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The Evan Bray Show - Dr. Jeff Brubacher - August 9th, 2024

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An ongoing study being led by Dr. Jeff Brubacher, Vancouver-based emergency room physician and professor at the University of British Columbia, is testing blood samples from more than 10,000 drivers across eight provinces between 2018 and 2023 who were hurt in serious crashes and required a hospital visit and blood work. He's found that drivers from Saskatchewan injured in crashes are tied for the most likely to have an illegal level of alcohol in their blood. He joins Tamara Cherry to examine those findings.
9 Aug 2024 1PM English Canada News Commentary

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