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University of Calgary associate professor Lori Montgomery was the committee chair for the development of the new course. Associate dean Kelly Burak says the course will help family doctors who lack skills in safe opioid tapering. Photos by Riley Brandt, University of Calgary

UCalgary and partners create new course for physicians to reduce opioid use

Naloxone kits and training are available on campus for students at Student Wellness Services and for faculty and staff through Staff Wellness. Photo by Riley Brandt, University of Calgary

Suspect an opioid overdose? Know the signs

A new gene discovery by a team of University of Calgary researchers has the potential to help yield safer, less expensive synthetic opioid pharmaceuticals. Photos by Riley Brandt, University of Calgary

UCalgary-based team takes big step toward producing safer, less expensive pain-killing medications

A University of Calgary-led research team, including Xue Chen, Peter Facchini, Jillian Hagel and Limei Chang, has discovered the gene for a new protein crucial for naturally and efficiently producing a compound in opium poppy plants used to make opiate pain-killing drugs.

Opium poppy plants give up their genetic secrets to UCalgary-led team

Opioid researchers

Researchers identify drug that alleviates opioid withdrawal

Researchers find enzymes are multitasking in opium poppy