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Daphne Bramham: Time for radical change as overdose deaths soar

Daphne Bramham: Time for radical change as overdose deaths soar
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How drug user anti-stigma campaign mostly misses the point

Article content The campaign against stigmatizing drug users seems to make sense, at least on the surface. Its easy appeal helps explains why it’s become the go-to mantra today for so many public-health officials and politicians. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Douglas Todd: How drug user anti-stigma campaign mostly misses the point Back to video But is the public battle against stigmatizing those who use drugs and, relatedly, those who struggle with mental health, that simple? Or effective? Could the campaign distract us from the real solutions to curbing the outrageously high number of opioid deaths in Canada? In B.C. alone, five years after a public health emergency was declared, five people each day, the vast majority male, continue to die from overdosing.

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Bramham: Mandatory treatment high on Canadians list for opioid users

Article content As the fentanyl-fuelled overdose crisis continues its inexorable and deadly spread eastward from its epicentre in the West, Canadians overwhelmingly want compulsory treatment for people suffering from opioid addictions. In a survey being released today by the Angus Reid Institute, 71 per cent believe the problem is getting worse even though most say they are much less concerned about it than the COVID-19 pandemic. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Daphne Bramham: Compulsory addiction treatment high on Canadians priority list Back to video Most headlines (including the one on the institute’s news release) will likely focus on decriminalization and supervised injection sites, which were supported by two-thirds of the 5,003 respondents. Some might highlight the 45 per cent who want tougher criminal penalties for users.

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As Canada s overdose deaths soar, the safe-supply debate enters a new and urgent phase

As Canada s overdose deaths soar, the safe-supply debate enters a new and urgent phase
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