Jan 16, 2024 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
In November of 2023, the Toronto Drug Checking Service announced its plans to expand its service, after receiving a new federal grant from Health Canada for the recipients of the Substance Use and Addictions Program (SUAP). The grant will provide $21 million in funds...
Jan 11, 2024 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
As Ontario is grappling with a growing drug poisoning crisis, health workers in the Windsor region have been increasingly faced with the challenge of harm reduction as new and increasingly deadly street drugs emerge. In 2022, fentanyl was a factor in the majority of...
Dec 14, 2023 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News, Opioid crisis
Earlier in October, a news release on the federal government’s website announced that over $21 million in federal funding will be provided for 52 projects involved in harm reduction through Health Canada’s Substance Use and Addictions Program (SUAP)....
Dec 12, 2023 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
According to a new Statistics Canada report released in November, more Canadians are using stimulants such as cocaine, which may be contributing to a high percentage of drug-related deaths. The report was based on data from the Canadian Wastewater Survey, which has...
Dec 8, 2023 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
Earlier in November, over 400 safe supply supporters gathered in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside to protest the recent arrests of the founders of the Drug User Liberation Front (DULF), Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum. The arrests were made after Vancouver police...
Nov 29, 2023 | Drug & Alcohol Information, Drug & Alcohol Testing News, Opioid crisis
The Nēwo-Yōtina Friendship Centre’s drug testing site in Regina reported two instances of detecting xylazine in fentanyl samples this past October. Xylazine, a powerful tranquilizer drug used in veterinary medicine to sedate large animals, has been increasingly...
