An officer with the Ontario Provincial Police holds bags containing containing fentanyl during a news conference in Vaughan, Ont., on Feb. 23, 2017. Chris Young/The Canadian Press More than 10,300 Canadians have died of opioid-related overdoses in less than three years,...
An officer with the Ontario Provincial Police holds bags containing containing fentanyl during a news conference in Vaughan, Ont., on Feb. 23, 2017. Chris Young/The Canadian Press More than 10,300 Canadians have died of opioid-related overdoses in less than three years,...
Xanaxis is a brand of medication prescribed for anxiety and panic disorder, and news that fake Xanax has turned up on the streets of Halifax is reason for concern. Of greater concern? Some...
Researchers at the University of California San Diego have developed screen-printed sensors that could offer a faster, convenient and low-cost method to detect the drug fentanyl. The sensors can detect micromolar concentrations of fentanyl in just one minute. They are easy to produce, cost only...
In an article published by U.S. News & World Report, we're shown again how government can make almost anything worse.According to the article, in the wake of the opioid crackdown, the federal Centers for Disease Control says the painkillers should be a last resort for...
Two men accused of running a massive fentanyl trafficking operation have had all their charges dropped after a judge found their rights were violated by Vancouver police.In his decision posted Tuesday, B.C. Supreme Court Justice James Williams said Dennis Alexander Halstead...
A Halifax-based harm reduction group is striving to raise awareness about reports of fake Xanax pills in Halifax containing the deadly opioid fentanyl.“We were given an anonymous tip that some Xanax, or what looks like Xanax around the Halifax area, is...
Improbable that China is sincerely motivated to crack down on opioid trade, says criminal lawyer NEWS ANALYSIS A heavy human cost from Canada’s inability to contain money laundering is the fentanyl opioid crisis, which resulted in 2,400 deaths in the first nine months of 2018 alone, based...
Pot prices climb Canadian cannabis users are paying more since legalization. The average cost has gone up over 17-percent for legal weed, while the price of illegal cannabis has dropped. Stats Can says smokers who buy from legal brick and mortar shops are paying the most...