May 7, 2021 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
In a recent opinion article published in Policy Options, authors Laura J. Kennedy and Noel Guscott discussed the reasons Canada needs a federal alcohol act. According to the report released by the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA), one quarter of...
May 5, 2021 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
Healthcare providers across Canada are now testing an app designed to reduce overdose-related deaths. The mHealth app, originally created by Lifeguard Digital Health based in Vancouver, was released in May 2020 in British Columbia through the Provincial Health...
Apr 29, 2021 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
Earlier in April, the RCMP reported making the largest cocaine seizure in Manitoba’s history, while disrupting a major international drug trafficking network that transported drugs into the province through Ontario. On April 5th, a total of 81 kilograms of cocaine was...
Apr 27, 2021 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
On the fifth anniversary of declaring B.C.’s public health emergency for overdose deaths, B.C. will officially request a federal exemption from Health Canada to decriminalize personal possession of drugs. Since April 14, 2016, the BC Coroners Service reports illicit...
Apr 21, 2021 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
According to Oxford County OPP, thousands of illegal cannabis plants were seized in a recent raid that resulted in 10 people being charged. According to a recent tweet by the Oxford County provincial police, officers searched a commercial address on Spruce Street in...
Apr 15, 2021 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
In recent weeks, two large drug seizures took place in Ontario. Earlier in March, two searches in Sudbury at two separate residences have resulted in the seizure of drugs suspected to include cannabis, methamphetamine pills, hydromorphone pills, cocaine and...
