Drug addiction

ROTHENBURGER – We don’t have a moral obligation to give drug users free rein

November 18, 2023 // 5 Comments

CHALLENGES TO NEW restrictions on public consumption of illicit drugs show just how far things have gotten out of whack in our society. Increasingly, it seems, those who [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Safer Supply program should be expanded but not to non-prescriptions

November 9, 2023 // 6 Comments

IN A PERFECT WORLD, giving people a safe alternative to deadly drugs would be a no-brainer. If clean water was offered to people who only had dirty water to drink, who would [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Damage caused by criminalization will take years to repair

October 12, 2023 // 2 Comments

THE DAMAGE DONE by a century of criminalization cannot be undone quickly but B.C. has taken the right approach in decriminalizing small amounts of cocaine, methamphetamine, [Continue]

STONE – A better plan for making British Columbians feel safe in their communities

September 15, 2023 // 2 Comments

By TODD STONE MLA, Kamloops-South Thompson PEOPLE DESERVE to feel safe in their communities. But, unfortunately, due to rising crime and overlapping crises, this is not the [Continue]

CITY COUNCIL – So-called ‘drugs-in-parks’ bylaw heads toward implementation

September 12, 2023 // 5 Comments

The so-called “drugs-in-parks” bylaw found favour, as expected, at today’s (Sept. 12, 2023) Kamloops City council meeting. The bylaw was first proposed in [Continue]

BEPPLE – New bylaw will push more drug use into hidden, unsafe places

September 3, 2023 // 22 Comments

Rather than creating bylaws targeting open drug use, it’s time to find ways to expand harm reduction for smoking and inhalation which is where the majority of deaths are [Continue]