Painkiller mixed with cocaine by dealers can cause seizures, coma or death Police fear a growing amount of buffing agent being seized in drug busts means more high-level dealers are bringing wholesale quantities into Edmonton for redistribution, creating another avenue for profit. The Edmonton Drug and Gang Enforcement (EDGE) unit seized more buffing agent in 2016 - 82.05 kg - than all cocaine, marijuana, heroin and methamphetamine combined. Buffing agents are used by drug dealers to dilute illicit drugs to increase profits. [continues 455 words]
Stores and homes in Ontario, Vancouver hit in 'Project Gator' Prominent pot crusaders Marc and Jodie Emery will appear in a Toronto court for a bail hearing Friday after police raided the couple's seven marijuana dispensaries in Toronto, Vancouver and Hamilton. The Emerys, purportedly en route to a cannabis expo in Spain, were arrested at Pearson airport Wednesday evening and charged with several drugrelated offences, including trafficking and possession for that purpose. They made a brief court appearance Thursday. "Marc, of course, plans to fight as hard as he can and as he always has for the true legalization of cannabis and the end of all arrests in Canada, as does Jodie," B.C. lawyer Kirk Tousaw said in a TV interview from Vancouver. [continues 572 words]
Hours earlier, activists Marc and Jodie Emery were arrested at Pearson Toronto police raided a Hamilton dispensary Thursday morning just hours after two prominent Canadian marijuana activists were arrested at Pearson airport. Undercover officers raided the Hamilton location of Cannabis Culture on King Street East - easy to spot from its bright green exterior, between Walnut and Wellington streets - manager Rex Mekkem said. "I'm just letting people know. Metro Toronto is raiding the Hamilton store," Mekkem said in a live cellphone video posted to his Facebook page Thursday just before noon. [continues 378 words]
Marc and Jodie Emery face drug charges after latest crackdown A dozen Vancouver police officers raided Marc Emery's Cannabis Culture headquarters on West Hastings Street on Thursday morning. Marc and Jodie Emery were charged with drug-related offences in Toronto on Thursday after police also raided seven of the couple's Cannabis Culture marijuana dispensaries. The self-styled "Prince" and "Princess of Pot" were arrested Wednesday evening as they were about to board a plane to Spain at Pearson International Airport. They were heading to Barcelona to attend the Spannabis marijuana expo. [continues 551 words]
The Cannabis Culture marijuana dispensary on Bank Street that was raided by police on Thursday reopened Friday morning. The shop was back in business by 10:30 a.m., according to two people working at nearby businesses on Bank Street near James Street. The Cannabis Culture franchise first opened two weeks ago. Police arrested five men at the shop Thursday morning and charged each of them with five counts of possessing a Schedule II substance for the purpose of trafficking (marijuana, THC oil, THC shatter, hashish and CBD oil) and one count of possessing the proceeds of crime under $5,000. [continues 189 words]
Marijuana dispensary determined to make pot accessible, regardless of response of law enforcement "We have nothing to hide," Cannabis Culture employee Mat Ferguson said about 30 minutes before Brantford police officers raided the facility for a second time in as many days. After shutting down the Colborne Street West marijuana dispensary and arresting a 36-year-old Stoney Creek man who was charged with two counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking and possession of property obtained by crime on Tuesday night, officers were back at the facility Friday laying charges against four other people. [continues 670 words]
Brantford police have shut down the Cannabis Culture store for the second time in less than a week. Members of the police street crime unit executed a search warrant at the Colborne Street West business on Friday less than an hour after local media had visited the store to interview employees. Police took at least two people into custody during the raid. Officers remained on scene for the better part of the day. Prior to being taken into custody, Mat Ferguson, a spokesperson for the store, had provided a tour of the business to an Expositor reporter. [continues 459 words]
Cannabis activist Marc Emery opens marijuana dispensary in city, police shut it down days later While his wife Jodie Emery was at Parliament Hill in Ottawa lobbying in defence of marijuana dispensaries, Canada's best-known pot activist Marc Emery - also known as the Prince of Pot - was in Brantford protesting the shutdown of Cannabis Culture on Colborne Street West by Brantford police. The Brantford Police Service street crime unit arrested a 35-year-old Stoney Creek man, who witnesses said was the owner of the store, at about 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday and charged him with possession for the purpose of trafficking. [continues 534 words]
