Health officials say there’s been an increase in medetomidine — a powerful sedative used by veterinarians — showing up in unregulated drugs. When mixed with opiates like fentanyl, it can be deadly.

Interior Health has issued a toxic drug overdose alert for Nelson, Trail, and the surrounding areas after service agencies warned about what they were seeing among drug users.

The BC Centre for Disease Control is warning that novel substances have been introduced to the unregulated drug supply, leading to an increase in drug poisonings.

Brad Bishop is a founder of Offentsive Corp., a Pensacola nonprofit organization aimed at reducing overdoses, homelessness, ...

The B.C. Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) has issued a province-wide drug alert, noting new substances in the unregulated ...

Both Vancouver Coastal Health and the BC Centre for Disease Control issued a drug alert on Jan. 26, citing an increase in ...

Dangerous combinations of fentanyl mixed with cocaine, as well as other narcotics, are becoming more common in the drug ...

Drug deaths are finally falling—but the cause may be far outside of U.S. policy makers’ control.

Illegal drugs in B.C. are now even more dangerous, the BC Centre for Disease Control says. Drug poisonings are up because of ...

The CDC said some medications can also interfere with your body’s ability to regulate temperature in extreme heat, making it ...

Health officials are concerned that unregulated street drugs are becoming even more dangerous as they are being mixed with ...

COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – The city of Columbus is seeing a new drug on the streets – Xylazine. Used as a sedative for animals, ...