Dr. Alexander Caudarella explains what Ontario needs to do in order to slow rising opioid-related deaths in teenagers.
Dateline goes to Vancouver, the city at the forefront of Canada’s fentanyl crisis, and meets the doctors and dealers giving hard drugs to users to combat opioid overdoses.
Governments across Canada have embraced a “harm reduction” and “safe supply” agenda in response to the drug crisis, which has killed more than 30,000 people since 2016.
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Dr. Julian Somers, a clinical psychologist and expert on addiction, addressed the crowd at the Free Speech in Medicine conference in Baddeck, Nova Scotia, where he addressed the limitations of safe supply programs in reducing addiction-related issues.
Was "Safe Supply" promoted by BC leaders who own pharmaceutical companies? What's referred to as "Safe Supply" has powerful roots in B.C. and in particular among a group of researchers and health leaders and other advocates who worked together very closely in the HIV AIDS crisis. Their work brought them into contact with drug users, and that really opened the door for some of them to turn attention to problems of addiction and problems of substance use. Unfortunately, the approach that they've taken overlaps with some of their own financial entanglements.
Immediately addressing the crisis of street homelessness, crime, addiction and other forms of mental illness is doable and has been shown to be doable in B.C. and in other places. But unfortunately, the programs that successfully achieve those changes are starved for resources in favor of other things.
Join Dr. Julian Somers on a captivating journey through the intricate tapestry of British Columbia's opioid crisis. In this eye-opening video, we delve into the historical context, the underlying science, and the critical decisions that have brought us to the present state of this crisis.
As the U.S. has turned away from “the war on drugs,” many cities have sought more “humane” approaches to dealing with addiction. They’re not working.
On this episode of the Phil in the Blanks podcast, Dr. Phil’s guest, Michael Shellenberger, discusses the ways in which he claims harm reduction policies emphasize personal liberties but ignore personal responsibility. “Harm reduction” is a theory that argues deaths from overdoses can be greatly reduced with the implementation of strategies that allow people with drug dependency access to drugs in a safe way. Michael Shellenberger, author of “San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities,” says, ”There is no safe use of these drugs.”