opioids

Jesse Whelen, Blood Ties Four Directions harm reduction councillor, demonstrates how the organization tests for fentanyl in drugs in Whitehorse on May 12, 2020. The Yukon Coroner’s Service has confirmed three drug overdose deaths and one probable overdose death since mid-January. (Crystal Schick/Yukon News file)

Three overdose deaths caused by “varying levels of cocaine and fentanyl,” coroner says

Heather Jones says overdoses continue to take lives at an “alarming rate”

 

The RCMP should have been more forthcoming on fentanyl seizure

Police need to do better than a six-week communications lag

 

Accused in Whitehorse fentanyl bust granted bail

Judge Michael Cozens granted bail to Jibril Hosh Jibril Thursday afternoon

 

Whitehorse RCMP confiscated package of 535 fentanyl tablets in April

Jibril Hosh Jibril, 26, charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking in June