Category Public Health

What Health Canada’s Approval of the Abortion Pill Means for Women

Beth Palmer discusses the potential for improved access to abortion with Mifepristone

Regulating Marijuana Medicine in Canada: New Challenges and Prospects for Meaningful Reform

Andrew Hathaway discusses the challenges surrounding the regulation of medical marijuana.

Is home-brew heroin really just a beer away? Reflections on regulation of yeast-based production of opiates.

Tania Bubela discusses the dangers of and need for regulating the production of yeast-based opiates.

Let’s stop talking about children and exercise.

Samantha Brennan suggests shifting the dialogue about childhood fitness from exercise to daily movement.

Suckers and Quacks: The Canadian Homeopathy Debate

Samantha Copeland suggests that name-calling is not the best way to change people’s minds about homeopathy.