Category: Addiction

Sidebar Nurses could help cut smoking rates in China, according to UCLA-led studyChina has a big smoking problem. Three-hundred-fifty million.See all stories on this topic…

Should taxpayers pay for fentanyl drug recovery? … prevent further deaths from drugs like fentanyl, the complexities of drug use and addiction are causing some…

A 5-sentence letter helped trigger America’s deadliest drug overdose crisis ever We believe that this citation pattern contributed to the North American … Not all…

How This Doctor’s Letter Kicked Off America’s Opioid and Heroin Crisis “We believe that this citation pattern contributed to the North American … the risk…

Canadians show how a 100-word research article helped create North America’s deadly opioid crisis The 1980 article by Dr. Herschel Jick and a colleague at…

Path of the Shaman doc goes deep with B.C. ayahuasca healer Dr. Maté helped Downtown Eastside residents struggling with addiction, … “Dave is no doubt…

European addiction experts urge expansion of medical heroin program in Canada VANCOUVER — Addiction experts from five European countries say their experience with prescription heroin…

Addiction experts urge expansion of medical heroin program in Canada VANCOUVER — Addiction experts from five European countries have gathered in Vancouver to discuss the…

Mayors across Canada urge federal government to lead on overdose deaths crisis VANCOUVER — Mayors across Canada are calling for federal leadership on the “national…

Vancouver police call for prescription heroin amid ongoing overdose crisis Major gaps in health funding for addictions treatment is taking a huge toll on ……