A 49-year-old Montreal man could spend the next century in a U.S. prison after being charged in an opioid trafficking probe, American authorities say.

As opioid overdose deaths continue to soar, a Canadian program points to one way to save lives: providing "safer" opioids to people at high risk of overdose. That's the conclusion of a study ...

The study specifically looked at how many opioids were prescribed in Canada before and after legalization, as well as money spent on opioids. The period observed was January 2016 to June 2019, and all ...

Premature opioid-related deaths doubled in Canada after the onset of COVID-19 pandemic, and more than one in four deaths occurred in young adults, a new study suggested. "The intersection of the COVID ...

In the early 2000s, use of prescription opioids to treat acute and chronic noncancer pain increased substantially in Canada, and with it came a rise in opioid-related harms. The availability of more ...

The Supreme Court’s ruling maintains the decisions of the lower courts (see our recent article) and allows the Government of British Columbia to continue pursuing its proposed “multi-Crown” class ...

Patients in the United States and Canada are seven times as likely as those in Sweden to receive a prescription for opioid medications after surgery, according to a new multi-institutional study.

The rate of opioid-related deaths, hospitalizations, and emergency department (ED) visits is higher in Canadians with lower socioeconomic status (SES), compared with those with higher SES, data ...

A new study covering several institutions shows that patients recovering from surgery in the US or Canada have a 50% chance of being treated with opioids. This is seven times as high as the ...