At the end of 2023, long-awaited news arrived in West Virginia and across the United States: overdose deaths were dropping.

Dr. Jerome Adams says that if federal funding falters, many people could lose access to care, reversing hard-earned gains ...

The latest data available on the Alberta government’s “substance use surveillance” dashboard shows there were 83 ...

Opioid-related deaths among teens and young adults in Ontario tripled from 2014 to 2021, while drug treatment rates significantly decreased, a new report shows.

Front-line workers of Canada’s opioid crisis say harm reduction approaches like safe supplies for those navigating substance use are clear even amid renewed political debate around the issue ...

Background: The drug toxicity crisis continues to accelerate across Canada, with rapid increases in opioid-related harms following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. We sought to describe trends in ...

Health Opioid addicts turn to psychedelic plants to treat withdrawal, but doctors warn of risks 'There are too many unknowns,' doctor says of ibogaine and ayahuasca for addiction treatment ...

Opioid agonist treatment has long been the standard therapy for opioid use disorder in pregnant women. 75, 76 Abundant supporting evidence has rendered methadone the most frequently prescribed opioid ...

From 2016 to 2022, opioid prescribing for low back pain in EDs has declined, but radiograph use has remained high, especially ...

Latest opioid data shows a decrease in opioid related deaths from 2023, but the numbers continue to climb. Raye Cameron, left, Alyssa Miller and Brittney Powell with Boots On Ground prepare a shot ...

Alberta recorded 964 opioid-related deaths from January to October 2024. The province’s drug poisoning rate was at 20 per 100,000 people in October 2024 compared to 38.2 per 100,000 people at ...

In Saskatchewan, provincial data shows Indigenous people represent more than half the opioid deaths over the past three years, despite accounting for only 16.3 per cent of the population.