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121 CN BC: Young People Dying Of Overdoses Due To Reluctance ToThu, 28 Jan 2016
Source:Globe and Mail (Canada) Author:Woo, Andrea Area:British Columbia Lines:92 Added:01/29/2016

Nearly 200 young British Columbians fatally overdosed in a fiveyear span, due largely to a delay in getting medical help.

That is the key finding from a troubling new report from the BC Coroners Service, which found that while most of the young adults used drugs while they were alone, most teenagers used with others - increasing the possibility of getting medical help should something go wrong. However, they did not call 911, prompting health and police officials to do more to educate young drug users.

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122 CN ON: Editorial: Guelph's Crystal Meth Problem Needs More AttentionWed, 27 Jan 2016
Source:Guelph Mercury (CN ON)          Area:Ontario Lines:61 Added:01/29/2016

Guelph has a huge problem with crystal meth abuse. This community is more given to focusing on other significant issues such as the rate of local property taxation, whether to fund a replacement of the main library branch and managing frosh week rowdyism from early September bar goers.

But the community has insignificantly grappled with how direly crystal meth abuse is impacting it. For police or folks who attend locally courts with any frequency this issue is no surprise. Meth-related crime is soaring in the community. In 2013 alone, there were 433 occurrences meth possession charges laid. That was up almost eight per cent from the previous year.

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123 Canada: Study Bolsters Case For Safe Injection SitesMon, 30 Nov 2015
Source:Toronto Star (CN ON) Author:Boyle, Theresa Area:Canada Lines:127 Added:12/01/2015

Three Supervised Facilities in Toronto, Two in Ottawa Would Be Worth the Money

A new study bolsters the case for opening five safe injection sites in Ontario, including three in Toronto, by showing they would be more cost effective than previous research has projected.

Because of a recent surge in the cost of treating hepatitis C, there is now a better economic case to be made for preventing the spread of the potentially deadly virus through the sharing of needles, according to a paper published today in the journal Addiction.

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124 CN BC: Twelve Needles Found In ParkThu, 26 Nov 2015
Source:Nanaimo News Bulletin (CN BC) Author:Cunningham, Tamara Area:British Columbia Lines:91 Added:11/27/2015

CITY STAFF concerned for children's safety at Maffeo Sutton Park

Twelve drug needles found dumped in Maffeo Sutton Park children's playground this fall was a shock to city horticulturalist Margaret Mills, who says it's a rare find and "very upsetting."

But it's nothing new for the downtown community, which is grappling with an uptick in discarded drug paraphernalia.

A parent alerted Mills, who maintains the waterfront park, on Oct. 20 that there were 12 needles left in the children's playground. Six were still in a package, while the other half were used.

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125 CN BC: Warrantless Search Upheld In Drug CaseFri, 13 Nov 2015
Source:Lawyers Weekly, The (Canada) Author:Benedict, Michael Area:British Columbia Lines:105 Added:11/10/2015

The B.C. Court of Appeal has upheld a warrantless home search in a drug case, raising concerns among some legal observers that the practice is on the increase.

"If police are relying more heavily on exigent circumstances to justify warrantless searches of people's homes, the time may be right for the Supreme Court to look at this matter," said Toronto criminal appeals lawyer Enzo Rondinelli, an adjunct professor at Osgoode Hall Law School.

Shae Alexander Hunter of Nanaimo, B.C., was convicted of heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine trafficking after an authorized search was conducted of his home. However, before the warrant was issued, police conducted a warrantless search to secure the home against the possible destruction of any evidence.

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126 CN ON: Police Spooked By Rise In Drug UseFri, 30 Oct 2015
Source:Ottawa Sun (CN ON) Author:Dube, Danielle Area:Ontario Lines:48 Added:11/03/2015

Every year, Ottawa emergency rooms on Halloween are a scary sight -- filled with alcohol and drug-related incidents -- and this year doesn't plan on being any different.

Ottawa Police and Ottawa Public Health are warning partiers of an alarming trend surfacing in the city, the increase in use of MDMA bath salts and the emergence of "unusually strong" magic mushrooms.

"People aren't generally concerned when they drink too much," said Nancy Langdon, supervisor of the substance misuse program at Ottawa Public Health. "But they may also have the opportunity to experiment with an illicit drug that they may or may not have tried before. But even if the person had a reasonable experience before, there's really no guarantee that what they used the last time isn't in any way similar to what they're using this time and that their reaction will be the same."

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127 CN ON: Mush For BrainsThu, 29 Oct 2015
Source:NOW Magazine (CN ON) Author:Sabatini, Cara Area:Ontario Lines:111 Added:11/02/2015

Tune in and turn on: new studies are exploring the benefits of psilocybin and party drugs as possible therapies for addiction, anxiety and depression

While pot has attracted most of the headlines on the issue of drugs as medicine, awareness seems to be - shall we say? - mushrooming on the potential healing benefits of psilocybin and similar psychoactive drugs.

