overdoses
New Report Shows Major Increase in Overdose Deaths, and That Most Drug Users Are Dying Alone
The report on Ontario overdose deaths also suggests a disproportionate number of racialized drug users are dying during the COVID-19 pandemic.
UK Cocaine Deaths Have Doubled in Four Years, According to New Data
The Office for National Statistics reports that poverty is the main driver of record fatal drug overdoses.
COVID-19 Could Make 2020 Canada's Worst Year for Overdoses
Data obtained by VICE News shows at least 2,450 Canadians have died this year, in part because of lockdown measures and an unstable drug supply.
Confessions of a Chinese Fentanyl Trafficker: ‘I’m Really Afraid of Hurting People’
We arranged a meeting in Shanghai with a synthetic-drug merchant for our podcast “Painkiller: America’s Fentanyl Crisis.”
The First Legal Safe Injection Site in the U.S. Is Set to Open Next Week. Here's Why That Matters.
A judge ruled that the site would not violate federal drug laws, over the objections of the Trump administration.
The Latest Stats on American Men's Lifespan Are Alarming
Deaths of despair are part of the downward trend.
America's overdose crisis keeps getting worse. Fentanyl isn’t the only drug to blame.
Deaths caused by the synthetic opioid doubled every year from 2013 to 2016, a new study found.
New Haven K2 overdoses climb to over 100: “I’m afraid it’s going to mess people up”
People are still "dropping" by the dozens in one New Haven green.
Former BC Health Minister Warns Ontario a New Opioid Disaster Is Coming
Something worse than fentanyl is making its way east, Terry Lake says.
Opioids are killing tens of thousands more people than we thought, study finds
Public health officials overlooked more than 70,000 opioid-linked deaths from 1999 to 2015, according to the study.
Study shows 1 in 8 organ transplants in the U.S. come from donors who died of overdoses
Thats a 24-fold increase since 2000.
Canada sees dramatic rise in methadone patients as the opioid crisis worsens
Data obtained by VICE News shows that some provinces have seen methadone prescriptions double in five years. Healthcare experts say decriminalization of all drugs is needed to curb overdose deaths.