Steve Cody is chairing the selection committee that will help Health Canada choose an inexpensive tool for drug users to test for fentanyl. According to Health Canada, from January to September 2017, 72 per cent of apparently accidental opioid-related deaths involved fentanyl or fentanyl analogues, compared to 55 per cent in 2016. Steve Cody said the family wanted to focus on building bridges rather than walls. Now Steve is part of the search to find a better way to test drugs for harmful substances like fentanyl. Health Canada will screen a short list of projects by March, then proceed to an incubation period.

Source: CBC News January 08, 2019 17:09 UTC