BACKGROUND The effect of cannabis legalization in Canada (in October 2018) on the prevalence of injured drivers testing positive for tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is unclear. For more: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsa2109371?query=TOC

The Alberta government is making very important strides in implementing Supervised Consumption Service, (SCS), regulations in that province. (Calgary Herald)  As a person with lived-experience and a Community Peer Support worker I can say with great confidence and expertise that the regulation of SCS is an absolute must supporting not only the clients who use such services but also the accountability and transparency of health care agencies providing such services.  

“What’s happening in Vancouver can hardly be categorized as a success, however. Though harm reduction has brought some benefits, such as reducing the transmission of HIV, it has also compounded the problems of addiction, homelessness, and public disorder. Vancouver’s concentration of services in its own opioid district, the Downtown Eastside, has created a veritable death trap for addicts around British Columbia, who travel there to obtain drugs, overdose, and then