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Substance use in Canada costs: new data
Substance use costs Canadian society almost $46 billion a year (2017) or almost $1,258 for every person in Canada, says a new report.
Cost of substance use in Canada: $38.4B
Media release
Substance use costs Canadian society $38.4 billion a year, or almost $1,100 for every person in Canada, according to a new study. The Canadian Substance Use Costs and Harms study, produced by UVic's Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research and the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction, examines the costs and harms associated with substance use, and spans four broad areas: health care, lost production, criminal justice and other direct costs.
Feds announce $1.5 b research fund
The Ring
The University of Victoria welcomes today’s announcement of the federal government’s new Canada First Research Excellence Fund that will provide $1.5 billion to Canada’s universities to excel globally.
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