British Columbia continues to be at the forefront of treatment for street drug use, declaring the surge in overdoses related to it a public health emergency in 2016. Understanding that mental health issues and addiction are interlinked, and in an effort to de-stigmatize problematic illicit drug use,...
Anyone who takes prescription opioids can become addicted to them. In fact, 1 in 4 people who are prescribed opioids struggle with addiction. Once addicted, it can be hard to stop. Canada is the second-largest per capita consumer of opioids in the world. In 2018, almost......
The opioid crisis resulting in deaths by overdose remains a public health emergency in Canada with close to 3000 reported deaths in late 2019. Western Canada is the most impacted region with almost 800 of the reported mortalities caused by synthetic opioid overdoses. The majority......
In his press briefing on May 6, 2020 the Premier of British Columbia, John Horgan, acknowledged that the COVID-19 pandemic was unfolding on top of another ongoing public health emergency that was first declared four years ago – the overdose crisis that has resulted in......
The founder of Lifeguard Digital Health, Jeff Hardy, was inspired to create the company after he became close to a young man named Evan who had a long struggle with addiction. Evan died of an accidental overdose after he was “clean” for months, leaving a......
Amid the opioid crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic, the use of digital apps has raised many questions. Technologies can play a significant part in any public health solution if they comply with privacy-preserving approaches to design, and work in alignment with existing privacy frameworks, law,......