Nov 11, 2024 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
In her recent interview with CBC News, Dr. Sharon Koivu, an addiction medicine consultant with St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital, expressed concerns and disappointment at the Ontario government’s decision to close 10 supervised drug consumption sites across the...
Oct 30, 2024 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
Earlier in September, the British Columbia government announced its plans to expand involuntary care for those with mental health and addictions issues, as well as open “highly secure” facilities, to provide housing for people detained under the Mental...
Oct 21, 2024 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
A new research study published in the journal Prim Care Companion CNS Disord examined the link between social isolation and substance abuse among hospitalized adults. The study authors used the 2018 National Inpatient Sample dataset to identify adult hospitalizations...
Oct 18, 2024 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
According to the results of a recent report released by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), there were an estimated 107,543 drug overdose deaths in the United States in 2023. This corresponds to a decrease of...
Oct 16, 2024 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
According to the results of a new study, only 43.8% of jails in the United States provide incarcerated individuals with essential medications to treat opioid use disorder medications, such as methadone, buprenorphine, or naltrexone. The research study, published in...
Oct 7, 2024 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
In his recent interview with the Daily Mail, Dr Tim Stockwell, a scientist at the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research, discussed the effects of drinking alcohol on life expectancy. According to the expert, having an average of only two alcoholic drinks per...
