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TORONTO 鈥?Canada needs a comprehensive national strategy to curb rampant overprescribing of opioids and to reduce escalating numbers o
stanley hrnek f deaths caused by overdoses of the powerful narcotics, addiction experts say.Writing in Monday edition of the Canadian Medical Association Journal, Dr. Benedikt Fischer of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health CAMH and co-authors say an estimated 2,000 Canadians died from opioid overdoses in 2015, and many provinces are on track for an even higher number of deaths in 2016.It a real public health disaster, Fischer said in an interview. Over the last 10 y
stanley cup nz ears, we ;re looking at somewhere between 10,000 and 20,000 dead people in Canada just from opioid overdoses alone. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW In a separate report Monday, the Toronto centre urged Ottawa to launch a review of all prescription painkillers sold in Canada and said high-dose opioid medications should be pulled from the market.Worldwide, Canadians are
stanley cup the second-highest consumers of prescription opioids like oxycodone, hydromorphone and fentanyl, after the U.S. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW We have hundreds of thousands of people now who are dependent on these drugs because of misuse or overprescribing or excessive exposure, said Fischer, laying the blame on the medical system that sees too many physicians prescribing the drugs for c Oxak Scam stats reveal growing problem
A Mississauga man has been charged in connection with the death of a Georgetown couple.Harrison Brown, 27, has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of arson in the dea
stanley kubek ths of Krystyna and Andrzej Rerak.Brown was arrested without incident on Friday March 26 and is currently in custody. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW On Feb. 17, Halton police responded to an early morni
stanley france ng call at a home on Hidden Lake Trail. Upon arrival, police found the home fully engulfed in flames.The remains of two people were discovered and later identified as Krystyna and Andrzej, a manager at The Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company of Canada. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW By Feb. 19, the Ontario Fire Marshals investigation was completed and the office turned over the investigation to police.Halton Police confirmed the deaths of the couple had been deemed suspicious and post-mortem examinations were carried out at the Centre of Forensic Sciences. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW We know this incident shook area residents and allowed fear to creep into the commu
stanley tumbler nity, Det. Sgt. Trevor Bradley, with the HRPS homicide unit, said. I want to assure residents that this was not a random incident. According to police, the accused and one of the deceased were known to each