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AIDS Committee gets extra $300K to keep up with demand for harm reduction services
The number of people looking for naloxone kits and drug testing strips from the AIDS Committee of Newfoundland and Labrador has tripled over the last two years. As executive director Gerard Yetman tells the CBC’s Carolyn Stokes, the...
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Police: Suspect faces charges for selling drugs to man who fatally overdosed in Yorktown
Police say a man died of an apparent overdose on East Main Street after being sold drugs by Yorktown resident Albert Tapia.
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Quebec doctors need to warn patients about risks of using benzos, experts say
Benzodiazepines are often prescribed to treat anxiety, among other disorders. However, there are concerns that doctors in Quebec could be overprescribing and not doing enough to inform the patients about the serious risks.
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Benzodiazepines are often overprescribed, investigation reveals
A Radio-Canada investigation on the use and side-effects of benzodiazepines like Ativan and Xanax reveals the drugs are often being overprescribed and many doctors don't know the risks, which include falls, fractures and addiction.
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RCMP warn about new drug that can be 20 times more potent than fentanyl
Police believe a person who died in December in St. Anthony, N.L., purchased nitazine online, thinking it was something else — making it the first death related to this specific drug, according to the RCMP. The CBC’s Carolyn Stokes spoke...
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Warnings about the overprescription of Benzodiazepines
A Radio-Canada investigation into the use and side-effects of benzodiazepines such as Ativan and Xanax reveals the drugs are often overprescribed and there isn’t enough education for doctors or patients about the risks — including falls,...
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Chief medical examiner says drug-related deaths on the rise, and young people are especially at risk
Police are warning about five recent deaths that are suspected to be drug-related. Dr. Nash Denic tells Here & Now’s Carolyn Stokes about these deaths, and his warning to young people.
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The road to recovery: a candid conversation about drug addiction.
Two First Nations men from Calgary share their thoughts on the opioid crisis, their journey through addiction, treatment and the importance of friendship.
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'Not enough to just survive': Cancer patients question dosing of medicines with harsh side effects
US regulators have launched "Project Optimus" which aims to challenge current cancer drug dosing and encourage drugmakers to find the lowest effective dose.
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Keeping Hope, B.C., alive as overdose deaths climb
Meet the community leaders on the front lines of the toxic drug crisis in the small community of Hope, B.C.
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Updated federal regulations will make opioid drug treatments more accessible
For the first time in more than 20 years, the Department of Health and Human Services has updated its regulations on opioid drug treatment.
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Compassion is key to solving toxic drug crisis, B.C.’s retiring chief coroner says
Toxic drugs have killed nearly 14,000 people in British Columbia since 2016, making drug deaths a dominate issue during Lisa Lapointe’s tenure as chief coroner. She talks to The National's Ian Hanomansing about advocating for a ‘safer...
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A potent tranquilizer is showing up in Ottawa’s drug supply. Here’s how this clinic can test for it
Supervised injection sites in Ottawa like the Sandy Hill Community Health Centre are sounding the alarm after finding traces of xylazine, an animal tranquilizer, in the local drug supply. Derrick St John, program manager of the centre’s...
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Can psychedelics help with mental health disorders?
The research of Zach Walsh, a psychology professor at the University of British Columbia Okanagan, often focuses on how drugs like cannabis and psychedelics can help with mental health disorders. He shares some of his findings.
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B.C.'s chief public health officer calls for safer-supply program expansion
B.C.'s chief public health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, is calling for the provincial government to expand the availability of prescribed opioids under the safer-supply program. In a report, she says the lives potentially saved by the...
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B.C. should expand safer drug supply program, provincial health officer says
B.C.'s chief public health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, is calling for the provincial government to expand the availability of prescribed opioids under the safer-supply program. In a report, she says the lives potentially saved by the...
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Alto Neuroscience Wants to Revolutionize Mental Health Treatment
Fresh of its IPO at the NYSE, CEO of Alto Neuroscience Dr. Amit Etkin discusses how the company wants to innovate psychiatric medicine.
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Provincial health officer recommends expanding B.C.'s safer supply program
In a new report, Dr. Bonnie Henry is recommending that the province expand its safer supply program so that different drugs and consumption methods are offered. She also acknowledged that the pioneering program carries some societal...
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Drug users and harm reduction: How it's supposed to work
Harm reduction services like needle exchanges and supervised consumption sites have been a topic of heated debate on P.E.I. CBC's Tony Davis talks to advocates and public health officials about what harm reduction is, and how those...
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400 kg of meth seized from truck crossing Manitoba border
Canadian border officials say they have seized 406 kilograms of what's believed to be methamphetamine from a commercial truck crossing the Manitoba border. The Canada Border Services Agency says it's the largest narcotic seizure ever...
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406 kg of meth found inside commercial truck at Manitoba port of entry into Canada
Canadian border officials made what they say is the largest narcotic seizure in Prairie history earlier this month.
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US tech hearing: CEOs questioned over child exploitation online
Chief executive officers of major tech companies have faced tough questions from US Senators about child exploitation on their platforms.
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Liberia’s drug problem: Drug abuse is on the rise with few treatment facilities
Liberia's new president Joseph Boakai has declared drug abuse a "public health emergency."
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Why Alberta is focusing on treatment to solve its toxic drug crisis
In the face of a record number of toxic drug deaths, Alberta is moving away from harm reduction and doubling down on treatment and recovery. The National’s Ian Hanomansing breaks down The Alberta Model and why the province thinks it's...