Drug addiction

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]

STONE – ‘Better is possible’ in doing something about B.C.’s toxic drug crisis

February 4, 2023 // 1 Comment

By TODD STONE MLA, Kamloops-South Thompson THIS WEEK, the B.C. Coroners Service released year-end numbers that showed 2,272 lives were lost to a toxic drug overdose in 2022. [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Drug decriminalization pilot project might be wishful thinking

February 2, 2023 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. ‘A GOOD FIRST STEP’ is a common way many are talking about the drug decriminalization pilot program that came into effect in B.C. this [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – You’re wrong Premier Smith; B.C. will win the war on addiction

February 2, 2023 // 0 Comments

YOUR CHIEF OF STAFF says B.C. has a “drug legalization agenda,” Premier Danielle Smith. He adds that B.C. invests in treatment on a “very small scale.” Those are [Continue]

FORSETH – Time has run out for talk; it’s time to act on B.C.’s drug crisis

November 7, 2022 // 3 Comments

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]