Recreational Drugs
Cabinet’s decriminalization of cocaine in British Columbia sets possession limits “too low” and doesn’t allow addicts to buy in bulk, says a federal report. Researchers advocated more generous possession limits from the current 2.5 grams.
“People who use drugs are less concerned about being arrested and feel more comfortable carrying substances they need,” said the report by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. “The threshold of 2.5 grams is too low and is unreflective of users’ substance use and purchasing patterns.”
Addicts’ complaints over the 2.5 gram limit was among “preliminary themes that have emerged to date,” said the report Evaluation Of The British Columbia Exemption To Allow For Personal Possession Of Small Amounts Of Illegal Drugs Semi-Annual Meeting: What We Heard Report.
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Read MoreAuthorities in the border state of Chihuahua claimed the recent killing of eight men is tied to an organized crime turf war over human smuggling routes. Police found the bodies dumped on the side of a highway.
This week, Chihuahua Attorney General Cesar Jauregui told local journalists that the early stages of the investigation point to the victims having been kidnapped days before, with two of them being held for as many as 17 days before the gruesome killing.
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Read MoreBritish Columbia police chiefs say half of all illegal narcotics seized on the province’s streets are being diverted from the NDP government’s safe supply program.
Moreover, they say BC’s decriminalization ‘experiment’ is precluding them from stopping illegal drug use in public spaces such as hospitals and health facilities.
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Read MoreA local Victorian businessman, former police officer and staunch anti-drug activist, shared his concerns about the looming threat of drug legalisation in Australia.
Peter, whose passion for combating drug abuse stems from personal experiences and witnessing the devastating effects within his own family, expressed deep concerns about the government’s trajectory towards decriminalisation, a move he believes will inevitably pave the way for full-scale drug legalisation
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Read MoreA Liberal MP has seemingly taken issue with “safe supply” drug policies for increasing public disorder in Canada, policies his own party, under the leadership of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, has endorsed.
During an April 15 health committee meeting in the House of Commons, Liberal MP Dr. Marcus Powlowski, while pressing the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), stated that “safe supply” drug policies have caused Canadians to feel unsafe in downtown Ottawa and in other major cities across the country.
“There is certainly the perception by a lot of Canadians that a lot of downtown cores are basically out of control,” Powlowski said.
“Certainly there is also the perception that around places like safe supply, safe injection sites, that things are worse, that there are people openly stoned in the street,” he continued.
“People are getting cardio-pulmonary resuscitation performed on them in the street. There are needles around on the street. There is excrement on the street,” Powlowski added.
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Read MoreCabinet’s “safe supply” drug policy is prompting public disorder, a Liberal MP yesterday told the Commons health committee. MP Doctor Marcus Powlowski (Thunder Bay-Rainy River, Ont.), an emergency room physician, warned colleagues: “There is certainly the perception by a lot of Canadians that a lot of downtown cores are basically out of control.”
“Certainly there is also the perception that around places like safe supply, safe injection sites, that things are worse, that there are people openly stoned in the street,” said MP Powlowski. “People are getting cardio pulmonary resuscitation performed on them in the street. There are needles around on the street. There is excrement on the street.”
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Read MoreOpioid deaths are proving to be one of the leading killers for young adults in Canada.
A recent study by the Canadian Medical Association Journal found well over a quarter of deaths among Canadians aged 20-39 are linked to opioids.
Not only were about 29% of deaths observed across nine provinces and territories opioid-related, but the number of opioid-related deaths doubled between 2019 and 2021.
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Read More“Because you look at that Meghan Markle interview that you mentioned earlier and Oprah looks like an opportunist,” Ms Schofield told Sky News host Rita Panahi.
“There was no pushback, there was no follow-up.
“It just felt like it was Oprah taking advantage of a really toxic family’s internal situation.
“She kind of comes off as a snake oil salesman today.
“I just think that people don’t trust her the way that they used to.”
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Read MoreO, Cannabis!
A British Columbia pot franchise is laying claim to becoming the province’s first completely unionized cannabis chain and, indeed, one of the first in North America.
That’s because workers at Trees Cannabis locations in Nanaimo and Victoria have joined the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) in a drive to unionize the province’s weed workers.
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Read MoreCabinet-appointed election monitors found it “really difficult” to track Chinese interference in the 2021 campaign, says one director. Spotting the difference between misconduct and ordinary election activities was “a very fuzzy area,” the China inquiry was told.
“Had we been more certain we could have maybe applied more certainty to it,” testified Gallit Dobner, member of a Security and Intelligence Threats to Elections Task Force. “Does that make sense?” she asked.
The Task Force in a secret November 1, 2021 report Key Observations From General Election 44 said it was clear that China “sought to clandestinely and deceptively influence Canada’s 2021 federal election.” The report identified “online media activities aimed at discouraging Canadians from supporting the Conservative Party.
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