fentanyl

The author takes inspiration from The Sopranos, The Wire and—in his new book, The Force—hip-hop

B.C.’s illicit-drug users are going through 15 million needles a year, and a lot wind up in alleys, parks and playgrounds. We followed the guy who picks them up.

Rodents and other pets have been getting into their owners’ drugs, forcing community volunteers to play emergency vet

On ’Janey Canuck,’ and what history tells us about dealing with the opioid crisis plaguing places like British Columbia

Dr. Darryl Gebien had a young family and a rewarding career. A fentanyl addiction left him broke, near death and destined for prison.

Dr. Gebien wrote false or forged prescriptions for hundreds of fentanyl patches—and pleaded guilty on Dec. 12, 2016.

There’s no time to grieve as fentanyl deaths mount in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside

Fentanyl-related drugs and other designer-highs have been turning up on the streets faster than they can be made illegal

An underrepresented voice in drug policy go to the UN: mothers with an all-too-personal understanding of the cost of drug abuse

How an Alberta professor’s good research was used to create an ultra-toxic drug, decades after he shelved it