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Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s Conservative govenment is showing interventionist tendencies that undermine its free-market claims.

Provincial policies to implement the legal consumption of marijuana are unlikely to protect children and youth. High school teachers and parents will be on the front line.

The sexualized use of crystal meth by gay men is one of the key drivers of rising HIV rates and has many negative mental health consequences. Integrated sexual and substance use care is vital.

Justin Trudeau has been in power for almost a decade, achieving some of his objectives and stalling on others. What will be his legacy, and is constitutional reform in the cards in the next two years?

One in seven Canadian veterans is living with PTSD. Developing a psychedelics research program for veterans should be a public health priority.

There are several possible contributors to the recent trend of declining alcohol sales in Canada, from increased health concerns to inflation.

The promised marijuana legalization date of July 2018 is approaching fast. Many outstanding regulatory issues – such as online sales and occupational health and safety – pose urgent challenges.

Growing interest in psychedelics has spurred new research decades after hallucinogenics were tested in Saskatchewan in the 1950s. And an unassuming common fish is proving a useful test subject.

Psychedelics are marketed as a way for the general population to extract more work out of their already overworked lives, and to be happy about it in the process.

The legalization of cannabis has started a discussion about on-the-job impairment. But drugs are not the only problem. Engineers should design workplaces that minimize the potential for human error.