On this Overdose awareness week, KPIX is looking at the opioid crisis though the shared experiences of San Francisco and Vancouver, another city hit particularly hard over the past 10 years. While ...

Vancouver explores different solutions to the fentanyl crisis with safe-use sites, regulated drugs 07:12. The last week of August is Overdose Awareness Week, an international campaign to address a ...

In 2023, Vancouver decriminalised the possession of small amounts of some illegal drugs. Dr. Kora DeBeck talks with RN's Late Night Live on the future of the trial and whether it has worked.

The former chief executive of CytoDyn, a Vancouver biotech firm, who once touted an experimental drug as a breakthrough treatment for HIV and COVID-19 was found guilty this week of lying to ...

The mountain town of Hope (population: about 7,000), a two-hour drive east of Vancouver, has the province’s highest rate of drug overdoses. Rural health officials blame a lack of services on top ...

“We’re not like the D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program. We’re not here to scare you off. We’re here to spread awareness,” said student Zamyrah Scott, a third-year club ...

Drug policy advocacy groups are coming together across Vancouver on August 31 to mark International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD). Earlier this week, the BC Coroners Service reported that 198 ...

Chhapra: On the occasion of International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, Saran Police on Thursday organised a \"Know Your Police\" prog.

A few years later, she learned about Overdose Awareness Day and decided to begin marking it in Vancouver with the first local event in 2017. Fortner now partners with SWACH, among other agencies ...

Drug users can safely consume their drugs at the Overdose Prevention Society, in Vancouver, where drugs are tested for fentanyl. They talk openly about what led them to start using, and about the ...

Vancouver, San Francisco seeing similar debate on how to approach drug crisis 08:35. On this Overdose Awareness Week, KPIX is looking at the opioid crisis though the shared experiences of San ...