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Mind-altering ketamine becomes latest pain treatment, despite little research or regulation
November 06, 2023 - 6:40 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — As U.S. doctors scale back their use of opioid painkillers, a new option for hard-to-treat pain is taking root: ketamine, the decades-old surgical drug that is now a trendy psychedelic therapy.
Researchers want Health Canada to post updated data on effects of drinking alcohol
April 15, 2023 - 1:01 AM
Researchers behind the latest guidance on drinking alcohol want Health Canada to update findings on its website to inform the public about safe levels of consumption.
How women face unique alcohol-use challenges, from physiology to stigma and child care
February 06, 2023 - 12:02 PM
Lindsay Sutherland Boal was so gripped by shame about her dependence on alcohol that she had a hard time telling her group of mom friends she'd kicked the habit after her seventh attempt at sobriety.
South Asian community health workers welcome new low-risk alcohol guidance
January 26, 2023 - 9:57 AM
A doctor who treats addiction at a clinic specifically for South Asian patients says Canada's new guidance on alcohol bolsters his efforts to convey the message about associated harms to a community that is at higher risk for conditions such as heart disease.
Jump in Alberta alcohol-related hospitalizations in COVID's 1st wave: study
August 26, 2021 - 4:02 PM
CALGARY - A study from the University of Calgary has found that the number of Albertans hospitalized for an alcohol-related liver disease almost doubled during the first wave of COVID-19.
First Canadian guideline urging family doctors to treat alcohol-related issues
December 17, 2019 - 9:00 PM
VANCOUVER - Family doctors in British Columbia are being urged to annually screen every patient starting at age 12 to prevent addiction to alcohol, a leading cause of social and economic harms.
Pot, alcohol most common cause of youth substance-use hospitalizations: report
September 18, 2019 - 9:25 PM
VANCOUVER - Marijuana and alcohol were the most common substances leading to hospitalization of youth aged 10 to 24 across the country, says a report that highlights the prevalence of mental-health conditions as contributing factors.
Data show alcohol the main cause of substance-related deaths in hospital
June 13, 2019 - 12:06 PM
VANCOUVER - Heavy drinking landed Dawn Nickel in the emergency department four times — twice for alcohol poisoning and two more times when she took pills with alcohol to try and kill herself.
Long-term equitable recovery services needed to manage addiction in B.C.: report
July 18, 2018 - 2:13 PM
VANCOUVER - When the daily partying, boozing and cocaine binges following high school left him homeless and living in a tent on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, Josh McDearmid believed his life would end there.
In the addiction battle, is forced rehab the solution?
May 23, 2018 - 6:34 AM
QUINCY, Mass. - The last thing Lizabeth Loud wanted, a month from giving birth, was to be forced into treatment for her heroin and prescription painkiller addiction.
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Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of April 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjo
Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit
Manitoba government plans to lift ban on homegrown recreational cannabis
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is planning to end its ban on homegrown recreational cannabis — a move that would leave Quebec as the only province with such a restriction. "We're just allowing Manitobans to have the same
Kamloops council to expand tax exemptions for new rental builds
Developers have more land to choose from if they want to cut costs on new rental buildings in Kamloops. The City is looking to expand a tax exemption program to span massive swaths of Kamloops in order to encourage development. Previously r
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B.C. asks Health Canada to make drug use in public illegal again
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government is asking Health Canada to "urgently change" the province's decriminalizati
April 26, 2024 1:40 PM
The Latest | Israeli drone strike kills 2 in Lebanon after Hezbollah fires at an Israeli convoy
An Israeli drone strike on a car in eastern Lebanon killed two people Friday, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency
April 26, 2024 1:10 PM
Killer whale calf trapped in B.C. swims out of lagoon on her own
ZEBALLOS, B.C. - A killer whale calf made her own bid for freedom Friday for a potential reunion with extended family i
April 26, 2024 12:22 PM
Sister of Kelowna man who died while evacuated due to UBCO highrise excavation wants answers
A resident who was forced out of his home because of UBC Okanagan’s highrise construction in downtown Kelowna
April 26, 2024 12:18 PM
Honeymoon Suite celebrating 40 years with tour that makes stop in Vernon
Iconic Canadian rock band Honeymoon Suite is celebrating 40 years together with a tour that includes a concert in Ve
April 26, 2024 11:31 AM
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