Addiction

Ontario Medical Association shares priorities for health system improvements

Protesters outside Newfoundland jail call for better care for prisoners after inmate suicide

Some parents in China laud new rule limiting video game time for children

Federal election 2021: Erin O’Toole promises more rehab spaces to combat opioid crisis

After five years drug-free, Vancouver man reflects on the rocky road to recovery

B.C. expands local overdose supports to rural, remote and Indigenous communities

Indigenous communities facing ‘dual pandemic’ due to the impact of COVID-19 on mental illness and addiction, report says

My brother died from addiction and we all grieve his loss differently

B.C. man wants help instead of charges for woman who took his truck with son inside

Alberta Auditor-General to study opioid crisis response as part of a broad COVID-19 review

Canada’s drinking problem: why alcohol is the new cigarette

B.C. illicit overdose deaths on track for record-breaking year, coroner says

Canada’s provinces have filed opioid-related claims totalling $67.4-billion in U.S. court

Stepping up: A B.C. doctor spreads the word about treating alcohol dependence with medication

B.C. mayors demand action on homelessness, addiction

B.C.’s July opioid overdose deaths near province’s total COVID-19 toll

B.C. adds $36-million to create 123 addiction treatment beds for youth

Man who blamed video games for double killing in B.C. sentenced to 25 years without parole

Substance use cost estimated at $46-billion in Canada, contributed to almost 75,900 deaths in 2017

Overdose deaths in B.C. spiked in March compared with February: coroner

Nova Scotia reserves right to sue opioid manufacturers, distributors under proposed legislation

Ontario set to announce $20-million boost to give greater access to mental-health therapy programs

B.C. sees a 36 per cent decrease in overdose deaths, the first drop since 2012

How deep-brain stimulation treats disorders: “It’s given me my life back”

Mayor wants B.C. to institutionalize severely mental ill people who are homeless

More than 400 Ontarians died from opioid-related causes in first three months of 2019 as provincial data shows sharp increase from 2018