According to the recently published results of a survey conducted in January 2022 by EKOS for Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada, 33% of Canadians who report having used cannabis within the previous year have also reported having engaged in cannabis-impaired driving. Moreover, among Canadians who have reported using cannabis at some point in their … Continued
Continue ReadingA recent article published by Kamloops News and Business Directory discussed the drug testing services available at the West Kootenay music festival Shambhala, which have been at the forefront of implementing key harm reduction strategies for festival-goers. Since 2004, Shambhala organizers have worked with AIDS Network Kootenay Outreach and Support Society (ANKORS), a B.C.-based non-profit … Continued
Continue ReadingIn May of this year, U.S. Bergen County Assembly Republicans Robert Auth and DeAnne DeFuccio had announced their plan to introduce a bill requiring all public and private school bus drivers to be drug tested twice a year. The proposal was made a week after legal recreational cannabis went on sale in the state of … Continued
Continue ReadingAccording to a news release published by BC Gov News, the provincial government plans to expand and increase access to mental health and substance use services in Vernon. In addition, the news release states that through Interior Health, the province plans to add four new services and expand four existing ones. The Province will also … Continued
Continue ReadingIn a recent opinion article published by the Los Angeles Times, the author Emily Alpert Reyes examined the increasingly contaminated drug supply and drug checking services in California. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has estimated that there were 107,000 overdose-related deaths across the United States in 2021, amid calls by health … Continued
Continue ReadingAs the number of overdose-related deaths continues to climb in Alberta, reaching a record high in 2021, a new pilot drug-checking service has been launched in Calgary as a prevention tool. The program, organized by Alberta Alliance Who Educate and Advocate Responsibly (AAWEAR), also aims to prevent deaths linked to contaminated drug supply. AAWEAR has … Continued
Continue ReadingOn May 31, the federal government announced that starting on Jan. 31, 2023, British Columbia will become the first province in Canada to decriminalize possession of small amounts of illicit drugs for personal use. The decision was made following the request by the B.C. government to receive an exemption under the federal Controlled Drugs and … Continued
Continue ReadingIn a recent opinion article published by the Edmonton Journal, David Staples discussed the current ongoing provincial government program that has gained strong support from all sides of the political spectrum. The program is led by Grace Froese of the John Howard Society and the director of Edmonton’s Drug Treatment Court, and according to Staples, … Continued
Continue ReadingAccording to data released by the Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI), 523 drivers failed roadside drug tests, and had their vehicles seized and licences suspended for three days in 2021. Compared to data collected in 2020, these numbers correspond to a six-fold increase. However, SGI has noted that this increase does not mean that six times … Continued
Continue ReadingEarlier in May, a group of over 50 clinicians and researchers from across Canada, including one director of harm-reduction research at Yale University, published an open letter criticizing the Alberta government’s commissioned report on safe supply. As part of its evaluation regarding the potential effects of safe supply programs on reducing overdose-related deaths, an Alberta … Continued
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