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- 2/9/2019
SCPP moves closer to ban on exempted codeine products
in 2015, more than 600 million low-dose codeine tablets were sold in Canada, the equivalent of 20 tablets per resident - 2/7/2019
B.C. wants federal action after 1,500 deaths from illicit overdoses last year
British Columbia's mental health and addictions minister has joined health officials to call for a safer drug supply to fight the rising overdose death toll while urging the federal government to open a "courageous conversation'' on decriminalization. - 2/7/2019
I have made a decision
I have changed many positions over the years, but this time feels different - 2/6/2019
Researchers uncover new links between heart disease, stroke and cognitive impairment
People with heart failure were 2.6 times more likely to experience vascular cognitive impairment - 2/6/2019
Oxymoronic specialty management
- 2/6/2019
Cape Breton loses one of few remaining family physician administrators
Dr. Carol Critchley has resigned as family medicine site lead at Cape Breton Regional Hospital; meanwhile healthcare on the island continues to deteriorate - 2/6/2019
StatCan says number of cannabis users relatively unchanged since legalization
The national statistics offices says legalizing cannabis doesn't seem to have much changed how many people use the drug. - 2/6/2019
Report identifies negligence, abuse at New Brunswick mental health facility
33% of the time, staffing levels were considered so low they were deemed 'dangerous'