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Overdoses | The invisible epidemic | The Press
Sorry, your browser does not support videos Forget the stereotypes. Contaminated drugs and counterfeit drugs affect Quebecers of all ages, from all regions and from all walks of life. Some…
Overdoses | The real crime is abandoning them
All deaths are not equal. The overdose crisis that is mowing down lives in silence in Quebec is a sad demonstration of this. Posted at 5:00 a.m. Overdoses fly under…
Opioid crisis | No safe supply system to reduce overdoses
(Ottawa) More than a year after the federal government’s expert panel recommended creating a safe supply of substances to reduce people’s addiction to toxic drugs, the government hasn’t created a…
Opioid crisis | A record number of 107,000 fatal overdoses in 2021
(New York) More than 107,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year, setting a new record and further evidence of an opioid crisis in the country, the Centers said Wednesday.…
“Mass overdoses” | Warning from US authorities against a wave linked to fentanyl
(Washington) The United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) warned on Wednesday of a wave of “mass overdoses” linked to drugs containing lethal doses of fentanyl, a synthetic opiate that is…
San Francisco declares state of emergency to curb overdoses
(San Francisco) The mayor of San Francisco declared a state of emergency on Friday in a downtown neighborhood that has seen a surge in overdose deaths since last year, mostly…
Fatal overdoses in Quebec in 2021 | The concern remains
The number of fatal overdoses linked to opioids increased sharply in 2020 in Quebec and then decreased slightly in recent months. But the statistics continue to be high, reveal the…
More than 100,000 fatal overdoses in one year in the United States, a record
The United States recorded a record of more than 100,000 overdose deaths over one year during the pandemic, the American authorities being alarmed by an unprecedented “crisis” notably linked to…