Reading Time: 3 minutes Recent wake-up calls began when a Chinese article reported smoking increased the risk of becoming sicker by 14 times
Tag: Addiction
Canada mishandling mental illness crisis
Reading Time: 4 minutes Thousands of patients are on wait lists. Meanwhile, the human and economic costs of mental illness keep rising
Booze can trip up psychiatric diagnosis
Reading Time: 3 minutes When intoxicated, people often exhibit signs that can resemble psychiatric conditions
Community-based programs can help reduce male suicide
Reading Time: 4 minutes In Canada, men account for three out of every four suicides – with seven men dying by suicide every day – but our support programs fall short
Turning the tide on the harm of opioids
Reading Time: 3 minutes Doctors must discuss pain management options with patients and not jump to the prescription pad for a quick fix
We must fight crime at its social roots
Reading Time: 3 minutes The rash of liquor store robberies in Winnipeg says more about underlying social problems than it does about the effectiveness of police
Poverty, homelessness must be tackled by business
Reading Time: 5 minutes Not only does work help financially but it empowers people to take control of their lives and rise above poverty
The war on drugs must be fought at addiction’s social roots
Reading Time: 4 minutes The answer to addiction will not be found in the industries of incarceration and prescription
The high cost of pathological gambling
Reading Time: 3 minutes Are the profits from government sponsored gambling worth the cost in human lives, broken relationships and misery?
Let’s make ‘vapin’ in the boys room’ a thing of the past
Reading Time: 3 minutes Young people are getting hooked on vaping, despite the many unknowns. We need to develop effective counter programs before it’s too late