Program Gives Volunteers Kits to Stop Fatal Drug Overdoses for Opiate Abusers

Program gives volunteers kits to stop fatal drug overdoses for opiate abusers
Naloxone works only to reverse an overdose caused by an opiate — there's no antidote yet for taking too much cocaine, a stimulant drug that acts on different brain receptors. That's a concern, says Hopkins, as crack cocaine is probably the most … Read more on CTV News

The dark side of acetaminophen
This question was impossible to accurately answer, both because of the difficulty in determining why someone fatally overdosed and a lack of co-ordinated surveillance across the country. Instead, a patchwork of databases, …. More common are … Read more on Kawartha Media Group