Skip to main content
Support Quality Journalism.
First Access to Latest
Investment News
Collection of curated
e-books and guides
Inform your decisions via
Globe Investor Tools
Just
$1.99
per week
for first 24 weeks
Enjoy unlimited digital access
START TODAY
Get full access to globeandmail.com
Just $1.99 per week
for the first 24 weeks
Just $1.99 per week for the first 24 weeks
var select={root:".js-sub-pencil",control:".js-sub-pencil-control",open:"o-sub-pencil--open",closed:"o-sub-pencil--closed"},dom={},allowExpand=!0;function pencilInit(o){var e=arguments.length>1&&void 0!==arguments[1]&&arguments[1];select.root=o,dom.root=document.querySelector(select.root),dom.root&&(dom.control=document.querySelector(select.control),dom.control.addEventListener("click",onToggleClicked),setPanelState(e),window.addEventListener("scroll",onWindowScroll),dom.root.removeAttribute("hidden"))}function isPanelOpen(){return dom.root.classList.contains(select.open)}function setPanelState(o){dom.root.classList[o?"add":"remove"](select.open),dom.root.classList[o?"remove":"add"](select.closed),dom.control.setAttribute("aria-expanded",o)}function onToggleClicked(){var l=!isPanelOpen();setPanelState(l)}function onWindowScroll(){window.requestAnimationFrame(function() {var l=isPanelOpen(),n=0===(document.body.scrollTop||document.documentElement.scrollTop);n||l||!allowExpand?n&&l&&(allowExpand=!0,setPanelState(!1)):(allowExpand=!1,setPanelState(!0))});}pencilInit(".js-sub-pencil",!1); // via darwin-bg var slideIndex = 0; carousel(); function carousel() { var i; var x = document.getElementsByClassName("subs_valueprop"); for (i = 0; i < x.length; i++) { x[i].style.display = "none"; } slideIndex++; if (slideIndex> x.length) { slideIndex = 1; } x[slideIndex - 1].style.display = "block"; setTimeout(carousel, 2500); } //
The Globe and Mail
Member Benefits
Subscribe
Subscribe
Register
Log in
My account
Following
Bookmarks
Reading history
Newsletters
Subscriptions
Settings
Help
My account
Following
Bookmarks
Reading history
Newsletters
Subscriptions
Settings
Help
AdChoices
Canada
World
Business
Investing
Opinion
Politics
Sports
Life
Arts
Drive
Real Estate
Watchlist
Search
Search
Quick links
Horoscopes
Puzzles
Member Benefits
Newsletters
Globe Shop
Investigations
Death Notices (Legacy.com)
Reader services
Subscribe
Following
Subscriptions
Settings
Customer Help
Contact us
Log in
Log out
Opioid crisis
Follow
Latest
opinion
My brother died from an opioid overdose. I vowed to fight back
Jason Lajoie
February 27
Updated
international business
McKinsey’s top executive voted out as consulting firm faces reckoning over opioid crisis
February 24
Updated
canada
Most Canadians support decriminalizing illegal drugs to combat overdose deaths, survey finds
February 24
Updated
british columbia
B.C. advocates say relaxed drug offence penalties not enough to address rising overdose deaths
February 23
Updated
british columbia
Developer’s $1-million donation to Vancouver police charity raises alarm
February 22
Updated
report on business
Out of the lab, into the marketplace: How one of Canada’s most celebrated scientists, Molly Shoichet, is bringing her key discovery to market
February 22
Updated
More Stories Below Advertisement
canada
‘An overdose killed my son’: More families writing honest death notices about how their loved ones died
February 21
Updated
canada
Ottawa to relax penalties for drug offences, encouraged to treat possession as a health issue
February 18
Updated
canada
As Canada’s overdose deaths soar, the safe-supply debate enters a new and urgent phase
February 18
Updated
opinion
In the face of a different pandemic, Ottawa is again refusing to listen to the science
Gary Mason
February 12
Updated
canada
Portraits of loss: One hundred lives, felled by an overdose crisis
February 12
Updated
canada
Two families open up about the opioid-related deaths of their children
5:10
February 12
Updated
opinion
Either way, Dominic Barton’s plea of ignorance makes Justin Trudeau look bad
Konrad Yakabuski
February 12
Updated
alberta
Alberta Auditor-General to study opioid crisis response as part of a broad COVID-19 review
February 11
Updated
canada
‘I surrender. Just please help me’: A son’s moving note to his parents underlines the pain of addiction
February 6
Updated
opinion
Victory over the drug crisis will not come through decriminalization alone
Chuka Ejeckam
February 5
Updated
More Stories Below Advertisement
world
McKinsey settles for $573-million over role in opioid crisis
February 3
Updated
toronto
Toronto Public Health reports record-high for daily overdose calls
January 31
Updated
opinion
It’s time to get serious about mental health
Marcus Gee
January 30
Updated
canada
Opioid deaths highlight need to decriminalize hard-drug possession, police chiefs say
January 28
Updated
canada
Searching for Angelica: The Globe follows up on an Oshawa drug user’s struggle in an opioid crisis and pandemic
January 28
Updated
british columbia
Health officials warn new Illicit drug mix found in northern B.C. could impede naloxone
January 20
Updated
canada
At the root of the opioid crisis is our belief that Big Pharma can cure pain. Can we kick that habit?
January 9
Updated
opinion
Why is Jason Kenney scapegoating CERB for drug overdoses?
Claire Porter Robbins
December 29
Updated
world
In an Afghan village of widows, the opium trade has taken a deadly toll
December 27
Updated
u.s. business
U.S. sues Walmart for alleged role in fuelling opioid crisis
December 22
Updated
british columbia
B.C. illicit overdose deaths on track for record-breaking year, coroner says
December 21
Updated
u.s. business
Sacklers cited fear of OxyContin lawsuits before transferring US$10-billion from Purdue Pharma, documents show
December 21
Updated
alberta
Alberta sets record 904 opioid deaths to date in 2020, cites COVID-19 as factor
December 18
Updated
politics
Canadian envoy silent on his knowledge of McKinsey role in Purdue opioid sales
December 14
Updated
canada
B.C. medical group launches program to prescribe nature as medication
December 6
Updated
canada
The field of crosses that won’t stop growing
December 4
Updated
To view this site properly, enable cookies in your browser. Read our
privacy policy
to learn more.
How to enable cookies