E-Cigarettes: marketing and addiction?
In an interview with the TVA Nouvelles news channel on Wednesday, April 3, 2019, fourteen-year old Elizabeth explained how she became addicted to...
Tailoring services to transgender youth: the fight against exclusion and substance use
The Portage drug rehabilitation centre in Cassidy Lake, New-Brunswick has been adapting its services to the needs of transgender youth since 2016. Discrimination...
The Opioid Epidemic: Addiction with a Prescription
More than 2,000 deaths by overdose between January and July 2018 in Canada; 72,000 deaths by overdose in 2017 alone in the United...
I Always Wanted to be Part of a Catalyst for Change
We interviewed Kathie Rodger, Director of the Portage Atlantic Centre for adolescents, to learn about her professional career and her role in our...
Alcohol and Drug Use in Women
Have women fallen into the insidious trap of alcohol and drug use? Recent studies on the prevalence of alcohol and drug use among...
New Studies Link Cannabis Use to Violence and Depression
A new study conducted by the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) and Oxford University has linked cannabis use in...
Giving is receiving!
There are many benefits to volunteering whether it is motivated by societal needs or more personal reasons. While giving of one’s time, knowledge...
