Controlled Substances

• Drug trafficking investigation in Guelph nets cocaine

  Investigators executed search warrants at three apartment units in the area of Waterloo Avenue and Woodycrest Drive.

  Crime

  Sep 21, 2023
  
• Guelph police seize $3,500 in drugs and cash following arrest

  Guelph police say they've recovered $3,500 worth of drugs, along with cash, after making an arrest on Thursday. A 31-year-old Guelph man was wanted on two outstanding warrants.

  Crime

  Jul 7, 2023
  
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• Guelph woman faces impaired driving and drug charges after traffic stop

  Guelph police conducted a traffic stop Monday night after a car was seen driving erratically in a parking lot on Wellington Street and Imperial Road.

  Crime

  Nov 15, 2022
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• Opioid-dependent patients worry changes to Alberta’s prescription methods will be harmful

  A new provincial strategy to fight addiction could backfire, according to patients. Harm reduction advocates say the changes could put people at higher risk for opioid poisoning.

  Health

  Oct 17, 2022
• Alberta traffic stop leads to drug seizure worth $80K

  A routine traffic stop in central Alberta led to a cocaine and methamphetamine seizure worth over $80,000 last week, according to police.

  Crime

  Dec 11, 2017
• Powerful street drug W-18 now banned in Canada

  Health Canada is banning the powerful street drug W-18, which it says can be 100 times more potent than fentanyl.

  Health

  Jun 1, 2016
• Hallucinogenic salvia set to be banned in Canada

  Health Canada is set to add the sage specifies S. divinorum to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, making it illegal to possess, traffic and produce it.

  Canada

  Jul 14, 2015
• Ecstasy, magic mushrooms, other drugs accidentally become legal in Ireland

  Ireland’s government is rushing to pass emergency legislation to re-criminalize the possession of several drugs, including ecstasy, after they were inadvertently made legal due to a loophole in the law.

  World

  Mar 10, 2015