Cannabis Culture outlet had opened on Colborne Street West on Sunday The legalized pot debate erupted in Brantford on Wednesday after the arrest of the owner of the newly opened Cannabis Culture store on Colborne Street West. Police said that a 35-year-old Stoney Creek man is charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking. He was arrested Tuesday night after the police street crimes unit said it determined marijuana was being sold to customers without medical marijuana licences. Police closed the business on Wednesday while they awaited a search warrant. The arrest and the subsequent "holding " of the building by police attracted a handful of protesters advocating for the legalization of marijuana. [continues 652 words]
Const. Robert Cumming didn't follow police protocol when he took home a seized backpack containing two baggies of marijuana, a senior officer testified Wednesday. Det. Timothy Fitzgibbon said Cumming should have requested a case number after an undercover officer, posing as a concerned citizen, handed him a backpack while he was on patrol. But Fitzgibbon told Crown prosecutor Richard Tchir not only did Cumming not create a new police file, he didn't take notes of receiving the item. "If someone gives you property, you need to have a case number generated," Fitzgibbon said. "No number was ever generated (by Cumming) for that date." [continues 306 words]
The Supreme Court has ruled that specifically trained officers can be experts in drugged-driving trials Police officers trained to recognize if drivers are high can be treated as experts in drugged driving trials without a preliminary examination of the evidence, the Supreme Court has ruled in a decision that could help expedite such prosecutions once marijuana is eventually legalized. The 5-2 decision in the case of an Ottawa motorist comes as the federal Liberal government prepares to bring in a law legalizing the recreational use of pot this spring, with a rise in cannabis-impaired driving singled out as a key risk to public safety. [continues 569 words]
When it comes to fighting the illegal drug trade, fentanyl knows no borders. Overdose deaths attributed to the illicit opioid are skyrocketing each year in cities, towns and on reserves in Alberta. The Blood Tribe Police have not been immune to the effects on the community it serves to protect. They welcome the Alberta Government's announcement last week that police officers are among those who will be trained to administer lifesaving Naloxone, which temporarily reverses the effect of fentanyl. [continues 589 words]
A 28-year-old man is facing drug trafficking charges after police raided his east-end Hamilton medical marijuana dispensary Tuesday. Officers from Hamilton police's vice and drugs unit executed a search warrant at MMJ Canada - located at 146 Ottawa St. N. - around 1 p.m. and said they found about $100,000 worth of marijuana and marijuana products, including edibles. "It was determined that the operator of this dispensary was committing the criminal acts of possession for the purpose of trafficking marijuana and THC because they were selling or giving away marijuana or marijuana derivatives from their location," police said in a release. [continues 187 words]
While emergency medical personnel respond to the bulk of drug overdose calls, RCMP and municipal police are increasingly drawn into the fray as the opioid crisis continues to take its toll on Alberta. Postmedia has obtained preliminary data on how frequently RCMP members are administering naloxone on the job. Alberta RCMP members have administered naloxone - an antidote used to reverse the effects of fentanyl and other powerful opioids - a total of three times since officers were provided with the nasal spray kits last October. [continues 265 words]
A month after it opened, a downtown business specializing in marijuana paraphernalia was searched by police on Thursday. Dr. Greenthumb was searched by members of the Cumberland Integrated Street Crime Enforcement Unit on Thursday with assistance from the Amherst Police Department. This whole pending legislation has created a challenge for police across the country. Some people are trying to get ahead of it because the government is saying legislation is coming, but it's not here and they have to be patient and wait for the legislation. Ian Naylor, Amherst Police Chief [continues 298 words]
Three at marijuana dispensary arrested and released without charge Victoria police raided a medical marijuana dispensary on Wednesday, two weeks after the shop's owner was arrested with 30 pounds of marijuana at Victoria's Helijet terminal. Police arrived at Remedy Medicinals at 833 Fisgard St. before 7 a.m. and were waiting for staff to open the doors. Three people were arrested and released without charge, said Victoria police spokesman Const. Matt Rutherford. Officers were in the shop until just before 4 p.m., when they came out with dozens of brown paper evidence bags. Police did not say whether marijuana was seized. [continues 591 words]
Victoria police descended upon a downtown pot shop Wednesday morning, conducting a search warrant connected to the discovery of 30 pounds of marijuana on a commercial flight earlier this month. Officers arrived at the Remedy Medicinals Dispensary on Fisgard Street early in the morning and took three people into custody, but they were later released. Few details have been released as the investigation continues, but police noted Health Canada has not licensed the storefront for sales. The department also said the raid does not change its approach to the nearly 40 marijuana store fronts now operating in the city. [continues 113 words]
