The Government of Alberta is allocating $325,00 to develop and test a new Digital Overdose Response System (DORS), a mobile app the UCP says would help protect opioids and other substance users while alone in their homes. […]
On Feb. 26, Liberal Member of Parliament Nathaniel Erskine-Smith introduced Bill C-236: An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (evidence-based diversion measures). Erskine-Smith had previously introduced it as Bill (C-460) before the election, but the Bill died on the Orders of Papers. […]
The UCP say new legislation would help Alberta hold opioid manufacturers and wholesalers accountable for opioid-related health-care costs and damages. The Opioid Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act would enable Alberta to participate in B.C.’s proposed national class action suit against these opioid companies. […]
The province announced Tuesday it will participate in the proposed class action filed in British Columbia to recoup costs of opioids from opioid manufacturers and distributors.
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(NC) Older adults experience higher rates of chronic pain and disease than the general population and are therefore routinely prescribed opioids to deal with pain associated with conditions such as arthritis and cancer. This may help explain why they have a higher rate of hospitalizations due to opioid poisoning than any other age group, according to a recent report. […]
(NC) With 21.5 million opioid prescriptions dispensed in 2016, Canada is the second highest per capita consumer of opioids worldwide. Anyone using opioids is at risk of an overdose, including young people that are prescribed opioids for a number of reasons such as dental surgery or sports injuries. […]
Jan. 17, 2019 Receiving a text from a good friend that they just found his young daughter dead hits you […]
Age appropriate information being taught about the opioid overdose crisis in the Alberta curriculum, is something the United Conservative Party Official Opposition is hoping to see as students return to school throughout Alberta. […]
The province says it has established a dedicated emergency commission to help ramp up Alberta’s ability to respond to the opioid crisis.
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Alberta’s firefighters now have greater access to lifesaving naloxone kits now that all first responders can administer naloxone by injection.
The province said Tuesday fentanyl and other opioids continue to take a deadly toll in Alberta communities. There were 343 deaths in 2016 due to apparent fentanyl-related drug overdoses, a 33 per cent increase from the 257 deaths listed in 2015. […]
Health Canada announced Aug. 31 it was making regulatory changes as part of the government’s commitment to addressing the opioid crisis in Canada. […]
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