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A Regina mother who was one of the first ALS patients to test a new treatment is now celebrating its accelerated approval in Canada for adults with an ultra-rare form of the disease. Paula Trefiak’s remarkable experience on tofersen, a medication sold under the brand name Qalsody, is reflective of why researchers …

In northern Ontario’s largest city, the drug toxicity crisis can sometimes feel like a battlefield, with white crosses lined up on a bustling downtown corner and anxious family members flooding social media for news of their loved ones. Accidental overdoses are the leading cause of death for adults under 50 …

हरियाणा स्टेट नारकोटिक्स कंट्रोल ब्यूरो ने नशे की लत से जूझ रहे लोगों की मदद के लिए HSNCB.in नाम की एक नई वेबसाइट लॉन्च की है। इस वेबसाइट पर स्व-मूल्यांकन फॉर्म की सुविधा दी गई है, जिससे व्यक्ति 40 अंकों के स्केल पर अपनी नशे की आदतों का आकलन कर सकते हैं। इससे …

An Ontario father says he lives in constant fear that his 15-year-old son will overdose — and blames the social media app Snapchat.  “He can’t get through the day without using drugs,” said Roger, a pseudonym CBC is using to protect his son’s identity. The addiction issues began with cannabis use …

A man arrested for drug offences was racially profiled by Ontario Provincial Police in Leamington, a Superior Court judge has ruled, deeming the evidence against him inadmissible as a result. Justice Martha A. Cook acquitted the man on one of the charges after Crown prosecutors withdrew the second.  “This is …

It was a seemingly minor moment that led to a foundational legal decision.  It was a Sunday in 1982, and Big M Drug Mart in southeast Calgary was open for business. Housed in an old Safeway store, the 20,000-square-foot establishment was as much a general store as it was a …

With criminal networks shifting to domestic production of fentanyl and other opioids, the focus of law enforcement at Canada’s borders has now shifted to the chemicals used to make the deadly drugs. The Public Health Agency of Canada estimates that more than 47,000 Canadians have died of toxic drug overdoses …

The first thing Jeremy Bray does every morning is check whether he can still move his left thumb.  He wakes up daily with the fear he may have lost the only way he has to operate his wheelchair, maintain a job and live independently. Bray has  spinal muscular atrophy, a rare degenerative …

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The toxic drug crisis has taken more than 47,000 lives in Canada since 2016 and the synthetic opioid fentanyl has become a household name. But now, what’s believed to be an even more potent class of synthetic drugs is showing up in drug busts across the country: nitazenes. RCMP in …