Category Archives: BLOG & NEWS
Beauchesne: We’re not talking enough about cannabis risks to the young
Five years on, legalization is here to stay. But we need robust public health education around the risks of cannabis, especially for youth. https://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/beauchesne-were-not-talking-enough-about-cannabis-risks-to-the-young
Latest about Portugal – what can we learn?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-12302523/PETER-HITCHENS-Wake-drugs-lobby-finally-proved-wrong.html
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
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
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
Letter to Pierre Poilievre – Leader of the Official Opposition of Canada
Letter to the Editor Toronto Star
Select Special Committee to Examine Safe Supply Alberta Legislature
Letter to CPC Leadership Candidate MP Pierre Poilievre
Cannabis Legalization and Detection of Tetrahydrocannabinol in Injured Drivers
BACKGROUND The effect of cannabis legalization in Canada (in October 2018) on the prevalence of injured drivers testing positive for tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is unclear. For more: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsa2109371?query=TOC
