Relapse: Facing Canada's Opioid Crisis
The First Fentanyl Addict
How the powerful opioid took its roots in anesthesiology, and affected medical professionals working in the field, before it made its way into the mainstream.
This Little Strip Can Tell If Your Drugs Are Laced with Fentanyl
The cheap drug test will soon be available in Canada.
Canada’s Private Drug Rehab Industry Is Unregulated Chaos
In most parts of the country, anyone can open a drug rehab clinic, even if they don't have medical credentials, and make hundreds of thousands of dollars off of it.
Who Exactly Is Being Helped by Horrifying Images of the Opioid Crisis?
A new video shows a father telling his 8-year-old son that his mother died from an overdose. The response has been concerning.
This is How Ontario Plans to Fight the Opioid Crisis
Measures include improving access to Suboxone, more chronic pain clinics and a new 'provincial overdose coordinator' to track deaths better
What the Opioid Crisis Looks Like from Inside a BC Prison
An inmate describes long waitlists for treatment, black market suboxone, a lack of clean needles, and the risk of overdose on release.
Is Media Coverage of the Opioid Crisis Making It Worse?
An addictions epidemiologist dives into how we depict drug use and what it means.
As the Opioid Crisis Rages, There’s a Push to Keep Cops Away from Overdose Calls
Canada may soon have its own 'Good Samaritan' law that would shield people at the scene of a drug overdose from drug possession charges.
A DIY Venue in Toronto Has Started Carrying Overdose Kits On-Site
"In some ways it's no more complicated than keeping bandages around in case someone falls down because they're drunk," one party organizer said.
What Happens When Drugs Become Too Powerful for Overdose Kits?
Naloxone kits are failing more and more often because drugs like fentanyl are more potent than they've ever been. Health officials say new approaches are necessary.
We Still Have No Idea How Many People in Canada Have Died of Fentanyl Overdoses
Canadian Health Minister Jane Philpott told us that's "shameful."
This Back Alley ‘Harm Reduction’ Tent in Vancouver Isn’t Asking Permission to Operate
Just a half block from where the royals passed through this weekend, the self-supervised injection site is a DIY response to the fentanyl crisis.