Drug addiction

ADDICTION AWARENESS – Love in the Time of Fentanyl is about real people

September 1, 2022 // 0 Comments

By JACOB ROTHENBURGER Contributor, ArmchairMayor.ca People living with opioid addiction are not faceless. They are real people with real histories who are worthy of [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Fight against drug overdoses must begin with enforcement

August 17, 2022 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WHEN A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY was declared by B.C.’s provincial health officer in April of 2016, it was an important step against drug [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Sharps-disposal container on Rivers Trail seems out of place

August 11, 2022 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IS THERE A RIGHT PLACE and a wrong place to put a sharps-disposal container? Those who walk the Rivers Trail through Westmount are [Continue]

LETTER – Less enablement, more treatment needed on drug abuse

August 10, 2022 // 0 Comments

We have a civic election coming up and I hope that the below topic will be forefront. B.C.’s harm reduction started in the late 1980s. Needle exchanges, safe injection [Continue]

LETTER – Every addiction should be a medical matter, not a legal one

June 26, 2022 // 4 Comments

I’ll preface by stating that I am in no way an expert on addiction issues. That stated, I have consulted fairly extensively with those possessing expertise and sat on the [Continue]

PETERS – Changes to gun and drug laws — Symbolic? Practical? Both? Neither?

June 4, 2022 // 0 Comments

WE’VE SEEN A COUPLE of fairly major moves by our federal government in the past week meant to address health and safety for Canadians. The Trudeau Liberals have announced [Continue]

JOHNSON – Our health system isn’t set up for an addiction crisis

June 3, 2022 // 1 Comment

By DAVID JOHNSON ArmchairMayor.ca Contributor SO, AS OF JAN. 31, B.C. residents can possess specific amounts of certain controlled drugs. Let’s be absolutely clear — [Continue]

EDITORIAL – New drug plan is no panacea but it beats doing nothing

June 1, 2022 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ‘HELPING TO REDUCE STIGMA through decriminalization’ was the headline on a B.C. government news release yesterday. It’s about the [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Have we gone too far with ‘more inclusive’ language on drugs?

April 7, 2022 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. BRITISH COLUMBIA’S MARCH toward gender-neutral language in our laws continues, with another 741 instances of “outdated” references [Continue]

PETERS – Katherine McParland’s cause of death doesn’t tarnish her legacy

March 26, 2022 // 1 Comment

A WORD OF ADVICE to the people of Kamloops: do not let anyone put anything but respect on the name of Katherine McParland. The coroner’s report into McParland’s death was [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER: Coroner’s report provides a chance to break down a stigma

March 26, 2022 // 1 Comment

WHEN YOUTH HOMELESSNESS advocate Katherine McParland died a year and a half ago, she was eulogized for her work raising awareness and funding for kids aging out of the foster [Continue]

PETERS – Response to overdose crisis should include cabinet shuffle

March 12, 2022 // 0 Comments

THE NDP GOVERNMENT theme its newly released provincial budget ‘Better Together,’ suggesting a collaborative approach would help address the many issues facing British [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Turn on, tune in, heal yourself – the return of psychedelics

September 16, 2021 // 1 Comment

WHEN I FIRST TRIED psychedelics in the 1970s, I wasn’t trying to heal myself. I was curious to find out how psychedelics, including LSD and “magic” mushrooms, could [Continue]

BEPPLE – Access to primary healthcare key to fighting drug addictions

September 1, 2021 // 0 Comments

YESTERDAY, AUGUST 31, International Overdose Awareness Day, was a time to pause and reflect on this other pandemic that has swept our city and our province. There were [Continue]