The province announced annual and monthly record numbers of opioid-related overdose deaths, further prompting calls for changes to laws.
Tag: Opioids and Opiates
Head of McKinsey Is Voted Out as Firm Faces Reckoning on Opioid Crisis
Partners decided not to keep Kevin Sneader in the top job. Weeks earlier, McKinsey had reached a historic settlement agreement in the U.S. over its advice to drugmakers.
How a Man With a Van Is Challenging U.K. Drug Policy
A former drug user turned activist is addressing Scotland’s alarming drug death crisis by running the nation’s first drug consumption room — and risking arrest to do it.
China Cracks Down on Fentanyl. But Is It Enough to End the U.S. Epidemic?
After years of American pressure, China is taking steps to shut off the illicit supply of deadly synthetic opioids. But don’t expect an end to the overdoses.
The China Connection: How One D.E.A. Agent Cracked a Global Fentanyl Ring
Fentanyl is quickly becoming America’s deadliest drug. But law enforcement couldn’t trace it to its source — until one teenager overdosed in North Dakota.
As Scotland’s ‘Trainspotting’ Generation Ages, the Dead Pile Up
What happens as opioid abusers hit middle age? “What your body tolerates at 18 it doesn’t tolerate at 38 or 48.”
Dark Web Drug Sellers Dodge Police Crackdowns
The notorious Silk Road site was shut down in 2013. Others have followed. But the online trafficking of illegal narcotics hasn’t abated.
An Australian Doctor’s Dream: Curing America’s Opioid Curse
Dr. George O’Neil has implanted a device he invented into thousands of Australians who abuse opioids. But is it an answer for America’s addiction crisis?
After Death on Airliner, Autopsy’s Grim Discovery: 246 Packs of Cocaine
A man died en route to Japan from Colombia, after one of the packs of cocaine he had swallowed ruptured, said officials in Mexico, where the plane made an emergency landing.