Overdose

Canada needs to aim higher in its strategy to reduce overdose deaths. Meaningful therapy, not free heroin, is what will treat users’ problems. Canada is reaching the limits of a drug policy centred on harm reduction — a philosophy that aims...

Department of Justice officials on Monday expressed alarm over an approaching deadline that they argued could significantly roll back recent progress in combating the scourge of fentanyl copycats fueling the country's opioid crisis.In a briefing with several reporters, the officials called on Congress to...

A federal grand jury indicted two people from Mesa, Arizona, in June for possession and distribution after authorities discovered approximately a kilogram of fentanyl and 2,100 fentanyl-containing pills. Authorities apprehended Reyna Trejo, 30, and Felipe Penuelas-Rodriguez, 50, on June 6. The grand jury indicted the...

Department of Justice officials on Monday expressed alarm over an approaching deadline that they argued could significantly roll back recent progress in combating the scourge of fentanyl copycats fueling the country's opioid crisis. Interested in Opioid Epidemic? Add Opioid Epidemic as an interest to stay up to...

Drug use continues to rise—not only in the United States, where fentanyl and painkillers have devastated many lives, but in the Middle East, Africa and India.The numbers are provided in the 2019 World Drug Report released by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). The report...