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Summary of response to the Consultation on Naloxone in the Workplace

January 17, 2022

In its submission to the Naloxone in the Workplace Consultation, Injured Workers Community Legal Clinic (IWC) welcomes and supports efforts to increase workplace safety, including access to naloxone to reduce the risk of deaths caused by opioid overdoses. The Clinic also…

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Class action about opioid addiction

October 1, 2021

OxyContin has fueled the opioid crisis in Canada for many years. Purdue Pharma created OxyContin and made billons off of it while falsely promoting it as a less addictive opioid. In 2007, Purdue pled guilty in the U.S. to misleading regulators and…

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Spotlight on WCB policies and opioids

June 21, 2020

In a Globe and Mail investigation, reporter Kathy Tomlinson has explored how workers’ comp fanned the flames of an opioid crisis that leaves addiction, overdose and death in its wake. Her examination of appeal decisions and the experiences of injured workers reveals…

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Investigating WCBs and painkiller addiction – request for participation

November 14, 2019

Globe and Mail investigative reporter Kathy Tomlinson is researching if and how workers’ compensation systems across Canada lead injured workers to take addictive painkillers for long periods – and how that affects people’s lives. In particular, she will be looking at whether…

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The Opioid crisis, injured workers, and the WSIB

August 17, 2018

Although the opioid crisis is now recognized as a national priority in both Canada and the United States, the two countries with the highest per capita opioid usage, a feature article in Workers’ Comp Hub Newsletter (summer 2018) highlights the fact…

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Difficulties accessing medical marijuana

July 13, 2018

“Ontario injured workers shut out of medical pot coverage – told to take opioids instead” / John Lancaster (CBC News, Jul. 12, 2018) A CBC Toronto investigation reveals the dilemma many injured workers face in Ontario when denied coverage for medical marijuana…

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Register now for free CIWA webinar on living with pain

November 14, 2017

The Canadian Injured Workers Alliance is offering a free online educational session next Monday November 20, 2017, from 12-1 p.m. The webinar “Creating A Way Forward, Approaches To Living Well And Working With Persistent Pain” is intended for helping/health professionals, workers’ advocates,…

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Access to medical marijuana unchanged

May 14, 2017

On April 13 the Canadian government introduced its proposed Cannabis Act to legalize marijuana, intended to come into effect July 2018. Based on recommendations of the Task Force for Marijuana Legalization and Regulation, the government proposes to keep in place the current…

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Chronic pain and RSI

January 17, 2017

In a recent two-part article for Rabble.ca (Jan. 5, Jan. 7, 2017), Penney Kome argues that failure to properly treat and prevent chronic pain in the workplace is the real issue behind the prescription opioid crisis. Tracing the increase in U.S. workers’…

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