Hamilton's city council declared a state of emergency on Thursday over homelessness, opioid addiction and mental health issues in the city. A... 14.04.2023 07:00 0
The Ontario Provincial Police is warning the public after four people in central Ontario recently died from suspected opioid overdoses. The OPP are... 09.01.2023 00:28 0
Ontario says some high-risk businesses must have opioid antidotes and training to use it by June. Labour Minister Monte McNaughton says the province... 14.12.2022 12:49 0
The rate of opioid deaths in Ontario decreased by more than 10 per cent in the first two quarters of this year compared to the year before, new data... 25.11.2022 07:57 0
The federal government is putting $5 million toward chronic pain resources in what Carolyn Bennett, minister of mental health and addictions, says is... 08.11.2022 04:05 0
Safe opioid supply programs can significantly cut down on emergency department visits and hospitalizations for people at high risk for overdose, new... 19.09.2022 08:48 0
Opioids killed more people in Ontario in the second year of the pandemic compared to the first, but the province saw a drop in those deaths this past... 23.08.2022 06:50 0
Hundreds of thousands of high school students in Canada will be given training on how to respond to someone overdosing on opioids, including on how... 14.06.2022 10:16 0
Two parties pledged to help address Ontario's opioid crisis on the campaign trail Thursday. If elected in June, the New Democrats would expand... 12.05.2022 15:33 0
Health Canada is considering British Columbia's decriminalization request but with a lower threshold for the amount of drugs a person can carry,... 07.04.2022 01:58 0
Half of Ontarians who died of an opioid overdose in the early stages of the pandemic had interacted with the health-care system in the month before... 18.01.2022 09:14 0
The federal prison service says it is making several changes to help prisoners addicted to opioids, including getting them faster access to treatment... 12.01.2022 05:26 0
Toronto's medical officer of health wants to decriminalize possession of small amounts of illegal drugs in the city in an effort to combat the... 29.11.2021 14:07 0
The number of First Nations people who died from opioid-related deaths in Ontario more than doubled during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.... 27.11.2021 05:05 0
A wide variety of strategies must be implemented across Ontario to tackle the opioid crisis that has worsened significantly during the pandemic,... 10.09.2021 06:36 0
New data shows opioid deaths and emergency department visits for overdoses in Ontario were up significantly in 2020 compared to the year before.... 18.08.2021 03:56 0
Alberta needs to create an emergency program similar to ones in other provinces to address a toxic drug supply that is killing people, an emergency... 27.07.2021 06:45 0
Ontario plans to spend an added $32.7 million each year on addiction services. Health Minister Christine Elliott says the money is part of the... 07.07.2021 13:23 0
Canada's public health agency says the COVID-19 pandemic drove an increasingly deadly overdose crisis last year that continues to take lives and... 24.06.2021 05:01 0
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