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28 May, 2019
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Split vote: Barrie Councillors endorse supervised consumption site
After a lengthy debate at General Committee Monday night, Barrie city councillors voted to endorse an application for a supervised consumption site in Barrie, at 90 Mulcaster Street, beside the David Busby...
28 May, 2019
Ontario plans to sue opioid makers in bid to recoup health care costs
TORONTO - Canada’s most populous province of Ontario on Monday announced plans to sue opioid makers to recover health care costs related to the deadly addiction epidemic.Ontario’s attorney general, Caroline Mulroney, said the province will join a lawsuit launched last year by British Columbia against...
28 May, 2019
Teens still commonly prescribed opioids, study finds
Breaking News EmailsGet breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.SUBSCRIBEMay 28, 2019, 5:36 AM UTCBy Linda CarrollOpioid prescriptions remain common for teens and young adults, a new study finds.From 2005 to 2015, nearly 15 percent of teens...
28 May, 2019
Colorado Approves New Measure Legalizing Drug Testing Kits
Thanks to the careful and determined efforts from DanceSafe – Colorado has now allowed drug testing kits to be disassociated with paraphernalia. Colorado Governor Jared Polis has just signed a package of bills, with the bill in...
28 May, 2019
Transdermal Drug Delivery System Market Market | Types, Applications, Leading Manufacturers and Development Strategies Forecast 2025
The latest market report on Transdermal Drug Delivery System Market Research: Global Status & Forecast by Geography, Type & Application (2015-2025) indicates market drivers, trends and forecasts. The report is segmented based on product types [Fentanyl, Nitroglycerin, Estradiol, Nicotine, Others and others], applications [OTC, Rx]...
28 May, 2019
Boy desperately tries to wake up his ‘drugged-up’ zombie mum after she passes out on bus amid US opioid crisis
HEARTBREAKING footage shows the moment a little boy desperately tries to wake up his “drugged-up” mum after she appeared to pass out on the bus. The young boy could be heard crying out: “Mum that's our stop, that's our stop.” A young boy was filmed trying...
28 May, 2019
Methadone: the double-edged sword wreaking havoc in Thunder Bay
The leading opioid present in the bodies of overdose victims in Thunder Bay is methadone. DAVID_JACKSON The lineups start before 8 in the morning outside the drug stores of Thunder Bay – recovering opioid users form queues to obtain their...
28 May, 2019
Cities And States Look To Big Pharma To Cover Costs Of The Opioid Epidemic
As pharmaceutical companies prepare to square off with states and local communities in courts around the U.S., a growing number of state and local officials say the industry should pay to cover the cost of the nation's deadly opioid epidemic."I think they are as complicit...
28 May, 2019