Fentanyl

POLICE – Mom of 11-month-old finds suspected fentanyl stash in park

July 6, 2020 // 0 Comments

An alert mom saved her 11-month-old tot from harm Sunday after the child found a small container of suspected drugs while playing at McDonald Park. She took it away from the [Continue]

GINTA – We need to eliminate the drug stigma and punish the dealers

June 23, 2020 // 0 Comments

A PARENT’S WORST NIGHTMARE is without a doubt the death of their child. More so when the death was preventable. My eldest mentioned on Friday a teenager in Kamloops had [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Why drug consumption sites for kids are not so outrageous

November 20, 2018 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SAFE DRUG-CONSUMPTION sites for kids? Has B.C.’s drug problem gotten so out of hand that we now have to provide children with a place to [Continue]

BEPPLE – Ordinary people, not politicians, will solve the opioid crisis

August 8, 2018 // 3 Comments

EVERY ONE OF US knows at least one person who has died from a drug overdose in the last few years. A co-worker. A friend’s brother-in-law. A son of another co-worker. A [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – One in eight have family or friends facing opioid addiction

January 11, 2018 // 0 Comments

Nearly 20 per cent of Canadians say they themselves have been prescribed opioids in the last five years By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE January 11, 2018 – The thousands of deaths [Continue]

OPIOID CRISIS – The reality of drug overdoses: some suffer brain damage

November 24, 2017 // 9 Comments

By MEL ROTHENBURGER Director, Electoral Area P, TNRD A stark reality about the opioid crisis was brought home to regional politicians today (Nov. 24, 2017) — even lives [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – How to reduce drug overdose deaths

October 26, 2017 // 2 Comments

THERE’S NO EASY way to reduce drug overdose deaths but a simple first step is to provide users with safe opioids. The hard part will take time. The grim toll of deaths [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Opioid use rises despite crisis; feels like 1908 again

April 13, 2017 // 0 Comments

AM I THE ONLY ONE not surprised that the opioid crisis has worsened? Despite the widespread distribution of naloxone kits to save lives from fentanyl overdose. Despite [Continue]

HEALTH – Strategies for tackling chronic pain are missing in debate over opioid crisis solutions

February 17, 2017 // 0 Comments

By VIVIAN TAM and JACQUELINE CARVERHILL EvidenceNework.ca A CALL TO the emergency room announced that the ambulance was on its way. Joey, a middle-aged oilfield worker, was [Continue]

FORSETH – Naloxone kits have done little to stem the tide of drug deaths

January 20, 2017 // 6 Comments

A B.C. GOVERNMENT media release Wednesday from Public Safety and the Solicitor General had the following headline: “Year-End Illicit Drug Death Numbers.” What [Continue]

EDITORIAL – How can there be so little compassion toward fentanyl victims?

December 5, 2016 // 3 Comments

An ArmchairMayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT REALLY IS astounding how little compassion there is sometimes — especially in this season of goodwill toward all — for [Continue]

GUEST EDITORIAL – People with allergies should get equal treatment to those who OD on fentanyl

November 7, 2016 // 5 Comments

In place of Jim Harrison’s editorial, a guest editorial today from frequent contributor Jayne Aulis of Westwold. WHILE I APPLAUD our government’s efforts to save [Continue]

FORSETH – Charge those who peddle illegal fentanyl with manslaughter

October 28, 2016 // 2 Comments

THIS WEEK BROUGHT US more news on the fentanyl front. In a story from the Victoria Times Colonist, it was said that “B.C. Health Minister Terry Lake lies awake at night [Continue]