May 20, 2020 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
A recent article published by the Canadian Family Lawyer magazine has highlighted the issues surrounding confirming drug use in family law. In family law cases, recreational cannabis consumption has been treated similarly to social drinking since its legalization in...
May 15, 2020 | Drug & Alcohol Information, Drug & Alcohol Testing News
Despite recent data presented by Statistics Canada demonstrating that annual beer consumption has decreased among Canadians, a new industry report has shown that Canadians are not drinking less. In an instalment of “Are We Really…?” published by the Financial Post,...
May 12, 2020 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
Two Canadians have been charged with international drug trafficking, in Australia and Costa Rica, respectively. In the first case, a 26-year-old dual French-Canadian citizen was arrested in Melbourne, Australia and accused of importing $15 million worth of...
May 8, 2020 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
The Alberta government has recently proposed several amendments to the province’s consumption laws, lifting specific restrictions on alcohol. The rationale behind these changes is that they would make it easier for adults to drink liquor in public parks. However,...
May 5, 2020 | Drug & Alcohol Testing News
Yellowknife resident Darcy Oake, 25, has been found guilty of planning to sell a form of fentanyl he had ordered over the dark web using Bitcoin and encrypted software in 2016. Earlier in August, a judge-only trial took place, where Oake had pleaded guilty to...
Apr 28, 2020 | Drug & Alcohol Information, Drug & Alcohol Testing News
In recent weeks, police and doctors in Halifax, Saint John, Regina and Lethbridge have been reporting the discovery, and warning residents of, new and dangerous street drugs associated with overdoses and deaths. Isotonitazene Halifax Regional Police announced...
