Drug addiction

CHARBONNEAU – Lab creates buzz with news of cocaine production

March 9, 2023 // 1 Comment

SOMEONE AT Adastra Labs in Langley, B.C., must have been sampling the wares when they announced last Thursday that they would produce, sell, and distribute cocaine. The story [Continue]

LETTER – Government should be ashamed of its record on drug deaths

March 7, 2023 // 0 Comments

TWO HUNDRED AND TEN DEATHS due to overdoses and a poisoned drug supply, here in BC, for the month of January — that’s 6.77 PER DAY!! AND STILL the buzz words from [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – BC Liberals need a consistent message on drug sites

February 23, 2023 // 1 Comment

BC LIBERAL LEADER Kevin Falcon clarified comments made by a member of his caucus when she said that safe injection sites were a bad idea. Teresa Wat, BC Liberal MLA for [Continue]

IN THE LEDGE – NDP govt burying its head in the sand on decriminalization

February 8, 2023 // 0 Comments

Excerpt from Question Period in the B.C. Legislature today (Feb. 8, 2023): P. Milobar: Not a day goes by that the members on this side of the House aren’t confronted by [Continue]

LETTER – Decriminalization won’t do anything about drug overdoses

February 6, 2023 // 1 Comment

Re: Drug decriminalization pilot project might be wishful thinking You rightly point out that other jurisdictions that have pursued decriminalization have not realized the [Continue]

PETERS – Decriminalization is a big paradigm shift — but a much more subtle change in practice

February 4, 2023 // 0 Comments

THE DECISION TO DECRIMINALIZE POSSESSION of small amounts of hard drugs shouldn’t be seen as either the end of the world, nor the magic bullet that will finally bring the [Continue]