Most consumables in Canada have quality controls that inform purchasing and consumption decisions. People who use illicit drugs deserve the same. Drug checking provides that harm-reduction service.
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Higher levels of income inequality in youth are associated with increased ‘deaths of despair’ in young Canadians.
False narratives about drug addiction and policies that are not supported by research are deepening the overdose epidemic in the US.
Possessing heroin, cocaine, meth and other drugs for personal use is no longer a criminal offense in Oregon. The idea is to get people with problem drug use help, not punishment.
COVID-19 plagues an overtaxed opioid addiction treatment system.
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