.