Harm Reduction News

Drug prohibition is fuelling the overdose crisis: Regulating drugs is the way out

January 26, 2025

The only real solution to this crisis is to regulate the production, distribution, and sale of currently illegal drugs. By moving away from prohibition, governments could implement health and safety...

Overdose deaths in Ontario increasingly involve more than one drug, new report says

January 14, 2025

Written by: Liam Casey, The Canadian Press. Originally published: January 9, 2025. There is an increasing number of overdose deaths in Ontario where more than one drug contributes to those...

Study Shows Halifax Safe Supply Drug Program Effective

April 22, 2022

Written by: Alexa MacLean, Global NewsOriginally Published: April 16, 2022 A new report highlights the success of a safe supply program launched by Halifax health care and outreach workers during...

B.C. Urged to Expand Safe Supply Programs Amid Overdoses

April 09, 2022

Written by: ANDREA WOO, CBC NewsOriginally Published: MARCH 9, 2022A panel, struck to examine the deaths of thousands of British Columbians from toxic illicit drugs, is recommending the province rapidly...

Paramedics Save Nova Scotian from Opioid Overdose

October 13, 2020

Written by: David Burke, CBC NewsOriginally Published: Monday, October 5, 2020 6:00AM ATEight years ago, Matthew Bonn watched his friend turn blue and become deathly quiet as fentanyl flooded his...

Interior Health Warns of Contaminated Drugs in Kamloops

September 10, 2020

Written by: CBC News Originally Published: Aug 10, 2020 12:49 PM PT B.C.'s Interior Health Authority is warning drug users in Kamloops, B.C., of street drugs with a high concentration...

Police: Laced Drugs May Cause Three Deaths in Mississauga

September 10, 2020

Written by: Margaryta Ignatenko | Staff Reporter at The StarOriginally Published: Wed., Aug. 19, 2020 Laced, illicit substances have been found inside the Mississauga condo where the homicide investigation into...

Talks Needed on Decriminalizing Drugs to Address Opioid Crisis

September 10, 2020

Written by: Teresa Wright, The Canadian PressOriginally Published: Saturday, August 22, 2020 2:45PM EDTOTTAWA - The delicate politics of drug policy were on full display this week, as Canada's chief...