substance abuse

The hustle culture of litigation led me into a spiral of mental illness and addiction

Our survey results lay bare Canadian’s vices from who’s most likely to try pot, to how often we drink.

Colby Cosh on the slow and public decline of Paul Gascoigne

While Leona Aglukkaq writes to the provincial health ministers about OxyContin and prescription drug abuse, John Geddes questions the Harper government’s approach.

Robert Zemeckis and Denzel Washington turn an action movie into a drama about addiction

Aboriginal communities say decades-old bans on alcohol failed to curb abuse. Not everyone agrees.

Research shows links to mental illness, lung capacity

Critics slam the Tories’ new anti-drug campaign

That smoking raises the risk for throat cancer isn’t surprising. But drinking alcohol?

Testing kits could help discourage children from taking the drugs in the first place

Colby Cosh on how a study linking abortion and depression was grossly misinterpreted