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...
Apr 13, 2021 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
Since the legalization of recreational cannabis in October of 2018, a number of regulatory and public health measures have been implemented to prevent cannabis-impaired driving. Despite ongoing studies and data collection and analysis by Statistics Canada, the...
Apr 9, 2021 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
Earlier in March, the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) launched a six-week public consultation as part of its plan to update its existing guidelines for the safe consumption of alcohol. The original guidelines, titled ‘Canada’s Low-Risk Alcohol...
Apr 6, 2021 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
The Government of Alberta plans to test a new mobile app with the aim of protecting individuals who use opioids and other substances alone in their homes. The app, called the Digital Overdose Response System (DORS) can trigger a call from the STARS emergency centre if...
