Drug addiction

ROTHENBURGER – Banning drug use in parks is a great idea, but it will likely fail

April 1, 2023 // 2 Comments

WOULDN’T IT BE NICE if we could go for a walk in Riverside Park, or relax in Pioneer Park, without having to put up with people doing drugs? Under the new decriminalization [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Brain-injured street people require compulsory treatment

March 30, 2023 // 5 Comments

PIVOT LEGAL SOCIETY is calling on the B.C. government to stop its proposed expansion of forced mental health and addictions treatment. Compulsory treatment must proceed. I [Continue]

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]