In The News
Click the links below to see what has been in the news lately when it comes to addiction and mental health:
- To combat opioids, forced detox program for youth needs expansion, say advocates
- Without government support, Indigenous healing lodge forced to turn some women away
- ‘Help us’: Cluster of overdoses prompts call for help by Grande Prairie outreach groups
- Opioid death toll in Canada nearly 4,000 last year, new data show
- Opioid-related deaths soar in British Columbia, Alberta
- Opioid treatment centre coming to Bonnyville
- Substance Use Costs the Canadian Economy Billions
- Minister of Health Ginette Petitpas Taylor announces intent to severely restrict marketing of opioids
- Website launched to teach youth about risks of cannabis
- Neighbours air concerns about supervised drug consumption site in meeting with ministers, AHS
- Province announces expansion to Lethbridge safe consumption site
- New opioid treatment clinics in northern Alberta
- Opioid crisis worsening, ARCHES exploring new harm-reduction methods for addicts
- Opioid dealers target Alberta reserve struggling with overdoses
- Funding barriers hurt Edmonton women escaping addiction, sex trade, warn advocates
- Free legal advice for survivors of sexual violence
- Public Health Agency of Canada announces funding to help frontline workers communicate the health and safety facts about cannabis
- Many Canadian workplaces not ready for legal marijuana, World Cannabis Congress told
- Alberta needs an opioid strategy specifically for youth: Child advocate
- Council allocates $1M to address safety concerns around Calgary’s supervised consumption site
- Temporary shelter for addicts given year-long extension by troubled Red Deer city council
- Health officials scramble to confront meth ‘epidemic’ in emergency rooms
- AHS invest additional $206K in school mental health programming
- Building mental health and wellness capacity for central Alberta students
- Airdrie mother brings support group for those affected by opioids to Calgary
- New opioid implant offered to Canadians as potential addiction treatment
- FDA approves ketamine-like nasal spray for depression
- Thorpe implements new programs
- A look inside Red Deer’s overdose prevention site
- Federal Court rules in favour of Edmonton drug consumption sites after businesses wanted them shut down
- Drug-impaired driving on the rise, cannabis-impaired driving mellow: Commission report
- Alberta provides $200-million for new child mental health facility
- Pot use linked to higher risk of depression, suicide in teens: study
- Concerns around safe drug site aired at emotional city hall meeting
- Most Alberta men would stand up against domestic violence, survey finds
- Legal Aid Alberta emphasizes access to justice in three-year, strategic plan
- Women more prone to drug addiction: Study