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New Haven K2 overdoses climb to over 100: “I’m afraid it’s going to mess people up”

08.17.18

By Emma Ockerman
Drugs

Former BC Health Minister Warns Ontario a New Opioid Disaster Is Coming

07.30.18

By Travis Lupick
News

Opioids are killing tens of thousands more people than we thought, study finds

06.27.18

By Carter Sherman
News

Study shows 1 in 8 organ transplants in the U.S. come from donors who died of overdoses

04.16.18

By Carter Sherman
News

Canada sees dramatic rise in methadone patients as the opioid crisis worsens

03.27.18

By Rachel Browne
News

Canadian cops published alleged coke dealer’s cell number after a spike in drug overdoses

03.12.18

By Rachel Browne
News

Meet the women fighting to save a small city from the opioid crisis

02.14.18

By Rachel Browne
News

Sault Ste. Marie residents are mobilizing against the city’s opioid crisis

02.13.18

By Rachel Browne
News

Grief and resilience on the frontlines of the worsening opioid overdose crisis

12.04.17

By Rachel Browne
News

The DEA probably can’t arrest the Chinese drug kingpins it just indicted

10.17.17

By Keegan Hamilton and Josh Marcus
News

Opioids are killing too many people to autopsy all the bodies

09.21.17

By Carter Sherman
Drugs

Seven New Zealanders Dead After ODing on What Police Call Synthetic Cannabis

07.20.17

By James Borrowdale

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