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  1. Alberta College of Pharmacists
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    Resource Type: Organization
  2. Bad Pharma
    How drug companies mislead doctors and harm patients

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2012
    Doctors and patients need good scientific evidence to make informed decisions. But instead, companies run bad trials on their own drugs, which distort and exaggerate the benefits by design. When these trials produce unflattering results, the data is simply buried.
  3. Bad Pharma, Bad Journalism
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    ‘The drugs don't work: a modern medical scandal’, from Ben Goldacre's new book, Bad Pharma presents a disturbing picture emerges of corporate drug abuse.
  4. Bellwood Health Services Inc.
    Media Profile in Sources

    Resource Type: Organization
  5. Bellwood Launches New Dynamic Addiction Resource Web Site
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2010
    Bellwood Health Services is pleased to announce the launching of its new interactive website, designed to help users learn about addiction and find treatment and support resources.
  6. Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange (CATIE)
    Media Profile in Sources

    Resource Type: Organization
  7. Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse
    Media Profile in Sources

    Resource Type: Organization
  8. HealthSources.ca
    Resource Type: Website
    Published: 2017
    A web portal featuring information and resources about health, with articles, documents, books, websites, and experts and spokespersons. The home page features a selection of recent and important articles. A search feature, subject index, and other research tools make it possible to find additional resources and information.
  9. Herb/Drug Interactions: What You Don't Know CAN Hurt You
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2010
    Can combining prescription antidepressants and herbal medicine put your life at risk? Misconceptions abound when it comes to combining herbal medications and conventional drugs. Naturopathic doctors can help.
  10. NDMAC, Advancing Canadian Self-care
    Media Profile in Sources

    Resource Type: Organization
  11. Private Profits vs Public Policy
    The Pharmaceutical Industry and the Canadian State

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2016
    According to Joel Lexchin, "Given the central role that medicines play in keeping us healthy, it is essential that we understand the policy environment that governs drug development, from the initial basic research to the sale of the manufactured produces to the patients that use them."
  12. What the Tamiflu Saga tells us about Drug Trials and Big Pharma
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2014
    We now know the government's Tamiflu stockpile wouldn't have done us much good in the event of a flu epidemic. But the secrecy surrounding clinical trials means there's a lot we don't know about other medicines we take, says Ben Goldacre.

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  1. World Health Organization

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