Events

Reference:National Collaborating Centres for Public Health

Webinar Title: Using Poison Centre Data as a Potential Surveillance Data Source

Summary: Poison centres receive and document calls from the public and professionals about exposure to a variety of substances. We identified over 1200 calls from BC residents related to exposure to cannabis received at the BC poison centre over the period between the years of 2013-2016. Calls about cannabis have increased since 2013, especially for children