Free at-home fentanyl testing kits available in Merritt – Merritt Herald
Fentanyl was present in approximately 87 per cent of illicit drug overdoses in B.C. last year, according to Interior Health. (Herald files). ...
16 May, 2019
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MA’s Opioid-Related Overdose Death Rate Declines by 4%
Thursday, May 16, 2019 GoLocalProv News Team View Larger + The opioid-related overdose death rate in Massachusetts fell an estimated four percent between 2016 and 2018, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. “While we remain encouraged that opioid-related overdose deaths have declined over the last two...
16 May, 2019
Greensboro DEA sees 2,000% increase in methamphetamine seizures since 2017
Please enable Javascript to watch this video GREENSBORO, N.C. -- The Piedmont Triad is seeing an unprecedented influx of methamphetamine for the area, with DEA agents comparing it to the amounts they were seeing while on previous assignments along...
16 May, 2019
From Heroin to Fentanyl, Mother Describes Struggles With Addiction
What to KnowAddicts are seeking out fentanyl, a drug 50 times more powerful than heroin. The number of deaths attributed to it have risen in LA County.Doctors prescribe the drug for pain such as late stage cancer and surgery. It has been making its way...
16 May, 2019
Kits allow drug users to test drugs for safety | News
Interior Health is joining a new research project to provide people who use...
16 May, 2019
Overdose deaths in B.C. are dropping, coroner says
Monthly deaths from illicit-drug use in the first quarter of the year are down 32 per cent from the same period last year, the B.C. Coroners Service says in the latest update on the overdose crisis in B.C., the hardest-hit province. The monthly average for...
16 May, 2019
Health officials hand out free fentanyl-testing kits for British Columbians to use at home
Health officials are handing out free fentanyl-testing kits, so British Columbians can test their drugs at home, in a new pilot project to address the overdose crisis.Fentanyl, a very strong synthetic opioid, was responsible for about 87 per cent of illicit drug-overdose deaths in B.C....
16 May, 2019