BEPPLE – Time to consider opioid dispensing machines in Kamloops
YESTERDAY, at the Kamloops City Council meeting, Kamloops’ top cop said it’s time to think of having a safe supply of opioids for drug users. Kamloops RCMP Supt. Syd [Continue]
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ROTHENBURGER – Drug overdoses need action but so does the Ajax mine
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. A NATIONAL EMERGENCY on drug overdoses will be declared if the powers in Ottawa listen to Kamloops City council. The council received a [Continue]
EDITORIAL – There’s cause for hope in opioid stats but not for suicides
An editorial Mel Rothenburger. STATISTICS ARE IMPERSONAL but they tell stories. Sometimes they’re cold and cruel, sometimes hopeful. Three recent reports from the B.C. [Continue]
HEIGHTON – Road is long and winding on street issues, not insurmountable
By JEREMY HEIGHTON Executive Director, North Shore BIA THIS PAST WEEK, I and Bryce Herman, our President, attended the annual Business Improvement Association of B.C. [Continue]
LETTER – Follow the money to find solutions to the opioid crisis
Here is my view of the opioid crisis. First, we should understand that what drives supply is money. The saying that “Crime doesn’t pay” is false. If crime [Continue]
EDITORIAL – Sad fact is that the answer to opioid crisis continues to elude us
An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. FRUSTRATION WITH what seems like the losing battle against opioid addiction was obvious Tuesday when Interior Health representatives talked [Continue]
PETERS – We need a new approach to drug trade before more bystanders die
ALMOST EXACTLY A MONTH AGO, we asked in this space why we can’t have a nice, peaceful drug trade. This was just a few days after a double homicide RCMP told us was [Continue]
NATIONAL PULSE – Half willing to look at decriminalization of all drugs
Percentage saying opioid issue is serious or a crisis in their community has risen over past year By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE Feb. 15, 2019 – With the number of opioid related [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Three profiles of B.C. opioid users over 139 years
THE FISH-BOWL LIVES of drug users on the streets of downtown East Vancouver provides an easy, but distorted, window to drug use. That picture is as distorted now as it was [Continue]
HEALTH – Turning the tide on the harm of opioids
Doctors must discuss pain management options with patients and not jump to the prescription pad for a quick fix By Dr. WENDY LEVINSON and Dr. LAURENT MARCOUX [Continue]
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