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Drug Addiction crisis in "North America"
By: guest98 Date: February 1, 2023, 12:35 pm
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HTML https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/2022-toxic-drug-deaths-bc-1.6731772
[quote]As B.C. marks another 2,272 toxic drug deaths, addictions
doctor tells families: 'I am so sorry'
More than 2,200 people died in British Columbia from toxic drugs
over the course of 2022, making it the second deadliest year on
record.
'This has gone on far too long'
"It's an emergency and it demands an urgent response that's
commensurate with the scale of damage that we're seeing and one
that's reflective of the response that our citizens, our family
members, our friends and our communities deserved from the
beginning."
Decriminalization far from enough on its own, advocates say
The federal minister of mental health and addictions touted the
three-year decriminalization pilot project as "bold actions and
significant policy change" to help "bring an end to [the]
crisis," while advocates lamented it was just another small step
against an emergency that has long demanded major action.
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Is drug addiction a symptom of living in western occupied land
or is this a global problem?
This type of stuff will continue to happen under a capitalistic
system, where man is only viewed as a material producer and
consumer.
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Re: Drug Addiction crisis in "North America"
By: 90sRetroFan Date: February 1, 2023, 8:03 pm
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As long as people are not being deliberately misinformed about
the effects of drugs, individuals should be allowed to make
their own decisions about drug use.
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Re: Drug Addiction crisis in "North America"
By: guest98 Date: February 2, 2023, 12:26 pm
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Ok but doesn't the fact that so many people are willing to take
deadly drugs indicate a larger societal problem?
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