Overdoses

The drug czar's office wants to make sure drugs kill -- to prove that drugs kill.

Drug offender registries are a hare-brained idea that is more likely to help young people find drug dealers than prevent them.

Citing Australian research showing that police presence during overdose calls increases the likelihood of overdose deaths by increasing drug users' fear of arrest, Vancouver police have formalized an already existing informal policy of leaving it to the paramedics.