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Canada: Nova Scotia suspends use of hair tests in child protection cases

May 4, 2016 by Greg Cywnar

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ:

Canada: Nova Scotia suspends use of hair tests in child protection cases
CBC News – May 03, 2016
Nova Scotia has suspended the use of all hair-strand drug and alcohol testing in child protection cases, following a CBC News investigation. At least three provinces have now ordered children’s aid agencies to stop using the tests.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/hair-strand-drug-testing-suspended-child-protection-nova-scotia-1.3564195

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