Credit to Author: Jennifer Saltman| Date: Thu, 09 Jul 2020 17:45:07 +0000
“Being addicted to a controlled substance is not a crime and should not be treated as such,” said Vancouver Police Chief Adam Palmer.
Read moreCredit to Author: Stephanie Ip| Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2020 16:52:17 +0000
May was B.C.’s deadliest month for illicit drug overdoses, with paramedics responding to nearly 2,300 overdose calls. Of those, 170 died – an average of 5½ people per day, double the daily average of April and the highest since December 2016 when 161 people died.
Read moreCredit to Author: Daphne Bramham| Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2020 21:55:05 +0000
Nicholas O’Connor was one of the 170 who died of a fentanyl overdose in May, B.C.’s deadliest month since the opioid crisis began.
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Credit to Author: Daphne Bramham| Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2020 01:14:42 +0000
OPINION: With 170 dead in May and the year-to-date total already at 554, this other epidemic may now be in its own even more deadly second wave.
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Credit to Author: Harrison Mooney| Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2020 19:43:07 +0000
The previous high for deaths caused by toxic illicit drugs was 161, in December 2016.
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Credit to Author: The Canadian Press| Date: Sat, 16 May 2020 16:20:05 +0000
B.C. was starting to see a drop in overdose-related deaths by the end of 2019, only to see a spike once the COVID-19 pandemic started.
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Credit to Author: Maia Szalavitz| Date: Tue, 05 May 2020 15:35:55 +0000
The U.S. is conducting clinical trials of deep brain stimulation for opioid addiction, but ethical questions abound.
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Credit to Author: Jesse Winter| Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 18:01:55 +0000
In the Downtown Eastside, ground zero for Canada’s opioid crisis, a new wave of fatal overdoses has Vancouver’s top doctor worried.
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Credit to Author: Justin Ling| Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 10:00:00 +0000
An emergency harm reduction strategy allows dependent drug users to take home medical replacements for fentanyl, meth, and other street drugs.
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Credit to Author: Maia Szalavitz| Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 12:06:10 +0000
Quarantined people have to go out to get their prescriptions and can’t get a backup supply.
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