Clinic Offering Frontline Help For Those With Addictions Opens In Winnipeg - Latest News

Opioid problem in East Texas mainly involves prescription drugs

The organization has locations in Tyler, Longview, Paris and Pittsburg, and serves as the frontline ... opening over the years. But clinicians say the stigma of drug addiction prevents many from getti... read more

Health district, humanitarian crusaders make the case for local needle exchanges

And he’s here to help. “Hey, Fox.” After a bit of small talk, Hoey opens ... Addiction Professionals, says many factors influence a person’s decision to step into recovery. Organizations of whatever s... read more

UnitedHealthcare Donates Drug Disposal Kits to Local Health Clinics and Physicians to Help People Safely Dispose of Unused Opioids

View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180607006018/en/ The disposal kits offer people a convenient way to ... s commitment to making these kits available will help those ... read more

Drug Users, Advocates Demand Faster Action on Overdose Crisis

Last week, more than 100 frontline ... Centre for Addictions Research of BC. Harm reduction advocate Garth Mullins helped write the report. “I’ve gone to so many memorials and funerals for those dead ... read more

Gus Pedrotty

I am offering ... health and addiction issues in our community? Again, this is primarily through the service first model that gives us a new frontline against at-risk factors that marginalize our comm... read more

Hostel boss wants street medicine for Worcester's homeless

Following the controversial closure of the walk-in centre in Farrier Street the homeless can receive care at a clinic at Maggs Day ... mental health issues and addiction to drugs and alcohol as well a... read more

Clinic offering front-line help for those with addictions opens in Winnipeg

The first of five Rapid Access to Addictions Medicine (RAAM) clinics, which offers front-line help to those dealing with addictions ... and crisis services.” A second Winnipeg clinic is set to open Se... read more

Rapid access clinic for opioid addiction opens in Hamilton

Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton has introduced a new piece of the city’s harm reduction strategy for those battling ... partner offering other relevant services. The clinic is considered “low-barrier” be... read more

For Some Kamloops Youth, It’s Easier to Get High than to Get Help

“Probably the fastest access is when you can go to frontline staff instead of waiting in a clinic for nine ... the rest will be open by March 31, 2017. So far only 19 of the new beds are for youth. In ... read more

Windsor area receives new funding to battle opioids and other addictions

More frontline help, better access to the right treatment and more support and education around pain management for those caught in the nightmare of opioid and substance abuse will be the result of $4... read more

First Simcoe County RAAM clinic opens in Barrie to address opioid-overdose crisis

The clinics are set to open in Simcoe ... services to those in the community who are impacted by opioid addiction and overdose. “The new regional RAAM Services will make it easier for individuals and ... read more

Lowe’s coming to Winnipeg in new year

A new home improvement store is set to open in Winnipeg in 2018. Lowe’s Canada said it is opening a 95,000 square foot store at Kenaston and McGillvray boulevards in the new year. This will be the fir... read more