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]
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