FORSETH – Time has run out for talk; it’s time to act on B.C.’s drug crisis
February 9, 2022 (Public Safety and Solicitor General): “… Time has run out for research and discussion. It is time to take action.” Aug. 31, 2021: “On [Continue]
Drug addiction
ADDICTION AWARENESS – Love in the Time of Fentanyl is about real people
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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?
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 BRITISH COLUMBIA’S MARCH toward gender-neutral language in our laws continues, with another 741 instances of “outdated” references [Continue]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
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
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
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
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]
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