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Men, jobless and people with mental health diagnoses most vulnerable in 2020 overdose spike
Deaths tied to opioids rose among less-educated whites during stay-home order
Patients with opioid use disorder die at rate similar to heart attacks
Five Minutes Can Save Life
Patients could be dying from accidental overdose of prescription opioids in England
Combatting silent epidemic in eastern Washington
International Overdose Awareness Day: Time to act
Overdose affects us all
Drug Suspect Tortured to Death in Thailand
Possible antidote for club drug GHB overdose
Half of pediatric opioid prescriptions are “high risk”
Drug users urged to be extra careful following high number of likely heroin overdoses
Scaling model of care for patients with opioid use disorder
Silicon in drinking water caused irreversible lung pathologies in rodents
New Maine law recognizes pharmacists as health care providers
CAMH releases updated national clinical guidelines for treatment of opioid use disorder
Potent hallucinogen found in ‘MDMA powder’ in Sydney
Pulse check: How is your mental health?
Statement on Epidemic of Opioid Overdoses – Latest Modelling Projections on Opioid Related Deaths and National Data on Overdose
Overdoses from cocaine found to contain opioids
Co-codamol 30/500 Effervescent Tablets recalled
Provincial data show a link between visits to supervised consumption services and decreased fentanyl-related overdose deaths
Blood of drug users can reveal origin of drug
Canada supports safer supply project for people with opioid use disorder in Guelph
A call to gynecologic surgeons to reduce excess opioid pills after hysterectomy
Access to overdose-reversing drugs declined during pandemic, researchers find
Pharmacy Guild welcomes Budget initiatives
COVID-19: Focus on Substance Use and Stigma
Can we make opioids less addictive?
Iodine deficiency in lambs and kids
One in five pharmacies blocks access to key medication to treat addiction
In first COVID stay-at-home period, fatal opioid overdoses spiked 25.6% in Cook County
‘Cinematic’ video, police condemnation sealed guilty verdict in Chauvin trial
Large numbers of regular drug users report increased substance use during COVID-19
COVID-19 reduces access to opioid dependency treatment for new patients
Suicide among female nurses is double that of general female population
New diagnostic criteria may reduce liver transplants
Prescription monitoring to combat drug abuse
Family ties protect young adults from substance misuse
Final report: ACT Medically Supervised Injecting Facility Feasibility Study
Researchers Find Supplement Prevents Strokes in Patients with Rare Genetic Disorder
A Proclamation on National Poison Prevention Week, 2021
Fatal opioid overdoses in Cook County spiked in first COVID stay-at-home order
Arrests made in operation targeting illicit drug supply in Dunedin
UBCO and Interior Health offer free, confidential drug checking
Drinking, smoking, and drug use linked to premature heart disease in young
Do You Miss Hugging? Psychology Can Tell You Why
Vet tranquilliser now implicated in third of fatal opioid overdose cases in Philadelphia