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May 18, 2017 · The Improving Access To Affordable Prescription Drugs Act (with a companion bill in the House) would give Americans access to Canada’s cheaper drugs by allowing cross-border retail purchase and...
Mar 30, 2005 · What is a Drug? Why Do People Use Drugs? When Does Drug Use Become a Problem? What Are the Harmful Consequences of Drug Use? What is Canada's Drug Strategy? What are Canada's Drug Laws? The second part of the booklet consists of nine charts designed as a quick, ready reference for more detailed information on drugs.
Oct 27, 2023 · AFP via Getty Images. Latuda is a drug to treat schizophrenia. It costs about $4,000 per month in the U.S. In Canada, the price is closer to $500. Ibrance, a breast cancer drug, costs $10,000...
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Dec 8, 2021 · In a submission to Health Canada last month, British Columbia detailed its intention to decriminalize the personal possession of up to 4.5 grams of illicit drugs such as heroin, crack and powder...
- Rachel Gilmore
- Cannabis Use Is Up
- Public Health Impact
- Challenges Ahead
- Industry Seeks Changes
On Oct. 17, 2018, cannabis became legal in all provinces and territories for adults 18 and over, making Canada just the second country to legalize recreational use of the drug. The Cannabis Act, introduced by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government, had a number of goals. Among them were to keep the drug out of the hands of youth, take profits a...
Russell Callaghan, a professor in the UBC Northern Medical Program at the University of Northern British Columbia, is researching the impacts of legalization on a range of public health indicators. He says research in that area is still in its early stages. What has stuck out to him so far, however, is that many of the concerns around legalized can...
Some experts caution it may be too early to call legalized marijuana an all-round success. "The research is still quite new, so there's a caveat there," Callaghan said of his work. Another goal of the Cannabis Act is to protect public health, and on that measure, rising consumption may bring new challenges. "When we see increases in rates of use, t...
Now that the third anniversary of legalization has come, the statutory review of the Cannabis Act is set to begin. The Cannabis Council of Canada (C3), which represents more than 700 licensed producers and processors of cannabis in Canada, has some policy changes it wants the government to make. In a report card on legalization released this week, ...
Conducting and updating our general population surveys to include sex and gender-based analysis plus data to better understand substance use trends among different population groups in Canada. Examples include: Canadian Alcohol and Drugs Survey; Canadian Student Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs Survey
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Jun 7, 2022 · Public health advocates and experts warn that Canada needs to do more than decriminalize drugs to bring down overdose deaths. As calls for a regulated safe supply grow, here's how other...
