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B.C. Conservatives soften divisive rhetoric ahead of Saturday’s election
Conservative Leader John Rustad delivers a speech during a campaign rally in Nanaimo, B.C., on Wednesday, October 16, 2024.
canada
Founders of Vancouver club that sold tested illicit drugs file Charter rights challenge
Methamphetamine, heroin and cocaine, from a safe supply handed out to drug users by the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users, Drug User Liberation Front and Moms Stop the Harm, are displayed in Vancouver, B.C., Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
opinion
David Eby has morphed into a Prairie pragmatist
Kelly Cryderman
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B.C. Conservatives’ plan to combat drug crisis questioned by health experts
B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad arrives for the televised leaders' debate, in Vancouver, on Tuesday, October 8, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
parenting
The new tonic for stressed-out moms: Microdosing mushrooms
FAIRFIELD COUNTY, CONNECTICUT - JULY 28: Psilocybin mushrooms stand ready for harvest in a humidified "fruiting chamber" in the basement of a private home on July 28, 2023 in Fairfield County, Connecticut. Recent studies have suggested that psilocybin mushrooms, also known as "magic mushrooms" have shown promise in combating anxiety, anorexia, depression, PTSD, obsessive-compulsive disorder and various forms of substance abuse. Scientists say psilocybin may promote neuroplasticity, a rewiring of the brain that gives patients fresh perspectives on longstanding psychiatric problems. Although psilocybin is classified in the U.S. as a Schedule 1 substance, making it illegal by federal law, many municipalities throughout the United States, as well as the state of Colorado have moved to decriminalize it locally. Oregon has legalized the adult use of mushrooms, which currently must be administered within regulated "psilocybin service centers." (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
opinion
Promoting involuntary treatment of drug users is good populist politics, but is it good health care?
André Picard
opinion
B.C. can reduce toxic drug deaths by removing politics from the issue
Kennedy Stewart
opinion
B.C.’s most vexing election question: What can be done about its drug crisis?
Gary Mason
british columbia
The key issues to watch for in B.C.’s provincial election campaign
Leaders from a wide array of industries in British Columbia are urging the province's political parties to "deliver a clear and actionable plan" for revitalizing an economy that has pushed many residents into a "personal recession." The B.C. legislature from the front lawn at Victoria, B.C., on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
opinion
The challenges of involuntary drug treatment
The Editorial Board
opinion
By slamming experts, Pierre Poilievre and his staff are degrading political debate
Stephen Maher
opinion
Finding a balance for all communities in drug policy
The Editorial Board
opinion
Closing supervised consumption sites in Ontario is a fatal mistake
Matthew Larventz
british columbia
B.C. addictions minister allowed to respond to decriminalization court challenge
Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Jennifer Whiteside speaks during a news conference about improving access to mental-health and addiction care for people in the Downtown Eastside in Vancouver, on Friday, May. 31, 2024. British Columbia's Coroners Service says about six people continue to die each day from toxic drug poisoning, though the numbers have dipped compared with 2023.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
newsletter
Morning Update: Ontario’s controversial stand on the overdose crisis
Outreach workers prepare overdose response medical kits, which include the overdose-reversing drug Naloxone in the InSite supervised drug consumption site in the Downtown Eastside neighborhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, November 14, 2023. REUTERS/Jesse Winter NO ARCHIVES. NO RESALES.
opinion
Supervised drug consumption sites may have earned political and public wrath, but they are more helpful than harmful
André Picard
canada
Doug Ford calls supervised consumption sites ‘worst things’ to happen to communities
Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks to reporters in Halifax on July 15, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
canada
Ontario to close 10 supervised consumption sites, ban other locations under new rules
A passer-by stops to look at a makeshift memorial at the place where a mother of two, Karolina Huebner-Makurat was killed by a stray bullet last Friday, in Toronto, Monday, July 10, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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Ontario to unveil new supervised consumption site plan, a year after shooting spurred pause on new locations
Flowers are laid at a makeshift memorial at the place where a mother of two, Karolina Huebner-Makurat was killed by a stray bullet last Friday, in Toronto, Monday, July 10, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
opinion
The Taliban’s opium ban is working. But it could all still fall apart
Ruchi Kumar
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