Dec 23, 2020 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
Over the past year, the COVID-19 health crisis has obscured Canada’s other growing pandemic of opioid overdoses and overdose-related deaths. In 2019, following efforts focused on creating overdose prevention sites, methadone clinics and support services for...
Dec 17, 2020 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
Ontario Provincial Police patrolling Lennox and Addington County have announced they will be using mandatory alcohol-screening tests at most Festive R.I.D.E. programmes this holiday season. Such tests will allow police to test a driver’s breath for the presence of...
Dec 15, 2020 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
New research carried out by a group of scientists at the Toronto General Hospital Research Institute shows that breathing alcohol out of the body by hyperventilating can be effective in treating alcohol poisoning. The research team, headed by Dr. Joseph Fisher, has...
Dec 11, 2020 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
In times when people are stepping out of their comfort zones to travel once again, Canada’s flagship carrier Air Canada is all set to make the process safer and smoother. The airline has collaborated with the country’s leading pharmacy retailer –...
Dec 9, 2020 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
Earlier in November, Oregonians voted in favour of Ballot Measure 110, making Oregon the first jurisdiction in North America to decriminalize the possession of illicit drugs for personal use. Since then, the Canadian advocacy group Moms Stop the Harm has expressed...
Dec 3, 2020 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
Alcohol abuse, a historical public health concern, is gaining increased interest among medical professionals and analysts. Developing assessments are unveiling the significance of an alcohol crisis despite overshadowing drug epidemics. An estimated 88,000 people die...