Cops are 'setting a standard few can live up to' due to fear of charges, law professor says Toronto police are asking illegal marijuana dispensaries to report robberies committed in their shops, but lawyers say the fear of criminal charges makes co-operating with police a difficult prospect for pot sellers. At a news conference Monday morning, police Supt. Bryce Evans said he found it "disturbing" that dispensaries refuse to co-operate with, or turn over evidence to police. "They increase the victimizations because they want the almighty dollar and the profit from the sale of illegal marijuana," Evans said about dispensary owners. [continues 638 words]
WATERLOO REGION - Waterloo Regional Police officers will be carrying nasal naloxone beginning in February. Front-line officers are currently going through training on naloxone - a drug used to temporarily reverse the effects of opioid overdoses, said Insp. Mike Haffner. The training is being provided at police headquarters on Maple Grove Road by local paramedics, he said. "We want the ability to save an individual's life," Haffner added. Local paramedics have lifesaving naloxone kits and can provide someone overdosing with a naloxone injection. But often police are the first responders to arrive at drug overdose calls. [continues 365 words]
Ottawa police are continuing their crackdown on illegal marijuana dispensaries, raiding the Topspot shop on Bank Street on Friday. The drug squad was still sorting through evidence on Sunday and no charges had been laid. The Topspot Herbal Clinic dispensary on Bank near James Street opened in the fall. At the time staff said they planned to sell only to medical-marijuana patients. Medical marijuana is legal, but not if sold in stores. It must be purchased from producers licensed by Health Canada and sent by mail. [continues 61 words]
The chair of the Ottawa Police Services Board doesn't believe it needs to wade into the injection site debate, agreeing with the mayor that Ottawa Public Health is the right authority. While Coun. Eli El-Chantiry has his own reservations about injections sites, he believes the issue is rightly in the hands of the public health board. "Right now it's not an issue for police yet," El-Chantiry said Thursday. "We have a public health board. They have the mandate to deal with that. They have the experts on the panel. I think that's a good place to have the discussion." [continues 467 words]
Whenever the city's top cop looks at the priorities for the Victoria Police Department, he also assesses marijuana dispensaries on a regular basis. He prefers to call them marijuana storefronts rather than dispensaries because that adds there might be a concept of a legal component, in his opinion. But the nearly 40 marijuana dispensaries now operating in the City of Victoria are illegal, which is why the Victoria News recently asked acting police chief Del Manak during a year end interview why police don't shut them down like they have in other communities across Canada. [continues 505 words]
A cannabis derived-vape additive hitting some specialty store shelves in Edmonton has police warning buyers to beware. "There's still an onus on the user to be aware of what they're ingesting. Just because you purchased it from a store doesn't mean it's blindly OK to use it. A certain degree of research has to be involved," said Mike Tucker, communications manager with Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams. "You aren't exempt from the law just because you purchased it from a store." [continues 378 words]
When they're having these medical emergencies, their car turns into a missile with nobody at the controls. In a year when three fatal collisions were linked to drugs, Calgary police are increasingly concerned about people driving under the influence. In 2015, there were no fatal crashes specifically related to drugs. Police are hoping the deaths this year isn't a trend that will continue into 2017. Staff Sgt. Paul Stacey with the Calgary police traffic section noted there is a lot of uncertainty about potential effects as federal marijuana legislation comes into play next year. [continues 631 words]
The message has been spread for years that drinking and driving don't mix, but taking drugs and driving can be just as fatal and needs to be taken seriously, police say. The Capital West Integrated Traffic Unit reports it is seeing more cases of impaired driving by drug use. Const. Mike Hibbs of the Capital West Integrated Traffic Unit said there were two individuals found to be impaired by drugs at a check stop in the capital region this past weekend. [continues 430 words]
Police are testing new devices to identify drug-impaired drivers. Whether or not the impending legalization of recreational marijuana use will have an impact on drug-impaired driving remains to be seen. However, the timing of a pilot project to detect drug impairment could give police new resources as legislation legalizing recreational cannabis is introduced in Parliament this spring. The pilot project is being tested by OPP, including Perth County, Toronto, Vancouver, Gatineau, Halifax, and Yellowknife police forces, as well as North Battleford RCMP. [continues 499 words]
