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Why drug checking services are essential in the opioid crisis

Global News Radio, January 21, 2022

Why letting users know what’s in the drugs they’re taking is important as opioid deaths rise

CBC News, January 21, 2022

‘We’re losing control’: Ultra-potent, unpredictable street opioids are claiming more lives in Canada

Featuring: Karen McDonald, CTV News, August 1, 2021

Potent opioids showing up in Toronto’s drug supply for 1st time as overdose deaths mount

Featuring: Karen McDonald, CBC News, July 26, 2021

New ‘ultra potent’ opioids hitting Toronto streets in recent weeks as overdose deaths mount

Featuring: Dr. Dan Werb, Toronto Star, July 26, 2021

Anxiety drug increasingly found in opioid supply of overdose victims

Featuring: Karen McDonald, The Globe and Mail, March 17, 2021

Toronto’s unregulated opioid supply more contaminated than any other unregulated drug, report finds

Featuring: Dr. Dan Werb, Unity Health Toronto, April 28, 2020

Drug checking takes on elevated role as illicit fentanyl sweeps country and fuels surge in overdose deaths

Featuring: Dr. Dan Werb, Karen McDonald, The Globe and Mail, August 11, 2019