Health Canada

Ottawa Closes 'loopholes' in Program That Would Provide Heroin to Some Addicts

...  closes 'loopholes' in program that would provide heroin to some addicts TORONTO – Health Minister Rona Ambrose says she's banning certain drugs from a federal special access program. They will include products containing heroin, unauthorized forms of cocaine and… Continue reading

Actavis Inc (ACT) Management Discusses Q2 2013 Results – Earnings Call

...  Inc (ACT) Management Discusses Q2 2013 Results – Earnings Call … Also in the quarter, Health Canada approved FIBRISTAL, formerly called Esmya, for the treatment of moderate to severe signs and symptoms of uterine fibroids in adult women of… Continue reading

Marijuana Grows More Acceptable

...  grows more acceptable "Movies have a knack for portraying marijuana smokers as dysfunctional losers whereas I have friends who are fully-functional (and occasional) weed-smokers. Moderation is key. We have no problems pointing the finger at alcohol abuse and obesity… Continue reading

Why It's Time to Legalize Marijuana

...  it's time to legalize marijuana In fact, use of cocaine, speed, hallucinogens and ecstasy are all at lower rates than in 2004, the Health Canada survey reported in 2011. The risks of drugged driving: This is undeniably an area… Continue reading

Synthetic Pot Widely Available Amid Legal Grey Area

...  pot widely available amid legal grey area Wookey said that based on pharmacological effect, coffee and cocaine would be "similar." "It would open the door to vitamins and things we use … Health Canada says smoking synthetic cannabinoids can… Continue reading

Central Africa New Drug Transit Hub: Interpol

...  Fights Martians Robbing Crude Oil for Cocaine Labs Filed under: cocaine statistics Police are destroying clandestine refineries where guerrillas and crime gangs process crude stolen from pipelines to use in cocaine production, said Lieutenant Colonel Hector Alvarez Yotagri, head… Continue reading