Homicides, shooting linked to groups bringing drugs, guns into Regina Police believe at least two Regina homicides and a shooting in a crowded restaurant are among the fallout from an increasingly violent threat posed by outsiders bringing guns and drugs into the city. The Mounties and Regina Police Service joined forces to roll out the unwelcome mat for the unwanted guests, recently concluding a 90-day project targeting drug trafficking as well as the weapons and shootings that accompany the trade. What it revealed is that many of the 60 people arrested on 443 charges, including trafficking, possession of stolen property, and multiple weapons offences, aren't from here. They dropped in from locales such as Edmonton, Fort Saskatchewan, Fort McMurray and Toronto. [continues 526 words]
Calgary's police chief is open to introducing supervised facilities for drug users, so long as such programs are part of a larger strategy to lower addiction rates and address problems that accompany drug dependency, such as crime and joblessness. "It always makes police chiefs look resistant when they say no to these things. My answer has been: 'Sure, as long as it is part of a better strategy,' " Calgary Police Service Chief Roger Chaffin said in an interview this week. [continues 912 words]
When Edmonton drug and gang enforcement detective Guy Pilon toured the Insite supervised injection site in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside several months ago he didn't like what he saw. He had visited it three years prior and wanted to see the progress of it and other drug treatment facilities in the city. "There are users now waiting outside of Insite just waiting to get in," Pilon said. "They are shooting up in the street, they are shooting up around the corner. There are just users everywhere." [continues 387 words]
Editor: Interior Health is proposing the first Safe Injection Site outside of the Lower Mainland to be located in downtown Kelowna. I would like to remind the citizens of Kelowna and our elected officials of the many drawbacks to placing a Safe Injection Site for the consumption of illegal drugs in downtown Kelowna. There is abundant evidence that once a Safe Injection Site is located in an area, consumption of these illegal substances increases. This means that not only will more drugs be consumed, but more users will be attracted to the downtown area which will bring more sellers of illegal substances. With more drug transactions being conducted, there will be an increase in property crime. As more illegal substance business is conducted, there will be an inevitable increase in organized crime and gang presence in our fair city. [continues 236 words]
The only public supervised-consumption site proposed for Surrey would be steps from the home base of a new and dedicated team of 16 law enforcement officers in an area where police have clashed with the homeless and drug users. Critics say the two plans announced on Tuesday reveal either a thoughtless oversight or a deliberate effort to hamper the still-contentious supervised injection service at a time when fatal overdoses in B.C. have reached a record high and urgent action is needed. The public site proposed for Surrey will likely have six booths and be in a portable behind the Gateway Shelter on 135A Street, also known as "the Strip," the Fraser Health Authority announced on Tuesday. [continues 605 words]
Police forces are warning parents after a raid Tuesday night at the Canna Leaf marijuana dispensary in downtown St. John's that the cannabis candies and cookies seized are similar to what can be purchased in regular stores in the province, but can be harmful to children. "They are infused with (THC) tetrahydrocannabinol, which is the psychoactive constituent of cannabis," the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit (CFSEU - NL) stated in a news release. Members of the CFSEU-NL executed a search warrant at Canna leaf Medical Dispensary around 10 p.m. Tuesday, which the release describes as "an illegal marijuana dispensary in downtown St. John's." [continues 159 words]
The WeeMedical dispensary on Rideau Street has joined a string of pot shops that have reopened after being closed by police raids. Four of the seven illegal marijuana stores that were raided by police three weeks ago are now back in business. All the seven raided stores are operated by a B.C-based outfit under the names Green Tree, WeeMedical and CannaGreen. Ottawa police had said they hoped the raids would serve as a warning to other illegal dispensaries in town. [continues 240 words]
Two of the pot shops raided by police two weeks ago are back in business. The Green Tree dispensaries on Preston Street and Montreal Road opened on the weekend. Both were sparsely stocked Monday with a few jars of dried weed selling for $10 to $14 a gram. The popular edibles - cannabis cookies, brownies, candy and pop - will be available later this week, said a clerk at one of the stores. There's no ATM available yet, a clerk at the Montreal Road dispensary explained to one customer, pointing to the spot where police ripped it out of the floor during the Nov. 4 raids. [continues 374 words]
