Prescribed opioids in the ER? You may be getting too many pills, study suggests
What happens after Canadian patients are prescribed addictive opioids in the emergency department for short-term pain? The answer from a new study is being called an “eye opener.”
Opioid deaths in Toronto up sharply over pre-pandemic numbers
The opioid crisis claimed more than 520 lives in Toronto last year, a grim figure that public health officials blamed on an unregulated drug supply increasingly contaminated with toxic substances.
Opioids responsible for one in every four deaths among young adults
The drug-toxicity crisis has killed more than 40,000 people in the past eight years nationwide, with the Public Health Agency of Canada estimating that an average of 22 people died of opioid overdoses each day in 2023.
Ontario is in the midst of a drug crisis. These 7 charts tell us who’s being hit hardest
As Canada grapples with a drug toxicity crisis, new research looking at four years of opioid overdose deaths in Ontario offers a revealing glimpse of the face of these victims.
Alberta headed for record year for opioid deaths in 2023, say physicians
An increasingly toxic drug supply means 2023 will be Alberta’s deadliest year for opioid overdoses.
Opioid addiction continues to be a deadly problem
Some general statistics from the last year see that 7,500 people were enrolled in some form of opioid dependency program in 2023. These individuals are trying to deal with their problem medically, getting off killer street drugs and using substances like methadone or suboxone to help them while they heal. In Lethbridge however, nearly 140 […]
Prescription opioids among older Canadians ‘a silent epidemic’: Report
Addiction to painkillers in seniors can lead to significant adverse effects such as sedation, impaired motor coordination, and increased risk of depression. Seniors are at a higher risk of opioid misuse due to the prescription of these medications for pain relief. Canada’s opioid crisis has also affected seniors, with them being the demographic that has […]
Walmart agrees to $3.1 billion opioid settlement framework
Walmart agreed to the framework of a $3.1 billion settlement, which resolves allegations from multiple states’ attorneys general that the company failed to regulate opioid prescriptions contributing to the nationwide opioid crisis. The settlement, according to the office of New York Attorney General Letitia James, who co-led a coalition of attorneys general in the […]
Canada’s Opioid Crisis Worsens
Some parents are losing not one, but two children to drug overdoses, as Canada’s opioid crisis worsens. The sheer scale of Canada’s ‘other epidemic’ means that some families are suffering multiple losses from drug overdoses, and experts say that this phenomenon is no longer rare Source: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-canada-opioid-crisis-drug-overdose-parents-grief/
A record 105,752 Americans died of a drug overdose from October 2020 to 2021 as nation’s opioid epidemic continues to spiral, CDC reports
The United States’ drug epidemic set another grim record in October, according to recently released data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The agency revealed that an estimated 105,752 Americans died of a drug overdose between October 2020 to October 2021, the most ever recorded in a 12-month period. It was also […]
