Which is about half the price of a Volvo Penta gas line the same length.
Hard drugs to be decriminalized in British Columbia
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Been my thought for about 40 years now. Addictions are a disease, and need to be treated as such, not as a criminal process. Unfortunately, in BC, we don't punish the importers and sellers either.
That’s also somewhat Darwinian, and let the natural (?) chain of events run their course? Eventually the junkies weed themselves out of the gene pool, while dealers & organized crime keep trying to find new and innovative ways to hide fentanyl in other things that people might consume to turn them into further junkies.
Eventually they get thinner on the ground and back to a manageable number so we can then start looking at viable solutions for the remainder? Is that the first step? Could take a generation, then the current “solutions” that aren’t working might work?
Trouble is, naloxone only works on opiates. So, while it might save someone unfortunate enough to smoke a joint laced with fentanyl, it does nothing for the myriad of other bad drugs that are taken alone, or sometimes mixed in with other safer drugs.
Anyways, I'm done with the middle of the night naloxone runs.
Anyways, I'm done with the middle of the night naloxone runs.
We wait for summer all year long, but then dread the trifecta….Hot weather & gov’t $ & full (or new) moon. Irony…& it can be Baby Bonus (20th-ish) or GST/Carbon$ (5th-ish) or Welfare/Dole (middle/end of months) or whatever new handouts that haven’t come down the pipe yet in the vote purchasing process leading to Oct 20th 2025.
Dragging out the usable lifespan of their clientele until they’re tossed away for replacements? Used for their own use?
I've thought of this. Don't know if it would help or hurt, but here goes. . .
Set up government-run dispensaries for coke, barbs, heroin, etc. You come in, you walk past racks and racks of "How To Get Off This Shit" literature, you get to a counter where you can buy one dose, at the actual production price (a fraction of the street price), which you must use on the spot. Come back as often as you need to. Accompany with draconian penalties for black-market dealing.
You need more than this? In a single sitting? Come back for round#2.
Yes please.
I disagree, and I'll tell you exactly why. I don't think mandatory (i.e., involuntary) rehab has a good success rate. At a minimum you have to want to get clean.
I will add to my proposal above an on-site counsellor to walk anybody who asks through how to get help.
Adam Zivo: Addiction experts accuse minister of ignoring 'safer supply' diversion crisis — National Post
Ya’ara Saks is ignoring them and misrepresenting these programs to the Canadian public, physicians charge
"Industry representatives".
Adam Zivo: Addiction experts accuse minister of ignoring 'safer supply' diversion crisis — National Post
Ya’ara Saks is ignoring them and misrepresenting these programs to the Canadian public, physicians chargeapple.news
B.C. is the only jurisdiction in Canada to decriminalize possession of small amounts of illicit substances, and take a provincial approach to prescribing alternatives to illicit drugs, an intervention limited to small programs and pilot projects elsewhere.
B.C. nurses have been speaking out about safety concerns related to patient drug use. BC Nurses’ Union president Adriane Gear said that while there has always been some degree of illicit drug use in care spaces, it “appears” (?) to have increased since B.C.’s drug decriminalization pilot began early last year.
British Columbia will require all of its hospitals to provide a designated space for patients with substance-use disorders to consume illicit drugs, prompted by concerns that an increase in such activity in prohibited hospital areas was putting health care workers at risk.
apple.news
B.C. nurses have been speaking out about safety concerns related to patient drug use. BC Nurses’ Union president Adriane Gear said that while there has always been some degree of illicit drug use in care spaces, it “appears” (?) to have increased since B.C.’s drug decriminalization pilot began early last year.
British Columbia will require all of its hospitals to provide a designated space for patients with substance-use disorders to consume illicit drugs, prompted by concerns that an increase in such activity in prohibited hospital areas was putting health care workers at risk.
B.C. to require hospitals have designated spaces for patient illicit drug use, health minister says — The Globe and Mail
Adrian Dix announced that the province would create a task force to standardize rules and create ‘active supports’ to help patients manage their addictions while in care
Unintended consequences, who would have thought .B.C. is the only jurisdiction in Canada to decriminalize possession of small amounts of illicit substances, and take a provincial approach to prescribing alternatives to illicit drugs, an intervention limited to small programs and pilot projects elsewhere.
B.C. nurses have been speaking out about safety concerns related to patient drug use. BC Nurses’ Union president Adriane Gear said that while there has always been some degree of illicit drug use in care spaces, it “appears” (?) to have increased since B.C.’s drug decriminalization pilot began early last year.
British Columbia will require all of its hospitals to provide a designated space for patients with substance-use disorders to consume illicit drugs, prompted by concerns that an increase in such activity in prohibited hospital areas was putting health care workers at risk.
B.C. to require hospitals have designated spaces for patient illicit drug use, health minister says — The Globe and Mail
Adrian Dix announced that the province would create a task force to standardize rules and create ‘active supports’ to help patients manage their addictions while in care
Safe.....safe supply. My vodka only comes in glass bottles..Same goes for beer.
When my old landlord was dying in St Pauls he asked for beer and the doctor said OK but he had to pay for his own-Old Style IIRC
Ewww and double ewww for being in a can.When my old landlord was dying in St Pauls he asked for beer and the doctor said OK but he had to pay for his own-Old Style IIRC