Drug addiction

EDITORIAL – Sharps-disposal container on Rivers Trail seems out of place

August 11, 2022 // 3 Comments

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

August 10, 2022 // 0 Comments

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

June 26, 2022 // 4 Comments

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?

June 4, 2022 // 0 Comments

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

June 3, 2022 // 1 Comment

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

June 1, 2022 // 1 Comment

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]