The opioid crisis' symptoms, not causes, dominated the election debate, but public opinion is overwhelmingly in favour of action in some key areas where the parties' agendas overlap
Thank you as always Geoff for shining a bright light on the shenanigans of the Cons. The green party is the only party with the correct perspective on supporting the lives of people who use drugs.
Geoff, I appreciated you mentioning policy-makers preference to focus on the symptoms, rather causes of the unregulated drug crisis, and mentioning some of the contributing “deeper factors in our society” such as “poverty, homelessness, inequality, mental illness, dislocation and chronic pain…”.
One other critical factor that should be mentioned, because it has created the illegal drug market, which is the force producing the toxic, unpredictable drug supply and is the focus of many of your articles, is the federal prohibition of drugs. Until that changes the poisonings, violence, money laundering and other harms of prohibition will continue unabated.
The recently launched constitutional challenge to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (October 15, 2024 | Press Conference | DULF) will bring a focus to this cause of the crisis, and if successful, may trigger fundamental changes to Canada’s drug laws, which are sorely needed.
Thank you as always Geoff for shining a bright light on the shenanigans of the Cons. The green party is the only party with the correct perspective on supporting the lives of people who use drugs.
Thanks, Leslie. It's still a very tight race - I'm nervously awaiting the outcome.
Geoff, I appreciated you mentioning policy-makers preference to focus on the symptoms, rather causes of the unregulated drug crisis, and mentioning some of the contributing “deeper factors in our society” such as “poverty, homelessness, inequality, mental illness, dislocation and chronic pain…”.
One other critical factor that should be mentioned, because it has created the illegal drug market, which is the force producing the toxic, unpredictable drug supply and is the focus of many of your articles, is the federal prohibition of drugs. Until that changes the poisonings, violence, money laundering and other harms of prohibition will continue unabated.
The recently launched constitutional challenge to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (October 15, 2024 | Press Conference | DULF) will bring a focus to this cause of the crisis, and if successful, may trigger fundamental changes to Canada’s drug laws, which are sorely needed.
Thanks, Brian, I hope to return to the DULF case soon. Geoff