Drug Treatment Court or DTC, has been an ongoing program in Canada since 1998. There are currently six operating Drug Treatment Courts in Canada, located in Toronto, Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Ottawa, and Regina. The purpose of the Drug Treatment Court is to help reduce the crimes, which are committed because of illegal drug use and abuse. All of these programs are court mandated, and involve such things...
It is well known that rising teen drug use has become a major problem within Canada. Teens today are abusing many different kinds of drugs, while not being fully aware of the consequences. The Federal Government of Canada has been working with all the provinces and local communities to help combat this ongoing problem. This new country wide initiative is supported under the Drug Strategy Community Initiatives...
The Federal government of Canada has outlined five main tasks, or objective to get accomplished for handling the growing drug problems in Canada. These objectives are: to reduce the demand for drugs, reduce the drug related mortality rate, improve the effectiveness of substance information, restrict the supply of illicit drugs and trafficking, and reduce the cost of substance abuse.
Drug addiction treatment and...
One of the most important messages that can be delivered to children is, the truth about drugs. We recommend the best position a parent can take to help educate their children about drug addiction is to make their position very clear about how they feel about drugs.
Parents should be able to communicate with their children naturally and it should be comfortable for the parent. For example, taken out of the...
