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Prescription for Life Report
- February 22, 2016 - B.C. Liberal MP tables bill to tackle drug-overdose fatalities. Read More...
- February 21, 2016 - Fentanyl now leading cause of opioid deaths in Ontario. Read More...
- January 15, 2016 - Addiction experts are concerned new rules for overdose antidote don't go far enough amid crisis. Read More...
- January 14, 2016 - Health Canada Statement on Change in Federal Prescription Status of Naloxone. Read More...
- January 14, 2016 - Health Canada to fast-track easier access to overdose-reversing drug. Read More...
- December 12, 2015 - Dying behind bars: overdose deaths in Ontario jails. Read More...
- December 9, 2015 - Since the release of Prescription for Life, it is estimated that approximately 328 Ontarians have died from an opioid related cause. The MDSCNO and many others are calling on the Provincial and Federal governments for leadership and expedited naloxone access to reduce the record number of preventable deaths.
- December 9th, 2015 - Inside Ontario's Horrifying Opioid Overdose Epidemic. Read More...
- November 24th, 2015 - Kingston Community Health Centres hopes for increased Naloxone to reduce Ontarians dying from overdose. Watch the video...
- November 22nd, 2015 - The Ontario Medical Association passes a resolution supporting the development and implementation of a provincial Naloxone strategy that would include increased Naloxone availability and expansion of distribution programs.
- October 26, 2015 - Support for families who've lost loved ones to drugs. Read More...
- September 27th, 2015 - Toronto Star Editorial: Urgent action needed to stop drug overdose. Read More...
- September 22, 2015 - Ontario's Opioid Problem, Highlighted on TV Ontario's The Agenda. Watch the full video here. Watch the summary here.
- September 17th, 2015 - Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Opioid Use in Ontario Webinar with RX4Life. Watch Webinar Here.
- August 13, 2015 - Joint Statement on Fentanyl- Health Canada Chief Medical Advisor and Chief Public Health Officer of Canada 'that includes reviewing the prescription-only status of the opioid overdose treatment Naloxone on an urgent basis'. Read More...
- August 13, 2015 - Hamilton Spectator: Opioid Death Crisis Masked. Read More...
- July 24th, 2015 - Health Canada Reviewing Prescription Status of Overdose Treatment Naloxone.
- June 11th, 2015 - The Canadian Medical Association Board of Directors approve a policy statement on reducing the harms associated with opioids. Read more ...
- June 10th, 2015 - Ontario networks push for broader access to opioid antidote. Read more ...
- June 9, 2015 - Halton Equitable Drug Strategy support new report Prescription for Life - One death every 14 hours from pain killer overdose in Ontario. Read more...
- June 8, 2015 - Health officers want overdose life-saver available Ontario-wide. Read more....
- June 8, 2015 - Ontario should expand naloxone to reverse deadly opioid overdoses: public health officials. Read more...
- June 6, 2015 - K. Lanktree posts great article on studionline.net blog about Prescription for Life report.
- June 3, 2015 - The Municipal Drug Strategy Coordinator’s Network of Ontario (MDSCNO) is pleased to release the guidance document “Prescription For Life” to assist those with a critical role in opioid overdose prevention and intervention.
