Articles tagged Drug Addiction

Canadian homeless activist tells MPs to consider decriminalizing drug trafficking in tent cities

'Suggestions for government included… decriminalizing drug possession for personal use as well as the sharing or selling of drugs for subsistence to support personal drug use costs,' reads an activist's report provided to MPs.

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Clare Marie Merkowsky

• Oct 27, 2023Oct 27, 2023

Euthanasia advocates push for drug addicts to be approved for assisted suicide in Canada

The Canadian Society of Addiction Medicine called for expansion of the country's medical assistance in dying law.

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Anthony Murdoch

• Oct 26, 2023Oct 27, 2023

Report suggests ‘safe smoking kits’ may contain crack pipes despite fact checks, Biden admin denials

‘Every organization we visited — facilities in Boston, New York City, Washington, D.C., Baltimore, and Richmond, Va. — included crack pipes in the kits.’

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Ashley Sadler

• May 16, 2022May 16, 2022

Trudeau Cabinet minister wants to give ‘safe’ supply of hard drugs to addicts to combat overdoses

'I am focused on getting safer supplies to the people using drugs,' Trudeau's addiction minister said.

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Jack Bingham

• Mar 23, 2022

Deaths by drug overdoses nearly double in Ohio county thanks to coronavirus lockdown

‘Addiction is a disease of despair and there’s a lot more despair lately in terms of unemployment and the isolation,’ said the Franklin County coroner.

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Charles Robertson

• Oct 17, 2020Jun 18, 2021