Sentences with phrase «drug overdose act»

With Canada's fatal overdose crisis still surging, the Canadian HIV / AIDS Legal Network, in collaboration with the Waterloo Region Crime Prevention Council, issued 50,000 wallet - size cards with vital information about the 2017 Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act.

On May 4, 2017, the Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act («Act») became law as part of the Government of Canada's approach to address the growing number of overdoses and deaths caused by opioids (pain relieving drugs, including fentanyl).

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Germany's Rainer Werner Fassbinder tore a feverish path through the world's art houses, making 40 films (and acting in nearly 40, too) before dying of a drug overdose at age 37.

Euthanasia involves an intravenous (IV) injection of a drug that acts as an overdose of anesthesia.

The initiative would have amended the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA) of 1975 to lift the cap on medical malpractice damages, require drug and alcohol testing of doctors, and create a prescription database to curb overprescribing and the drug overdose epidemic.

Not only does suicide include deaths that were caused in an «obvious» manner, but also deaths that occurred while carrying out acts of felony, such as committing armed robbery, or that happened conducting activities with a high probability of death, such as overdose of drugs or driving while heavily intoxicated.