This Is No Fairy Tale Princess. She Can Help Those Fighting Addiction
As Canadians many of us still look upon the royal family with admiration and interest. While they no longer have any real power over our lives, we still have somewhat of a fascination with them. The...
View ArticleOpiates and Heroine Are Flooding Into The Beloved Pine Tree State
I’ve been hearing some disturbing reports out of a particular US state that I have fond memories of. For those of you reading this that live in the North Eastern USA, or the South Eastern areas of...
View ArticleParents and Teens Need to Know The Truth About Drugs, Even The Ones They...
When it comes to teens, the sheer power of curiosity and a sense of rebellion or even adventure to some is enough to push them into the world of drugs and alcohol. To many teens drugs and alcohol come...
View ArticleGovernment Funding to Tackle Opiate Use, Abuse, and Addiction Begins With...
If you read the news, especially the health or addiction sections, the topic of opiates is always at the forefront. Whether it be prescription medications or heroin, it seems that someone is always...
View ArticleCanada Should Pay Attention to the Example Set by First Nations When it Comes...
For many a year the aboriginal population of Canada have been part of a troubling statistic. Aboriginals make up a very large number of those imprisoned in Canadian jails. While aboriginals only make...
View ArticleShould People on Social Assistance Programs Like Welfare Be Routinely Tested...
The issue of welfare and those worthy of receiving it has always been a huge problem for governments. Therefore, it isn’t surprising that the Governor of Michigan wants those receiving welfare and...
View ArticleTraumatic Brain Injuries, Drugs and Alcohol Could Spell Trouble for Teens and...
As Canadians, and as lovers of hockey and other contact sports, we hear a lot about concussions and other traumatic brain injuries. There have been calls for years to ban certain violent aspects of...
View ArticleYou Love an Addict, But Addiction is No Push Over
The complexities of both the physical and mental aspects to addiction continue to baffle those of us who aren’t educated on the issue. I’ve been blogging about addiction for over two years now, and...
View ArticleChanging The American Alcohol and Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities With...
With over 20 million people in the United States suffering from a substance abuse problem, it’s no wonder that available beds in treatment facilities are scarce. The number of factors involved in...
View ArticleSingle Mothers Addicted to Drugs and Alcohol Fight For Their Children and...
The burden of being a single mother is not something I will ever know, and when I use the term burden, I am not making a child out to be an encumbrance. A child is innocent, and the source of immense...
View ArticleSafe Injection Sites Canada Wide: A Solution to Tragic Overdoses, But More...
Safe injection sites are, to say the least, politically controversial. We have one in Vancouver, but the previous government made efforts to shut it down, and when the Supreme Court prevented this,...
View ArticleHigh-Dose Opioid Deaths A Bigger Concern for Men
The dangers of opioid medications like oxycodone, hydromorphone and morphine are becoming more and more well known thanks to countless studies, but it would seem that men are at a higher risk than...
View ArticleProvincial Court for Drug Addiction is Getting a Second Chance to Help...
To some, it’s a rare occurrence when the federal government of Canada does something right that should be applauded and recognized as a good idea. It isn’t a new idea, but the feds have decided to...
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