Recreational Drugs
The Edmonton Police Service (EPS) assisted with the closure of homeless encampments in downtown Edmonton which took over Mary Burlie Park in Chinatown.
Tattered tarps, dilapidated tents, and trash blew aimlessly in the wind as vulnerable people grabbed what they could before their belongings went into the garbage on Monday.
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Read MoreAccidental marijuana poisoning of kindergartners has worsened under legalization, according to records. The Department of Health acknowledged “the rise in pediatric cannabis poisonings” since Parliament legalized marijuana in 2018.
“Between January 2020 and September 2021 when the full range of cannabis products were accessible including edible cannabis the hospitalization rate among children in Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario was 7.5 times higher relative to the pre-legalization period,” said the memo Supplementary Estimates (C). “In Québec the hospitalization rate during the same period was three times higher.”
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Read MoreA report from the department of Justice stated that since Parliament legalized marijuana, the number of people driving under the influence of drugs has doubled.
Bill C-46 An Act to Amend the Criminal Code gave police officers the ability to randomly drug test drivers.
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Read MorePurple xylazine mixed with fentanyl is showing up for sale on Edmonton streets as the deadly illicit drug appears to have entered the market as social disorder continues.
American and Canadian officials respectively issued warnings in response to the increase of a highly potent veterinary sedative detected in the illicit drug supply.
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Read MoreToronto Police say a man is facing non-life threatening injuries after being stabbed in broad daylight near a drug injection site Monday.
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Read MoreNews about shark attacks and related topics has been increasing. In New York, a recent series of attacks have led to the creation of shark patrols. Lifeguards are being trained to use drones and other tools to help in the efforts. Scientists have been hard at work studying what is making the sharks become so aggressive. And there’s now a discussion around the possible answer: drugs. Hard drugs—causing what has been termed “cocaine sharks.”
But there’s more to the story. It’s not just hard drugs possibly impacting the sharks. It may tie into a much broader problem of wastewater, and all the chemical drugs that people consume.
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Read MoreOne of the expressions I heard growing up was “you can’t drill a hole in the bottom of your boat to let the water out”. Even if you write “OUT” beside the hole, and even if you fervently believe that the water will move in that direction, the water doesn’t go where you want it to just because you wish it to. Drilling a hole only can seem like a good idea if you don’t understand hydrostatic pressure and gravity.
(Aside: Dr. Julian Somers – a thoughtful and heterodox voice on the issue of “Safe Supply”, will be one of our speakers at this year’s Free Speech in Medicine conference in Baddeck, Oct 27th-29th, for which registration is now open. He will be speaking on harm reduction policy and safe supply. You can read some of his thoughts in the National Post here.)
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Read MoreEncampments full of drug-addicted residents have returned to one problem Toronto park, which was the subject of two eviction attempts during the Covid pandemic, one of which resulted in violence and several arrests.
Lamport Stadium Park, which is in Toronto’s trendy Distillery District, is now home to at least 30 tents and an equal number of seemingly drug-addicted and abusive residents.
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Read MoreBritish Columbia’s drug decriminalization policy, which came into effect on Jan. 1, 2023, has been met with criticism from Delta Police Chief Neil Dubord.
In a scathing open letter, Chief Dubord shut down claims by its proponents, which include the federal government
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