Motherisk

• Former Motherisk website run by SickKids now features cannabis blog, hospital says

  The web address now connects to a cannabis blog that primarily discusses the use of the non-psychoactive cannabidiol that is found in marijuana.

  Health

  Dec 4, 2019
  
• Doctors sound alarm after SickKids shuts down Motherisk program

  The shutdown of a helpline that's been crucial to some expectant and new mothers is conjuring reaction from the medical community.

  Health

  Apr 17, 2019
  
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• Discredited ‘Motherisk’ hair-testing program harmed vulnerable families across Ontario: report

  An independent commission tasked with examining the Motherisk hair-testing program says the child welfare system's reliance on the analysis was "manifestly unfair and harmful'' even when it did not substantially affect the outcome of cases.

  Canada

  Feb 26, 2018
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• Motherisk flyer is distressing to kids in care: Ontario children’s advocate

  Ontario's Advocate for Children and Youth is warning that a flyer distributed by the education ministry to schools in the province is damaging to kids involved with Children's Aid Societies.

  Canada

  Mar 29, 2017
• Hundreds of Ontario adoptions on hold while commission reviews Motherisk cases

  Hundreds of adoptions have been put on hold in Ontario as a provincially appointed commission reviews child protection cases involving flawed drug tests.

  Canada

  Feb 1, 2016
• Review calls Motherisk drug and alcohol testing program ‘inadequate and unreliable’

  An independent review has found that a controversial hair analysis program in Toronto that tested for drug and alcohol use was "inadequate and unreliable" for use in child protection and criminal proceedings.

  Canada

  Dec 17, 2015