Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has refused to pursue decriminalization, even though he's faced pressure from grassroots Liberal party members and his own caucus.
A Canadian psychiatrist is advising doctors to help address the needs of mentally ill Muslim patients whose medication regimen could be affected by fasting during the upcoming religious observance of Ramadan.
Health Canada issued advisories for only about 50% of the drug-risk issues previously identified in the U.S., U.K. and Australia and in some cases, the advisories were issues a year afterwards
This focus on pain and overdose is a focus merely on the symptoms of a broader crisis—a crisis of under-managed mental illness and unresolved emotional trauma