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NATIONAL PULSE – One in eight have family or friends facing opioid addiction

January 11, 2018 // 0 Comments

Nearly 20 per cent of Canadians say they themselves have been prescribed opioids in the last five years By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE January 11, 2018 – The thousands of deaths [Continue]

OPIOID CRISIS – The reality of drug overdoses: some suffer brain damage

November 24, 2017 // 9 Comments

By MEL ROTHENBURGER Director, Electoral Area P, TNRD A stark reality about the opioid crisis was brought home to regional politicians today (Nov. 24, 2017) — even lives [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – How to reduce drug overdose deaths

October 26, 2017 // 2 Comments

THERE’S NO EASY way to reduce drug overdose deaths but a simple first step is to provide users with safe opioids. The hard part will take time. The grim toll of deaths [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Opioid use rises despite crisis; feels like 1908 again

April 13, 2017 // 0 Comments

AM I THE ONLY ONE not surprised that the opioid crisis has worsened? Despite the widespread distribution of naloxone kits to save lives from fentanyl overdose. Despite [Continue]

HEALTH – Strategies for tackling chronic pain are missing in debate over opioid crisis solutions

February 17, 2017 // 0 Comments

By VIVIAN TAM and JACQUELINE CARVERHILL EvidenceNework.ca A CALL TO the emergency room announced that the ambulance was on its way. Joey, a middle-aged oilfield worker, was [Continue]

FORSETH – Naloxone kits have done little to stem the tide of drug deaths

January 20, 2017 // 6 Comments

A B.C. GOVERNMENT media release Wednesday from Public Safety and the Solicitor General had the following headline: “Year-End Illicit Drug Death Numbers.” What [Continue]