Experimental research on psilocybin, the active compound responsible for the "magic" in magic mushrooms, suggests it has potential for treating alcohol and tobacco addictions, obsessive-compulsive disorder and end-of-life anxiety.

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128 CN ON: Sorry Isn't EnoughMon, 19 Oct 2015
Source:Toronto Star (CN ON)          Area:Ontario Lines:73 Added:10/23/2015

Sick Kids CEO's Apology for Drug Testing Flaws Too Little, Too Late

On the face of it, last week's apology from the Hospital for Sick Children for flaws in the hair-strand drug and alcohol testing program at its Motherisk lab may seem laudable.

Except for this: Sick Kids spent almost a year denying there were problems at the lab. It did so in the face of an exhaustive investigation by the Star's Rachel Mendleson that cast doubt on the reliability of the lab's drug and alcohol hair tests. And it did so despite protests from many experts who were concerned that parents might be losing custody of their children and others might face criminal convictions based on flawed lab tests.

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129 CN ON: Column: There's Never An Upside To Drug AbuseSat, 19 Sep 2015
Source:Observer, The (CN ON) Author:Scharf, Greg Area:Ontario Lines:78 Added:09/24/2015

You're in some strange company if you use meth

When drug use began to go rampant in the United States, former Harvard psychiatrist Baba Ram Dass countered that former colleague Tim Leary's "Tune In, Turn On, Drop Out" with the idea that mankind has an innate drive to "get high" or experience altered states of consciousness. He noted there is some psychoactive product in virtually every culture on the planet except the Inuit, be it alcohol, peyote or others. He went on to state that while drugs can indeed give us a taste of a spiritual experience, they don't provide a map to get there. His answer was to find it through spiritual means.

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130 CN ON: Column: We Canat Afford To Cut Back This Drug ProgramMon, 14 Sep 2015
Source:Toronto Star (CN ON) Author:Fiorito, Joe Area:Ontario Lines:114 Added:09/16/2015

Toronto's Drug Treatment Court has been forced to make budget cuts; the cuts will not save money, and will put lives at risk.

The Toronto Drug Treatment Court may be the best thing we do. Through the TDTC, we offer an alternative to jail for those who get nailed on drug or drug-related charges; instead of going to the slammer, men and women get a chance to choose treatment.

This is breathtakingly simple, and it achieves several seemingly impossible goals at once: it helps men and women break the cycle of drugs, crime and the law; it saves money by cutting the cost of enforcement; it keeps the city safer by reducing certain kinds of crime; oh, and it saves lives. We should be doubling and redoubling our efforts.

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131 Canada: Psychedelic Drugs May Be Helpful In Treating AddictionWed, 09 Sep 2015
Source:Globe and Mail (Canada) Author:Weeks, Carly Area:Canada Lines:97 Added:09/12/2015

Canadian experts want policy-makers to rethink perception of these medications to let research advance, but others urge caution

Psychedelic drugs, including LSD and MDMA, could help some patients struggling with addiction, post-traumatic stress disorder and anxiety, according to a new analysis that urges Canadian policy- makers to reconsider their perception of those drugs.

The analysis, published Tuesday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, says several small studies show psychedelics may be effective at treating certain patients, but that "popular misconceptions" about the risks of the drugs are hampering research efforts. The authors argue that any novel treatment that may ease the symptoms of PTSD, addiction or anxiety should be explored, especially considering the limitations of available treatments.

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132 CN ON: Bail Court Will Get Addictions WorkerSat, 05 Sep 2015
Source:Guelph Mercury (CN ON) Author:Warren, May Area:Ontario Lines:87 Added:09/08/2015

Province Provides Funding for Pilot Program Aimed at Getting Offenders to Give Up Using Crystal Meth

GUELPH - Guelph police and community groups are placing an addictions worker in bail court to help people who are accused of committing crimes related to crystal meth. It's an attempt to tackle rising use of the dangerous drug in the city.

The pilot scheme is supported by a $100,000 grant from a provincial program that takes proceeds from crime and channels them back into local initiatives.

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133 CN ON: Column: Scientists Suspect Shakespeare Was A PotheadWed, 26 Aug 2015
Source:Daily Press, The (CN ON) Author:Mills, Tom Area:Ontario Lines:103 Added:08/28/2015

Many theatre-lovers think Shakespeare is dope. Now it's being suggested that he smoked the stuff.

Last month some anthropologists announced that four 17th-century pipes unearthed from Shakespeare's garden contain traces of cannabis. Whoa! Maybe that explains that line from Macbeth: "Is this a dagger which I see before me, Dude?"

Who knew that Sir Walter Raleigh brought something wackier than tobacco and rolling papers back from his expeditions to the New World?

If the bard were alive, methinks he'd claim those pipes really belonged to his best bud Ben Jonson.

