Pilot project to offer drug users kits to test their drugs

Local illicit drug users will be offered rapid response drug-testing kits to see if their use encourages safer drug use starting this month.  The take-home drug test kits contain strips which test for fentanyl, benzodiazepines (sedatives) and xylazine (a sedative or tranquilizer). The idea is to inform drug users and encourage them to take precautions, […]

Man charged with manslaughter in Owen Sound overdose case

Owen Sound police charged a 27-year-old man with manslaughter and fentanyl trafficking after a 37-year-old man overdosed in the city and was pronounced dead at hospital. Police said in a news release Thursday that officers and paramedics responded to a 911 call on March 5 seeking medical assistance for a drug overdose at an apartment […]