Substance Addiction

• Pediatricians call youth overdoses a public health emergency. What will end it?

  As students prepare to go back to school, prevention organizations are urging adults to take action against the rising risk of substance abuse to youth. 

  Canada

  Sep 3, 2023
  
• Canada needs national standards to tackle substance use, expert says

  An expert on substance-use policy says there should be clearer standards for publicly funded residential addiction treatment programs in Canada.

  Health

  Nov 29, 2021
  
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• Substance abuse a costly issue in Alberta: study

  A Canadian Centre on Substance Use Addiction and University of Victoria's Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research study suggests substance use cost Alberta $5.4 billion in 2014.

  Economy

  Nov 14, 2018
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• Substance use costs Canadian economy $38B, booze and tobacco on top: study

  Legal drugs like alcohol and tobacco are by far the biggest burden on Canada's health and justice systems, according to a new report.

  Health

  Jun 26, 2018
• Christy Clark says her government needs to do more to combat opioid crisis in B.C.

  Premier Christy Clark talks about the opioid crisis in B.C. and addresses some of the critics who believe the government isn't doing enough to combat the problem.

  Health

  Oct 26, 2016