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Researchers in Alberta are experimenting with artificial intelligence to measure the risks of prescription opioids amid the ongoing drug overdose crisis across Canada. While doctors have a set protocol to identify patients at risk of opioid addiction, Dr. Dean Eurich said machine learning “could do a better job” of pinning …
Read More »Drug poisoning deaths down in Alberta compared to 2021, proportion of opioid deaths up
Drug poisoning deaths in Alberta have once again surpassed the 1,300 mark for a third year in a row. Data updated this month from the Alberta substance use surveillance system show there were 1,443 drug poisoning deaths in the province from January to November 2022, 1,347 of which were caused …
Read More »OPP warn of ‘potentially fatal’ opioid strain in central Ontario after 4 deaths
OPP are advising of a ‘highly potent and potentially fatal strain’ of illicit opioids that they say may be circulating in Simcoe County and the District Municipality of Muskoka. News Source link
Read More »Is safe supply for opioid use effective? Here’s what the experts, data say – National
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. Debate around safe supply recently reignited after Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre posted a video to his Twitter account saying initiatives like …
Read More »The opioid crisis makes all of us less safe by straining first responders
This column is an opinion from Dan Scheuerman, a retired Calgary firefighter. For more information about CBC’s Opinion section, please see the FAQ. An opioid overdose 911 response begins when someone is found unconscious and barely breathing. If you’ve regularly taken public transit or walked around downtown, no doubt you’ve already witnessed …
Read More »Every death is personal on the frontlines of Yukon’s opioid crisis
Diane Nolan stays up late every night, unable to rest or relax, scared that she could lose her child. A month ago, Nolan got a call that her daughter, 35, had overdosed while her partner was doing the dishes. She spent nine days in the Whitehorse General Hospital, but she …
Read More »Particularly in the north, the opioid crisis is top of mind this Ontario election
When Felicia Fahey heads to the ballot box June 2, her cousin, Steven Legault, will be top of mind. In September 2020, Legault died of an accidental overdose. “It just rocked our entire family. He was just like a brother to me. … to see him succumb to something that was so …
Read More »Thunder Bay leads Ontario in opioid deaths per capita. Here’s how 2 organizations handle the crisis
Outside the entrance to the community warming shelter on the north-side downtown core in Thunder Bay, Ont., paramedics respond to a suspected overdose. Staff at Elevate NWO, a community-based harm reduction organization in northwestern Ontario, had called 911 after an individual was non-responsive in its lobby. At the same time, staff …
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