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http://www.mapinc.org/pix/xmlpower.gifCN BC: LTE: Say No To Drugs The Best Message
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Cowichan Valley Citizen, 03 May 2021 - I have not heard any reporting on what type of drug education our children are receiving in schools. Considering the high number of deaths due to drug overdoses just this year alone, that is 500 in B.C. in the last three months, I would like to know if the schools have any drug prevention education and if so, what is the message? Recently the granddaughter of a friend of mine who is in Grade 7 stated that her teacher said, "if you're going to do drugs, do it safely" =2E Adam, CristinaCowichan Valley CitizenDrugnews - Canada2021-05-06CN BC: PUB LTE: Just Say No Education Doesn't Work
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Cowichan Valley Citizen, 05 May 2021 - Letter writer Cristina Adam asserted that abstinence-based drug education is the best, adding that "in no uncertain terms there is NO way to take drugs safely." ("Letter: Say no to drugs the best message," May 3) Alas, the "drug abuse resistance education" and "Just say 'no'" messaging Adam recalls from her youth was found to be ineffective, if not counter-productive. DARE graduates and those exposed to such simplistic messaging were actually more likely to experiment with drugs. Elrod, Matthew M.Cowichan Valley CitizenDrugnews - Canada2021-05-05Canada: 2 Years After Legalizing Cannabis, Has Canada Kept Its
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New York Times, 24 Jan 2021 - OTTAWA - When Robert was 18, he was arrested by Montreal's police for possession of a small amount of hashish, an event that would upend his young life. The charge brought him 30 days in jail, and the conviction ended his part-time job as a translator. Austen, IanNew York TimesDrugnews - Canada2021-01-24Canada: Oped: Canada Faces Its Own Opioid Crisis. It Should
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Washington Post, 15 Sep 2020 - In July, the Canadian province of British Columbia experienced its fifth straight month with more than 100 overdose deaths - and its third above 170 lives lost. Globally, the World Health Organization reports approximately 500,000 deaths from drugs, over 70 percent of them tied to opioids. In Canada, from January 2016 through December 2019, more than 15,000 people died from apparent opioid-related causes. In 2019 alone, there were over 21,000 "suspected opioid-related overdoses" across nine provinces and territories, excluding Quebec (for which data wasn't provided). The opioid crisis clearly persists at home and abroad. Moscrop, DavidWashington PostDrugnews - Canada2020-09-15CN AB: PUB LTE: Harm Reduction Still An Effective Strategy
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Lethbridge Herald, 22 Jul 2020 - Like myself, I suspect many citizens of Lethbridge were alarmed by the finding of misappropriated funds within ARCHES, and the subsequent withdrawal of provincial funding to their supervised consumption site (SCS). As an RN who has worked for a number of years in harm reduction, I am reeling for our clients and their families in terms of how this will impact them. One thing is clear - the inappropriate management of funds within one agency does not refute decades of empirical research behind the effectiveness of harm-reduction interventions in mitigating drug-related health and social issues. This financial audit was not intended to evaluate the effectiveness of harm-reduction services provided to people who use drugs. To conflate findings of financial mismanagement with lack of effectiveness in harm reduction would only further exacerbate drug-related health issues. Lethbridge HeraldDrugnews - Canada2020-07-25CN BC: Are More B.C. Tokers Finally Looking To Legal Cannabis Over
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Victoria News, 24 Jul 2020 - A recent poll suggests 51 per cent of British Columbians are buying all product legally B.C. has had a difficult road to getting cannabis users interested in purchasing from legal retailers over their neighbourhood dealer, but a recent poll suggests that the province may finally be winning the battle over bud. Wadhwani, AshleyVictoria NewsDrugnews - Canada2020-07-25Canada: Oped: Tough-On-Crime Anti-Drug Moralizing Does A Disservice
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Globe and Mail, 25 Jul 2020 - If the idea of decriminalizing possession of small amounts of illicit drugs once sounded radical, the coalition of people who now espouse the idea would certainly seem to be strange bedfellows. On July 9, the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police called on the federal government to decriminalize possession of small amounts of illicit drugs; B.C. Premier John Horgan asked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to do the same in a Jul. 20 letter. Benjamin Perrin, the top criminal justice adviser in Stephen Harper's "tough-on-crime" administration, recently wrote a book in support of decriminalization, and major publications, including The Globe and Mail, have published editorials urging the same. Schultz, WilliamGlobe and MailDrugnews - Canada2020-07-25Canada: Pot in Canada: Legal, But Not Profitable
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New York Times, 16 Dec 2019 - SMITHS FALLS, Ontario - When Canada became the first major industrialized nation to legalize recreational marijuana, visions of billions of dollars in profits inspired growers, retailers and investors, sending the stock market soaring in a so-called green rush. A year later, the euphoria has vanished. Austin, IanNew York TimesDrugnews - Canada2019-12-20Canada: The Verdict Is In, And Year One Of Legalized Cannabis In
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Globe and Mail, 18 Oct 2019 - There's no getting around it: Year one of legalized cannabis in Canada was a dud. It was an unmitigated disaster for many investors. The bubble burst, and the shares of most large Canadian marijuana producers dropped by at least 50 per cent. The public markets are largely closed to the industry; at the moment, there's simply no appetite for more pot stocks. Berkow, JamesonGlobe and MailDrugnews - Canada2019-10-18More Headlines
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