'Societies get judged by how they take care of their kids. This is not a good judgment on us,' says Dr. Michael Rieder, lead ...

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Parents are becoming increasingly reluctant to let their kids have opioids prescribed to them, according to two new studies from the University of Alberta. In one study, 146 pediatric doctors said ...

More than 9,000 people died from overdoses across Canada in the two years leading up to June, 2018. In Ontario, 629 died in the first six months of 2018, up 15 per cent from the same period in 2017 ...

Rules on medical consent can make it difficult for parents to help children who are at risk of abusing opioids, mother tells inquest Wendy Stueck Environment Reporter Victoria Published June 17, 2019 ...