’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
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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
Canada’s first safe injection site struggles with the rise of fentanyl
In Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, at Ground Zero of the opioid crisis, once-controversial Insite is now just one small part of a tragic landscape
These are the provinces where the opioid crisis is most severe
Canadians came together to mark International Overdose Awareness Day at a time when the opioid crisis is ravaging their communities
Legal weed: An accidental solution to the opioid crisis?
Legalized marijuana offers chance to investigate substitution effects for people who use opioids
Despite overdose fears, opioid prescriptions rise in Ontario
One in seven people in Ontario filled an opioid prescription last year, but this map shows some parts of the province are seeing far higher use than others
How fentanyl turned an ER doctor into an addict
Dr. Darryl Gebien had a young family and a rewarding career. A fentanyl addiction left him broke, near death and destined for prison.
Barack Obama’s doomed new war against drugs
With the DEA and the CIA often working at cross-purposes, observers say it’s a war that can’t be won
Sufferers of chronic pain and the government’s war on OxyContin
Our understanding of severe pain is inadequate