While the state and nation are seeing fewer deaths tied to heroin overdoses, synthetic opioids like fentanyl are contributing to more deaths, and there are concerns they're appearing in other non-opioid drug supplies. An analysis released Tuesday by the University of Minnesota has found...
The RCMP are reviewing all apects of its handling fentanyl as the country deals with the spread of the opoid that can prove deadly. (CBC) ...
A harm reduction agency in Sydney, N.S., says it has received confirmation of the first local death involving the opioid fentanyl.Christine Porter, executive director of the Ally Centre of Cape Breton, said the death occurred sometime last fall."I can't get into details because, frankly, small towns,...
CLOSE Former congressman Patrick Kennedy thinks the opioid crisis and suicide rates are merely symptomatic of a society gripped with depression and anxiety. USA TODAYTwo Elmira men convicted as part of a major opioid manufacturing and distribution operation have...
The RCMP are reviewing how their members should handle fentanyl following new reports that downplay the risks faced by frontline officers exposed to the drug.While fentanyl remains a deadly and unpredictable drug for those who take it, new research from within the RCMP suggests that police officers...
Over recent months, anti-laundering authorities have determined that vast sums of money are being smuggled into Canada by unscrupulous organizations using...
New York authorities seized 20,000 highly potent fentanyl pills that were disguised as bootleg oxycodone in Manhattan and the Bronx earlier this month. The blue tablets, with a street value of $600,000, were stamped “M30” to look like prescription oxycodone, according to the city’s Special Narcotics...