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Drugs

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News

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By Emma Ockerman
News

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By Emma Ockerman
News

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By Tamara Khandaker
Drugs

Fentanyl is Now in 81 Percent Of BC’s Illegal Drug Overdose Deaths

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By Manisha Krishnan
News

Yet another study says weed could help solve the opioid crisis

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By Keegan Hamilton
Health

Fentanyl Overdose Survivors Are a Hidden Health Crisis

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By Allison Tierney
Drugs

More Than 200 British Columbians Died of Drug Overdose in the First Two Months of 2017

03.17.17

By Sarah Berman
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03.03.17

By Jake Kivanç
Drugs

Lab Tests Confirm Carfentanil Has Tainted Metro Vancouver’s Street Drugs

02.01.17

By Sarah Berman

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