Use of these substances “significantly increases the risk of poisoning,” according to Public Health Sudbury and District.

Toronto’s Drug Checking Service has identified two new substances circulating in the Ontario drug supply: N-Propionitrile chlorphine (also known as cychlorphine) and Deschlorodemethyldiazepam.

Late last month, the New York Times published an eyebrow-raising story in which sources claiming that billionaire Elon Musk was traveling with a “daily medication box that held about 20 pills.” The ...

Within 10 minutes of disclosing his sleepless nights to his family doctor, Georges Marcoux had a little white pill in his hand. His doctor in Shediac, N.B., prescribed him a sleeping pill, Oxazepam, ...

‘Benzos’ can help with anxiety in the short term, as Parker Posey’s character knows all too well. But the series doesn’t reveal the real toll of chronic overuse. Benzodiazepine use and abuse are ...

CARBONDALE — A Carbondale woman faces drug charges after police said she sold clonazepam to a confidential informant. South Abington Twp. police officers met with the informant Nov. 1, who told ...

Etizolam and gabapentinoids, central nervous system drugs with sedative effects and high potential for abuse, may be both driving a culture of polydrug use and contributing to an increasing pattern of ...

Opioids are powerful painkillers. Benzodiazepines (benzos) are strong sedatives that are prescribed for anxiety or sleep problems. Each of these medicines has side effects. Both drugs can be addictive ...

Harm reduction services have issued warnings about fake and laced benzo “crisis”, which could lead to a “fentanyl-style epidemic”. According to harm reduction services Pill Report and The Loop, the UK ...

Pill-based drugs such as valium and xanax may now contain substances such as metonitazene, which is 1000x the strength of heroin The UK is reportedly facing a “benzo crisis” as the UK drugs market ...