Reading Time: 3 minutes Limiting access to alcohol led to chaos during the Prohibition. Will constraining opioids do the same?
Tag: Addiction
Lack of vaping product marketing regulations endangers kids
Reading Time: 3 minutes Vaping comes with serious health risks, just like other tobacco products, but the Ontario government doesn’t seem to care
Opioids are killing Canadians in the thousands
Reading Time: 4 minutes Abstinence-based treatment is ineffective. We need to invest heavily in harm reduction strategies
Cannabis legalization missteps leave little faith for solving opioid crisis
Reading Time: 3 minutes The delays, mistakes and outright incompetence related to cannabis legalization suggest we won’t be able to manage opioid use
Not all cannabis candies are created equal
Reading Time: 3 minutes Health Canada offers a framework for the sale of edible cannabis products before the October 2019 launch. Will we be ready?
This Christmas, resolve to go device-free one day a week
Reading Time: 3 minutes Starting this Christmas, have the guts to turn off the phone for a few days – okay, start with one day – and contemplate what you have to celebrate
Hearing the stories of survivors of abuse with compassion
Reading Time: 3 minutes If we can be ‘enlightened witnesses’ and listen without judgment, we can help the healing process
Heal our own pain and the pain of others, and heal the world
Reading Time: 3 minutes Our efforts to stop crime and violence through aggression and punishment have never worked. Compassion works
Truth and Reconciliation proposals on child welfare destined to fail
Reading Time: 3 minutes Government is called upon for yet more legislation and more money when the real problem is poor parenting
A sure bet on pro sports gambling?
Reading Time: 4 minutes The NHL is ready to enter the betting ring. It’s a sign of liberalizing laws and the search for ever more revenue