Critics including the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses, addictions workers, organizations like Prairie Harm Reduction in Saskatoon and many others have criticized the changes, saying they set back efforts to stop the transmission of HIV/AIDs and fly in the face of decades of science.
Canada’s overdose crisis has only worsened during the pandemic, with the number of people dying from illicit drugs soaring to new heights in many provinces. According to those who research and work with drug users, the country’s increasingly toxic drug supply is to blame.
The album that catapulted Nirvana to stardom still stands as a symbol of resistance to consumer capitalism, drudgery and alienation, even as it has been co-opted by these very forces.