I almost spit out my coffee when I read the headline and premise of last week’s opinion column by Marshall Smith, the former ...

One day in the early 2000s, police acting on a tip about some suspected drug dealers kicked in the door of a Vancouver hotel room. They found a well-known dealer inside, but they also found a ...

As the toxic drug crisis continues to claim thousands of lives each year — fuelling perceptions that existing measures are failing — the notion of involuntary treatment is gaining political traction.

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As B.C.’s toxic drug crisis continues, so does the debate on how to reduce harm and save lives. For Nicole Luongo, a systems change coordinator with the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition (CDPC), that has ...

Patrick Bennett is pictured as a child and after completing a recovery program in Ontario in 2019. (Submitted by Mary Kilroy) Mary Kilroy's son Patrick Bennett didn't set out to get hooked on drugs.

'This is like the OxyContin crisis. It feels like a 2.0 of that — a Canadian version' You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. For anyone who doubts ...

San Francisco, Philadelphia and others are retreating from “harm reduction” strategies that have helped reduce deaths but which critics, including Trump, say have contributed to pervasive public drug ...

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Jails may seem secure, but people who run them have a very hard time keeping drugs out. Those drugs often lead to overdoses.