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  2. Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse Act - Wikipedia

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    The Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse Act (French: Loi sur le Centre canadien de lutte contre les toxicomanies) is Government of Canada legislation signed into law on September 13, 1988. The purpose of the Act is to establish the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (now the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse and Addictions), recognized as a ...

  3. Centre for Addiction and Mental Health - Wikipedia

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    Focusing initially on outpatient treatment, their first facility was Brookside Hospital in 1951, expanding to branch offices and new locations in 1954, the same year they set up in-house research. In 1961, formally renamed the Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Research Foundation of Ontario, ARF expanded its mission to include drugs.

  4. Drug rehabilitation - Wikipedia

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    Drug rehabilitation is the process of medical or psychotherapeutic treatment for dependency ... them in the drug-treatment system (retention rates average 12% at 90 ...

  5. Dying To Be Free - The Huffington Post

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    To enter the drug treatment system, such as it is, requires a leap of faith. The system operates largely unmoved by the findings of medical science. Peer-reviewed data and evidence-based practices do not govern how rehabilitation facilities work. There are very few reassuring medical degrees adorning their walls.

  6. Sobering center - Wikipedia

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    Unlike drug treatment facilities, sobering centers are not intended to provide long-term substance use treatment. Rather sobering centers operate as an alternative to the jail or emergency department in the intoxication phase, with a stay less than a few hours as compared to the more traditional 14-90 day drug treatment programs .

  7. Substance-induced psychosis - Wikipedia

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    Research has shown that excessive alcohol use causes an 8-fold increased risk of psychotic disorders in men and a 3 fold increased risk of psychotic disorders in women. [11] [12] While the vast majority of cases are acute and resolve fairly quickly upon treatment and/or abstinence, they can occasionally become chronic and persistent. [8]

  8. Impaired driving in Canada - Wikipedia

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    At the time, the courts interpreted intoxication to mean substantial inebriation, and more than just being under the influence of alcohol. The minimum penalty for the first offence was seven days in jail. The minimum penalty for the second offence was one month in jail. The minimum penalty for a third offence was three months in jail. [2]

  9. Substance abuse - Wikipedia

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    Women report having greater impairment in areas such as employment, family and social functioning when abusing substances but have a similar response to treatment. Co-occurring psychiatric disorders are more common among women than men who abuse substances; women more frequently use substances to reduce the negative effects of these co ...