TORONTO - National health data released Wednesday shows overdose deaths in Canada dropped in 2024 but the toll still remained much higher than…
NEW YORK (AP) — The sounds of muffled percussion and audience cheers reverberate throughout the grounds. Brand activations, makeshift bars and…
The ongoing illegal drug overdose crisis in B.C. continues but the pace of such deaths appears to be slowing.Â
Rule changes designed to reduce opioid overdose deaths in British Columbia in 2016 inadvertently harmed cancer and palliative-care patients by…
MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner is recommending that diphenhydramine — an antihistamine and sedative sometimes used to sleep better — should be be…
QUÉBEC - The Quebec government has tabled legislation that would ensure a minimum 150-metre distance between supervised injection sites and sc…
ST. JOHN'S - Canadians are dying alone from toxic drugs and experts say easier access to at-home drug-testing strips could help prevent deaths…
Canada’s federal health authority has issued a recall warning for two medications over incorrect dosing concerns.
MISSION, B.C. - Police in Mission, B.C., say a five-year-old girl was sent to hospital last week after she apparently overdosed on fentanyl, r…
Deaths due to illegal drug overdoses in the Interior Health region in January were down from the same month last year.