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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The acting chief of the Cape Breton Regional Police, Robert Walsh, has expressed his complete support for opening an overdose prevention site in Sydney. Walsh has also voiced some concerns about these new overdose prevention sites (formerly known as safe injection...

A new street drug testing site has opened in Victoria's North Park neighbourhood to provide anonymous drug testing services for free. The testing site is located at a storefront on the corner of North Park and Cook St and uses strip tests as well as instruments to...