According to a new study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, adults aged under 50 years old with hearing loss were significantly more likely to have a substance use disorder. In contrast, the study showed that individuals with hearing loss and...

The Liberal government’s new tough impaired driving laws passed in December 2018 introducing three new drug-related offences for drivers who had consumed drugs within two hours of driving. The new legislation was met with concerns regarding ‘potential for injustice’...

Dryden High School staff and administration attempt to ‘move forward’ in dealing with drug and alcohol problem In February, Dryden community leaders had already gathered to tackle the growing drug problem in the Dryden community. Sean Monteith, the director of...

In the face of Canada's growing opioid crisis, MaRS has launched an Opioid Data Challenge , in collaboration with Health Canada, with the goal to obtain and test new data sets, sources and methodologies to better understand opioid overdoses and harm in Canada. The...

The National Hockey League (NHL) Alumni Association is currently in collaboration with Ontario-based legal cannabis producer Canopy Growth to carry out a research study on the effectiveness of cannabis-based therapies. The goal of the study is to examine the...

Recent legalization of recreational cannabis in Canada has opened new opportunities for pharmaceutical research. Moreover, public opinion polls indicate that most Canadians trust their doctors in prescribing cannabis-containing pharmeceuticals. A recent study carried...

Having to pay more for your favourite wine, beer or spirit on April 1st is not an April Fools’ joke. Unless the annual “escalator tax” on beer, wine and spirits is repealed the prices of alcohol will grow in Canada on April 1. The tax is annual, meaning that prices...

A new study published in the journal Nature describe a method to genetically alter yeast to produce cannabinoids, the active compounds in cannabis, including the psychoactive ingredient tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), as well as the non-psychoactive cannabidiol (CBD)....