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Free naloxone may be preventing most fatal overdoses in B.C., study finds
Researchers estimate take-home naloxone prevented 76 to 80 per cent of potential opioid poisoning deaths from 2019 to 2024, while thousands still died from toxic drugs
Ottawa drug services
Ottawa’s last supervised drug consumption sites set to close
The final two sites are expected to stop supervised consumption services this week as Ontario funding ends, raising warnings about overdoses and public drug use