Without safe injection sites, more opioid users will die
In the midst of a public health crisis, with increasing rates of death from opioid overdose, the Ontario government is clawing back life-saving measures.
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Fear of police stop and search can deter opioid users from carrying anti‑overdose kits
Naloxone programmes have sprung up in the UK and elsewhere, but drug death rates keep climbing.
Empathy in healthcare is finally making a comeback
Evidence for the benefits of empathy in healthcare is mounting.
HIV survivors’ stories show the loss, resilience and activism of the early years of AIDS pandemic
The HIV In My Day project preserves the early history of the HIV/AIDS pandemic through the personal stories of long-term survivors and caregivers.
How the opioid crisis is disrupting hospital care
Canadian hospitals are ill-equipped to deal with the inpatient opioid crisis. Lack of specialist addictions care puts patients and staff at risk.
Early prevention programs for children could help end the opioid crisis
Primary prevention is a crucial but underused component of a comprehensive public health approach to ending the opioid crisis — starting with children.
Dogs can overdose too: Naloxone training can save pets’ lives as well as humans
Naloxone is a safe and effective medication used to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. It can be administered to dogs in either the nasal spray or injection formulations.
$150M is not enough: Canada’s proposed Purdue Pharma settlement for opioid damages is paltry and won’t prevent future crises
The Purdue Pharma settlement is paltry compared to costs of the opioid crisis. Without major changes to pharma industry regulation, there is little reason to think a similar crisis won’t occur again.
Brain injury after overdose is a hidden epidemic: Recognizing and treating the survivors of the toxic drug crisis
The toxic drug crisis is not only about fatalities. A much larger number of people survive overdoses, and are left with brain injuries. A national strategy to support and treat them is crucial.
The roots of the North American opioid crisis, and 3 key strategies for stopping it
There were more than 100,000 opioid-related deaths in North America in 2022. How the crisis grew to such proportions, and three potential paths to ending it.
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