New pandemic data suggests nearly as many alcohol users are scaling back as drinking more, but that heavy drinking overall has increased. Statistics Canada released survey results Thursday that found 24 per cent of alcohol users said they drank more after COVID-19 emerged, but that’s… Read More »Pandemic survey finds nearly as many drinkers have cut back as increased alcohol use
TORONTO – The Canadian Paediatric Society is advising parents unable to breastfeed their newborns to stay away from unregulated breast milk sold or shared online. The society says that in most cases, mothers unable to breastfeed their babies should turn to commercial formula instead. Meanwhile,… Read More »Parents unable to breastfeed should use formula instead of online milk exchange: CPS
REGINA – For Shelby Curtis, keeping away from hard drugs starts with quieting her thoughts. The 26-year-old got a prescription to use cannabis medicinally earlier this year while in recovery and living in Regina’s Raising Hope housing program for new mothers facing issues such as… Read More »Saskatchewan woman says use of cannabis to help her addiction not accepted
REGINA – For Shelby Curtis, keeping away from hard drugs starts with quieting her thoughts. The 26-year-old got a prescription to use cannabis medicinally earlier this year while in recovery and living in Regina’s Raising Hope housing program for new mothers facing issues such as… Read More »Saskatchewan woman says use cannabis to help her addiction not accepted
Back before cannabis became legal in 2017, there was a fair bit of discussion about how it was going to mix with alcohol. Some folks predicted legalization would usher in a new age of weed-tinis, which prompted others to warn that the combination of the… Read More »Study shows cannabis use leads to reduction in alcohol use, but are we just swapping one vice for another?
I spent a few days last week augmenting my normal morning routine of espresso and soda water with some “mood-altering” supershrooms and gummies. It’s all part of a new line of “mood juice” being sold at Toronto’s four Strange Love locations. I started with the… Read More »Is psilocybin the next cannabis? New research is chipping away at the stigma attached to psychedelics
The collateral damage from the pandemic continues: Young adults, as well as Black and Latino people of all ages, describe rising levels of anxiety, depression and even suicidal thoughts, and increased substance abuse, according to findings reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.… Read More »Young adults report rising levels of anxiety and depression in pandemic
“Doesn’t it feel like the zombie apocalypse?” I recently asked my boyfriend. We were taking our daily sanity stroll when suddenly the sleep-deprived eyes peeking over surgical masks started to feel extra eerie. I may have even traumatized a small child in a window when… Read More »How to get a good night’s sleep right now