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Issues of Substance 2013
Canada’s national conference for the substance abuse field (November 4-6, 2013)
Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse

Nunavut steps closer to easing alcohol rules
Proposed changes to territory’s Liquor Act headed for committee review
CBC News
May 16, 2013

Date Rape Drug Victim Speaks Out
A Univerity of Victoria student was out celebrating her graduation when she ended up in the hospital. She was the victim of a date rape drug. The CBC’s Jennifer Chrumka has the story.
CBC Television
May 16, 2013

Drug campaign targets use of doda and afeem
By Jacob Zinn
Surrey Now
May 16, 2013

Friday: OAS Secretary General to Present Unprecedented Drug Policy Report to President Santos of Colombia
Drug Policy Alliance
News release
May 16, 2013

Drugs tsar warns of ‘immense risks’ as legal highs flood the market
‘The European Monitoring Centre logged in 60 new compounds last year and there’s been a similar rate this year’
By Jamie Grierson
The Independent (UK)
May 16, 2013

Greek addicts turn to deadly shisha drug as economic crisis deepens
Growing popularity of ‘cocaine of the poor’ in Athens has overwhelmed public health authorities already under strain
By Helena Smith
The Guardian (UK)
May 16, 2013