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Even very small amounts of alcohol can be harmful, says the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse and Addiction

A proposed overhaul of Canada’s decade-old drinking guidelines warns of increased health risks from as few as three drinks per week and calls for mandatory labelling of all alcoholic beverages.

"The reality is I would feel personally guilty if I didn’t continue to advocate, even if sometimes it feels like we’re not getting anywhere."

Saskatchewan’s government touts treatment as the core of its response to the toxic drug crisis. For some, the system is a revolving door.

In a bid to curb the number of overdoses in Saskatchewan the government is making it easier to test drugs for fentanyl and benzodiazepine.

When the holder of an estate grants or devises it to another, he may wish to control the recipients use of it. For example, if A owns a mansion, he may...

An addiction experts breaks down the drugs that are killing people in Saskatchewan.

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Article content The Saskatchewan Health Authority has quietly done what the provincial government won’t — fund an overdose prevention site in Saskatoon. The SHA has teamed up with Prairie Harm Reduction to run supervised drug consumption services at a hotel in Saskatoon for people required to self-isolate because of COVID-19, one part of a suite of measures to help people with substance use disorders quarantine. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, o...

Article content Cory Cardinal almost became one of the numbers. He remembers taking a hit, then blackness. If someone had not helped, he suspects the overdose would have killed him. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Sask. government knows safe consumption sites save lives — but wont fund them Back to video For many there, the estimated 336 people who died of an overdose in 2020 are not numbers but friends, relatives and neighbours. The opera...