Opinions Differ on Which Treatment Approach Is Most Effective for Cocaine Users In Montreal, it's relatively easy to find cocaine and get high. Even though the next day comes with a requisite crash of the neurochemical dopamine, one partygoer might sleep it off and continue to use casually, or not at all. Another might keep using, attempting to regulate short-term feelings and find that euphoria, eventually becoming addicted. As pervasive as the use of this drug may be, Sante Montreal says it has no specific information how many cocaine addicts there are in this city. Health Canada statistics from 2011 indicate that 9.4 per cent of Canadians had used illicit drugs over the last year, with 0.9 per cent using cocaine or crack. [continues 1855 words]
Campaign Against Crime Bill Goes Viral As Occupiers across North America were ripped from their tents, protesting students were maced on their own campuses, and police flexed their brass brutality, an equally insidious and serious news story was, until last week, flying under the media's radar. The Conservative Government's omnibus crime Bill C-10, ironically named "The Safe Streets and Communities Act," is currently being rushed through Parliament. To be frank, this bill is a huge fucking deal, with serious fiscal and social implications for our penal law system. [continues 837 words]
