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- An article that supports our assertion that drug use prevention is a necessary part of reducing harms and saving lives.
- Do Harm Reduction policies really reduce harm?Read this report from Australia to find out.
- More on the legalization of hard drugs by Lilley and Zivo – check it out.
- Harm Reduction is Not Enough!
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Latest about Portugal – what can we learn?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-12302523/PETER-HITCHENS-Wake-drugs-lobby-finally-proved-wrong.html
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Could the link between marijuana use and mental illness also increase the risk of overdose & death?
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/massive-danish-study-finds-strong-link-between-pot-addiction-and-mental-illness/?utm_source=digest-freedom-2023-05-17&utm_medium=email
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If you are wondering why “Safer Supply” does more harm than good, read this:
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/hard-drugs-for-addicts-a-catastrophic-failure
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Drug fail: The Liberal government’s ‘safer supply’ is fuelling a new opioid crisis
In this special report, National Post columnist Adam Zivo details how drugs handed out for free are being sold on the black market to fund fentanyl addictions https://nationalpost.com/feature/how-the-liberal-governments-safer-supply-is-fuelling-a-new-opioid-crisis
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What is more inhumane: mandatory treatment or to keep enabling addicts? Read this perspective.
https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/morgan-its-inhumane-to-keep-enabling-addicts/article_b783c040-decd-11ed-a0bf-67e1e33648ee.html
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Chris Selley: Harm-reduction proponents need to acknowledge its failures
Regular readers will know that I support harm-reduction strategies to address the horrifying death toll from opioid addictions — notably supervised injection sites and the provision of pharmaceutical-grade alternatives to the potentially fatal mystery-cocktails for sale on the street. Regular readers might … Continue reading
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Harm Reduction is Not Enough! To see why not, check out this article.
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Decriminalization is meant to reduce stigma associated with drug use. Some might say “stigma” is a good thing. It might actually help save lives. Check out this article.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-oregon-opioid-overdose/
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Daphne Bramham: B.C. stressed harm reduction, not treatment, and leads Canada in opioid death rate
Opinion: Despite B.C.’s many firsts, Alberta has a far lower death rate after prioritizing treatment In 2022 — the seventh year of a public health emergency — the number of British Columbians who died due to the toxic supply of … Continue reading
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5 Reasons Why B.C. Decriminalizing Hard Drugs is a Terrible Idea.
https://fb.watch/isAFP_d3U8/?mibextid=j8LeHn
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