Two of the pot shops raided by police two weeks ago are back in business. The Green Tree dispensaries on Preston Street and Montreal Road opened on the weekend. Both were sparsely stocked Monday, with a few jars of dried weed selling for $10 to $14 a gram. The popular edibles - cannabis cookies, brownies, candy and pop - will be available later this week, said a clerk at one of the stores. There's no ATM available yet, a clerk at the Montreal Road dispensary explained to one customer, pointing to the spot where police ripped it out of the floor during the Nov. 4 raids. [continues 371 words]
Device can be used for surveillance, chief says The Chatham-Kent Police Service expects to have a new tool in place. Three years after police chief Gary Conn raised the idea of purchasing a drone, approval was granted at Tuesday's meeting of the Chatham-Kent Police Services Board. Conn said the RFP is expected to be ready within a month and told board members money for the estimated $110,000 to $120,000 purchase has been set aside in reserve in the fleet budget. He said the goal is to have 12 officers trained and have the drone operational by early 2017. [continues 451 words]
Targeted outlets run by a B.C.-based outfit that moved into city in summer Ottawa police raided six marijuana dispensaries Friday morning, closing a big chunk of the city's pot shops in one fell swoop. It's the first police action against the dispensaries that have been popping up in Ottawa, and is bound to ratchet up the heated debate over what to do about the illegal shops. Teams of police officers, some in black balaclavas, descended on six dispensaries shortly after 10 a.m. and emerged with plastic bags stuffed with jars of dried weed and cannabis cookies, candy and pop. A search warrant on a seventh dispensary, which had already closed due to an eviction, was executed Thursday. [continues 520 words]
Ottawa police and municipal authorities are getting creative in dealing with our budding but illegal marijuana dispensaries. But you do wonder if the use of imaginative enforcement techniques is born of a lack of courage. The police have refused to raid the retail outlets, which now number 17, but have spent a substantial amount of time "monitoring" their activities. (During a record year for shootings, by the way.) As we've learned in the terrific reporting of Citizen writer Jacquie Miller, the Ottawa police sent letters to 13 dispensary landlords warning them of possible police action or even property forfeiture if they allow illegal sales to continue. [continues 644 words]
Ottawa police have warned the landlords renting space to illegal marijuana dispensaries that the businesses may face police action and the properties could even be seized. Letters have been served on 13 dispensary landlords warning them of the consequences of allowing unlawful activities on their properties, said Staff Sgt. Rick Carey of the drug unit. "If your property continues to represent a threat to the health, safety and security of the community, the Ottawa Police Service will take action as authorized by the Criminal Code, the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and any other provincial statutes available," the letter says. [continues 1476 words]
Richard Bergman used to investigate people in B.C. for marijuana grow-ops and possession of pot as a sergeant in the RCMP, but now the retired officer is fighting the of war on drugs as a civilian and concerned parent in suburban Ottawa. He pleaded with Chief Charles Bordeleau at the police services board meeting Thursday to crack down on illegal marijuana dispensaries, especially the two that have popped up in his Orleans neighbourhood, one of which is steps away from a kids' tutoring centre and a martial arts club. [continues 317 words]
Crown counsel suggested letter to traffickers was a bad idea Abbotsford Police Chief Bob Rich wants to find a way to bring the full weight of the law down on opioid dealers whose customers overdose and die. Rich told Abbotsford council Monday that he had penned a letter to drug dealers warning them that they could be charged with extremely serious crimes if their customers suffer fatal overdoses. But Rich said that Crown counsel thought the letter, as written, was not a good idea. Nevertheless, Rich said he's still looking at ways to deter drug dealers with the threat of charges beyond simply trafficking and was considering modifying the letter for distribution. [continues 281 words]
Jeff McGuire doesn't envy the position his former police chief colleague Bill Blair is in. Blair, who served as the Toronto Police chief from 2005 until his retirement in 2015, is now the parliamentary secretary to the federal Liberal justice minister, and is handling the government's pot legalization file. "I got a lot of respect for Bill Blair," said McGuire, who is chief of the Niagara Regional Police. "It's a big job, it's a big move, it's not simple, and it will be interesting to see how quickly they're able to move forward on this." [continues 897 words]
