Drug addiction

IN THE LEDGE – ‘Decriminalization is causing chaos in our communities’

April 23, 2024 // 7 Comments

Excerpt from Question Period in the B.C. Legislature on Monday, April 22, 2024. T. Stone: Every single day there’s more damning evidence that piles up against this [Continue]

MILOBAR – Disorganized responses of NDP undermine trust on drug issues

April 23, 2024 // 0 Comments

By PETER MILOBAR MLA, Kamloops-North Thompson RECENTLY EXPOSED internal communications and firsthand accounts have revealed that drug use in B.C. hospitals is not only [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Pointing the finger for allowing drugs, weapons in hospitals

April 11, 2024 // 4 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IF YOU’VE BEEN WONDERING who to blame for allowing illicit drug consumption and weapons in B.C. hospitals, and leakage from the “safe” [Continue]

PETERS – A child finding drugs in a park isn’t new, but it’s no less frightening

April 7, 2024 // 1 Comment

WE SHOULD BE CAREFUL not to completely overreact to the story this week of a mom finding a baggie of drugs among her young child’s Easter candy. The substance hasn’t been [Continue]

STONE – Outrageous memo endorses illicit drug use in B.C. hospitals

April 5, 2024 // 6 Comments

By TODD STONE MLA, Kamloops-South Thompson RECENTLY, WE UNCOVERED a shocking memo sent to nurses that permits the use of drugs and weapons in hospital rooms.The entire memo [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Safer supply drug diversion is greatly exaggerated

March 29, 2024 // 5 Comments

IT’S TRUE THAT some drugs given to addicts treated under B.C.’s safer supply program end up being sold on the street. But the scale of the problem is being inflated [Continue]