Kamsack outreach worker says people died ‘daily’ while authorities neglected to act
APTN News The manager of an outreach program that serves drug addicts in the Kamsack…
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Kamsack doctor exposed by APTN Investigates now charged with improperly prescribing opioids
Dr. Murray Davies is currently prohibited from prescribing opioids and benzodiazapines except in certain circumstances.
Residential school survivors, descendents, show poorer health outcomes: survey
The first volume being made public today looks at physical and mental health, employment and income, housing and residential school experiences.
Winnipeg in midst of a crystal meth ‘epidemic’: front-line workers
“Once he took it he wasn’t the same. He’s not the son that I knew before,” says mother of son who used meth.
APTN News A Year in Photos
APTN News Photos play a pivotal role in online storytelling. Throughout the course of 2017,…
Mi’kmaq outraged over ‘racist’ note at New Brunswick doctor’s office
The sign reads: “ATTN: Native Patients. Please don’t ask for tranquilizers or pain medications.” Maxine Ginnish heard about the sign and went to Dr. Allister Carter’s family practice to see for herself.
Surviving addiction to the opioid, Fentanyl – InFocus
From hard core addicts to recreational users, the impact of opioid addiction and why Fentanyl is taking so many lives
B.C.’s First Nations leaders suspect high rate of overdose deaths
The Canadian Press First Nations leaders in British Columbia say they suspect the deadly opioid…
Mi’kmaq tackle drug addiction in wake of fentanyl scare in New Brunswick
Fentanyl has raised fears after a death in a New Brunswick First Nation.