Recreational Drugs
A 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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Read MoreBruce Banman made the comments in an April 4 video posted on X by Conservative Party of B.C. candidate Damon Scrase.
“We found out that you can smoke meth apparently in the hospitals, that’s allowed, but if you refuse to get the jab you get fired,” Mr. Banman said, referring to a leaked memo that directed hospital staff not to take drugs from patients or interfere if drugs are being delivered to patients.
“How is that healthy to anybody?” Mr. Banman asked.
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Read MoreAlberta Premier Danielle Smith said there’s a “worrying trend” of prescription opioids seeping into the illegal market as she announced two new organizations to help those struggling with addiction.
Last month, Ottawa refused the Alberta government’s request to put chemical trackers in B.C.’s safe supply drugs to identify those drugs.
Smith says B.C. has a right to develop its own policy, but she has to ensure Alberta isn’t dealing with the fallout from it.
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Read MoreThe province announced a new agency under the Ministry of Mental Health and Addiction Tuesday which will fully absorb duties currently under Alberta Health Services as part of a massive restructuring.
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