opioid crisis

"Some patients stopped treatment, overdosed and died. Those cases will always be with me.”

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.

A much-anticipated book delves into the Sackler dynasty’s multi-billion-dollar pharmaceutical business and its staggering human cost

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

The search for the opioid is as dangerous to the police dog as it is to its human handler. It’s high-risk duty.

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

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."

If you’re going to be an addictions counsellor, book learning isn’t enough. These students are getting a dose of reality

Dr. Jeffrey Turnbull leaves behind an elite medical career to help homeless people suffering from addiction

Morphine, hydromorphone, oxycodone, codeine, and fentanyl all seem to disappear without a known cause from Canadian hospitals