‘There should be some charges’
One of the mothers of three Kansas City Chiefs fans found frozen in their friend’s snowy Missouri backyard after a January NFL watch party said “some charges” are warranted in her son’s …
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British Columbia to recriminalize use of drugs in public spaces
After weeks of troubling stories about problematic street drug use in hospitals, parks and at bus stops, the province of British Columbia announced plans to recriminalize the use of drugs …
In Beijing, Blinken and Xi stress need for continued U.S.-China dialogue to avoid “any miscommunications”
Beijing — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Friday with Chinese President Xi Jinping and senior Chinese officials, warning of the dangers of misunderstandings and miscalculations as the United …
‘Can’t keep letting fentanyl win’: Safe supply of drugs needed to fight Winnipeg’s crisis, says advocate
A safe place to consume drugs is vital to saving lives, but even more crucial in the harm-reduction approach is providing a safe supply of drugs, says a Winnipeg mom …
Move over, fentanyl? Stimulant overdose deaths are rising fast
Deadly, addictive fentanyl has certainly earned the spotlight when it comes to overdose deaths — but carnage from stimulants like methamphetamine and cocaine is rising at a much faster clip. …
More kids are dying of drug overdoses. Could pediatricians do more to help?
Martha Bebinger, WBUR | KFF Health News (TNS) A 17-year-old boy with shaggy blond hair stepped onto the scale at Tri-River Family Health Center in Uxbridge, Massachusetts. After he was …
China is subsidising global fentanyl supply, says report by US congressional panel
China must be pressured to address the global supply of fentanyl and its ingredient chemicals, by further economic sanctions if necessary, which it is subsidising as the “scourge” kills more …
8 years and 14,000 deaths later, B.C.’s drug emergency rages on
In the dozen years she’s worked with the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users, executive director Brittany Graham has lost count of the people she’s seen succumb to toxic, illicit …
More than 1 in 4 deaths among young people in Canada were opioid-related in 2021, study finds
Opioid-related deaths doubled in Canada between 2019 and the end of 2021, with Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta experiencing a dramatic jump, mostly among men in their 20s and 30s, says …
How one Colorado overdose victim fell through the cracks
Even as she lay on a friend’s floor in Wheat Ridge, unconscious from the effects of the drugs she’d taken, Rachel Skanron still had people who believed she could overcome …