Jeff McGuire doesn't envy the position his former police chief colleague Bill Blair is in. Blair, who served as the Toronto Police chief from 2005 until his retirement in 2015, is now the parliamentary secretary to the federal Liberal justice minister, and is handling the government's pot legalization file. "I got a lot of respect for Bill Blair," said McGuire, who is chief of the Niagara Regional Police. "It's a big job, it's a big move, it's not simple, and it will be interesting to see how quickly they're able to move forward on this." [continues 899 words]
You won't find many, if any, people working in law enforcement ready to admit that marijuana trafficking isn't still on their radar. In fact, they will go to great lengths to tell you otherwise. But when you are dealing with the emergence of the province's deadliest killer drug fentanyl - a synthetic opioid 100 times more toxic than morphine - limited policing resources have to be focused on saving lives. More than 400 Albertans have died from fentanyl overdoses since 2015 and there is an even more deadly version waiting in the wings. When you factor in the possible legalization of marijuana by the Trudeau government, the argument could be made that policing the production, possession and trafficking of marijuana has dropped down the priority list. [continues 721 words]
Lighting up a joint is still a popular choice for drug users even with the introduction of numerous other narcotics to Sault Ste. Marie in recent years. Marijuana use "is probably as much, or more, than it was in the past," said Staff Sgt. Jody Greco, head of Sault Ste. Marie Police Service's drug enforcement unit. Pot is no longer the major focus of his unit's work with cocaine, crack cocaine, fentanyl, heroin and methaphetamine now present in the community. [continues 248 words]
A dispute over the admissibility of police "opinions" at drugged-driving trials lands at the Supreme Court of Canada Thursday in a case spotlighting an emerging legal dilemma over the hazy science of marijuana impairment. With federal legislation to legalize recreational marijuana use expected next spring, the case of Carson Bingley of Ottawa could decide if, without a scientific standard, police officers' opinions about whether motorists were high while driving should be automatically accepted as expert evidence at trial. Unlike alcohol impairment, there is no legal blood-concentration driving limit for the active ingredients in marijuana and other drugs, nor is there an approved instrument for police to take readings that will be accepted in court. [continues 422 words]
WINNIPEG police officers will soon join fire and paramedic emergency workers in carrying the antidote to fentanyl overdoses. Deputy police chief Danny Smyth confirmed to the Winnipeg Police Board Friday they are working with health officials on how officers can carry doses of Naloxone and administer it. Smyth said one concern is the lifesaving drug can't be used in temperatures lower than 4 C. According to various pharmaceutical websites, the drug works at temperatures up to 25 C. "We will have to figure out how officers will carry the drug," he said. [continues 277 words]
Marijuana advocates say marijuana stores are here to stay and urge city to draft regulations like Vancouver has A group of marijuana advocates say council should accept that pot stores are here to stay and develop some city regulations to deal with them. They said so at a rally outside City Hall on Thursday. It started with about six people at 4 p.m., with the crowd growing steadily until the rally ended at 6 p.m. Organizers Wayne Matheson and Eamon Cyr said their advocacy group is called Cannabis Culture Fighting Unjust Laws. [continues 327 words]
Sunrise Medicinal has reopened its doors less than a month after Barrie police raided it and another marijuana dispensary, charging five men with drug offences. An employee answering the phone at Sunrise said the downtown store is not selling marijuana, just providing information about medical cannabis, and he directed this reporter to an online City of Barrie suggestion forum where a post urges Sunrise be able to again sell marijuana. "Why would you shut down a dispensary that, first and foremost, helped people who had documented medical issues? They operated in full view," wrote the poster, whose name is listed as Marissa. "Because of Sunrise and dispensaries like it, people like me have been able to get off of all my pharmaceuticals. We are talking 20 years of opioids. I manage my pain and medical issues with medical marijuana. You have now forced me to start buying from questionable sources and questionable product." [continues 288 words]
Following in the steps of Vancouver, Calgary police will soon equip officers with a powerful drug used to counter opioid overdoses. In his monthly update to the Calgary Police Commission, Chief Roger Chaffin told the citizen oversight body that the deadly drug fentanyl continues to plague the city, and he's hopeful the naloxone nasal spray units will help save lives. "It's good news for the officers, it's something that is our new reality, and it's a good opportunity to make sure officers are comfortable that if they are in a situation, we can recover (drug users)," Chaffin said. [continues 192 words]
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