The animal tranquilizer xylazine, which has been linked to severe wounds and amputations, has been detected in nearly 40...
Canada
CDN: Quebec Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Import and Distribute Fentanyl
Lisa McElhaney / / / Press ReleasesDefendants arranged the distribution of fentanyl and fentanyl analogues to the United States and elsewhere while incarcerated in a...
GA: Two men indicted for international conspiracy to ship Fentanyl, other drugs into United States through Dark Web connections
Lisa McElhaney / / / Press ReleasesDrugs linked to death of U.S. Navy service members Two men from Canada and the United Kingdom have been...
CDN: Police warning: Non-fentanyl synthetic opioid found in seized drugs
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertSafety Alert – Isotonitazene The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are warning the public about the dangers of illicit drug...
CDN: PharmaTher Progresses Toward Phase 2 Trial of Patch to Deliver LSD Doses
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertPharmaTher Holdings, a Toronto-based psychedelics biotech firm, announced that it has successfully completed its first research study of the...
CDN: Toronto seeks federal exemption to decriminalize drug use as opioid overdoses rise
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertCity wants Health Canada to grant exemption that changes drug laws in Toronto By the end of the day,...
CDN: Vancouver clinic first in North America to offer take-home medical-grade heroin
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertThe Providence Crosstown Clinic in Vancouver is pioneering a new step in harm reduction by enabling some of its patients...
CDN: Mounties north of Edmonton warn toxic chemicals found in street drugs could kill people
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertToxic chemicals connected to fatal drug poisonings have been found in street level drugs in a community north of...
CDN: ALERT dismantles fentanyl superlab taking more than $300M in drugs and precursors, biggest similar seizure to date
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertALERT has dismantled a fentanyl superlab, seizing more than 31 kilograms of fentanyl and precursors along with 7,600 kilograms...
CDN: Activists Call on Canada to Back Heroin, Cocaine, Meth Buyer’s Clubs
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertOn August 31, International Overdose Awareness Day, drug-user activists in British Columbia formally petitioned the Canadian federal government to...