Aug 31, 2022 | DATAC Announcements, Drug & Alcohol Testing News
National Drug Overdose Day is very important to us here at DATAC as we see every day how the opioid crisis has impacted the country. DATAC deals so closely with so many who work in the rehabilitation and harm reduction spaces and it has been so hard to see the...
Aug 25, 2022 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
A new analysis published by the Smithsonian Magazine and authored by Margaret Osborne earlier in July discussed the rising numbers of overdose deaths in the U.S., particularly in African-American and indigenous populations. New data released by the CDC demonstrates...
Aug 23, 2022 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
According to new research, drinking alone in youth is a significant predictor of problematic alcohol use later in life. A recent longitudinal study following over 9,000 U.S. high school students for 17 years showed that solitary drinking in adolescence and young...
Aug 18, 2022 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
In a recent opinion article published by Talking Drugs, an online platform provided by the International Drug Policy Consortium, news and analysis on drug policy, the author, André Gomes discussed the limitations of Canada’s recent drug decriminalization efforts. In...
Aug 16, 2022 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
Avenue B, a harm reduction organization based in Saint John, has been preparing to apply to Health Canada for a licence in order to operate an overdose prevention site in an effort to reduce overdose-related deaths. If the application is approved, it would be the...
Aug 9, 2022 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
A new proposal announced by the UK government may lead to recreational drug users in England and Wales having their passports and driving licences seized. In addition, the proposal includes the initiative of having casual users of cocaine and cannabis pay fines and be...