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134 CN ON: Column: We Finally Get The Dope On William ShakespeareThu, 20 Aug 2015
Source:Sun Times, The (Owen Sound, CN ON) Author:Mills, Tom Area:Ontario Lines:104 Added:08/23/2015

Many theatre-lovers think Shakespeare is dope. Now it's being suggested that he smoked the stuff.

Last month some anthropologists announced that four 17th century pipes unearthed from Shakespeare's garden contain traces of cannabis. Whoa! Maybe that explains that line from MacBeth: "Is this a dagger which I see before me, Dude?"

Who knew that Sir Walter Raleigh brought something wackier than tobacco and rolling papers back from his expeditions to the New World?

If the bard were alive, methinks he'd claim those pipes really belonged to his best bud Ben Jonson.

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135 CN ON: Column: Scientists Suspect Shakespeare A PotheadTue, 18 Aug 2015
Source:Sault Star, The (CN ON) Author:Mills, Tom Area:Ontario Lines:102 Added:08/23/2015

Many theatre-lovers think Shakespeare is dope. Now it's being suggested that he smoked the stuff.

Last month some anthropologists announced that four 17th century pipes unearthed from Shakespeare's garden contain traces of cannabis. Whoa! Maybe that explains that line from MacBeth: "Is this a dagger which I see before me, Dude?"

Who knew that Sir Walter Raleigh brought something wackier than tobacco and rolling papers back from his expeditions to the New World?

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136 Canada: Injection-Site Advocates Wary Of ElectionMon, 17 Aug 2015
Source:Globe and Mail (Canada) Author:Church, Elizabeth Area:Canada Lines:135 Added:08/20/2015

Proponents of supervised centres move forward with expansion plans even as the issue becomes a political football

Supporters of supervised drug-injection sites, such as Vancouver's Insite, are keeping a cautious eye on the federal vote, with Stephen Harper vowing to fight their expansion and questioning their benefits as he looks to highlight his government's tough-on-drugs agenda.

The latest challenge, laid out by Mr. Harper during a campaign stop last week in a suburban Toronto riding, comes as Montreal prepares to become, as early as this fall, the second Canadian city to offer a medically supervised setting for injection drug users. It also comes as drug overdoses and deaths linked to fentanyl are making headlines and as groups in Toronto and Ottawa continue to cautiously work to build support for future sites.

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137 Canada: Overdoses Prompt Calls For 'Antidote'Sat, 15 Aug 2015
Source:Globe and Mail (Canada) Author:Dhillon, Sunny Area:Canada Lines:120 Added:08/20/2015

A recent spike in fentanyl-related deaths highlights need for wider access to naloxone to reverse drug's effects

Hugh Lampkin was working late when he heard a knock at the door. "There's a guy down," the stranger said. "He's overdosed, and he's blue."

Mr. Lampkin, president of the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users, grabbed a nearby supply of naloxone - a medication that can reverse the effects of overdose - and raced down the block to the scene.

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138 CN BC: Authorities Grateful For Auneventfula Shambhala Music FestivalFri, 14 Aug 2015
Source:Nelson Star (CN BC) Author:Johnson, Will Area:British Columbia Lines:143 Added:08/14/2015

West Kootenay authorities are grateful that the 18th annual Shambhala Music Festival ended without a single major incident. The festival reported five ambulance transfers to the Trail hospital, which is half the number of last year, and there were no major vehicle accidents.

"From a policing and general duty perspective Shambhala was fairly good for us this year," said RCMP Insp. Tom Roy. "We had no major incidents that we're aware of, and though traffic was as busy as expected we didn't have any real problems."

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139 CN BC: Drug Overdoses Spike In NelsonTue, 28 Jul 2015
Source:Nelson Star (CN BC)          Area:British Columbia Lines:76 Added:07/31/2015

Physicians and police urge caution following at least four critical drug overdoses since April

Physicians and police are urging the community to think twice when using illicit drugs following at least four critical drug overdose cases in Nelson over the last three months.

"This is my third year in Nelson, and I've never seen anything like this," said Dr. Nic Sparrow, emergency department physician at Kootenay Lake Hospital.

"I've seen six overdose cases since the end of April, four of them critical, and that's just me. That doesn't include cases that other doctors may have seen."

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140 CN BC: OPED: Harm Reduction Allows Cycle Of Misery To RepeatMon, 27 Jul 2015
Source:Vancouver 24hours (CN BC) Author:Stafford, Brent Area:British Columbia Lines:65 Added:07/28/2015

This Week's Topic: Are Safe Injection Sites Like Insite in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside Good Public Policy?

I have a lot of sympathy for injection drugs users. Addiction consumes mind, body and soul - without treatment, the disease gets progressively worse, leaving only incarceration or death. That is, unless you frequent Insite, the safe-injection site in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. There, the mortal consequences of hardcore drug use are suspended..

At Insite, drug users can inject heroin (40% of injections), powder cocaine (30%) and methamphetamine (5%) - chasing the high all the way to the point of death, with no fear of paying the ultimate price.

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