Reading Time: 3 minutes The good news: an absurd prohibition on pot is about to end. The bad news: the Trudeau government has tied itself in knots
Tag: Addiction
The stone cold truth: marijuana clouds reality
Reading Time: 3 minutes Contrary to decades of marijuana proponent propaganda, it’s not a drug like alcohol or caffeine. It’s very purpose is intoxication
Opioid use crisis shows urgent need for pain treatment options
Reading Time: 4 minutes Our response to the crisis must be broadened to address the aspects of our health-care system that contribute to the increasing demand for opioids
Spark ’em up, but with our eyes wide open
Reading Time: 3 minutes As we move inexorably toward legalizing marijuana, it’s vital for the federal task force to put science ahead of politics
Opioid crisis should be top of federal health agenda
Reading Time: 4 minutes Crisis calls for strong federal leadership, education of clinicians, and non-pharmaceutical pain management alternatives for patients
Facing some unpleasant truths about opioids
Reading Time: 4 minutes Despite the best of intentions, doctors flood homes with opioids purer and stronger than heroin, destroying countless lives in the process
Let’s halt the killer fentanyl tide
Reading Time: 3 minutes Unless Canadians start to pay attention, there could be a wave of fentanyl deaths washing across the country
The cost of government debt addiction in Canada
Reading Time: 3 minutes Interest payments on the debt leave less money to spend on health care, education and social services
Alcohol use in pregnancy part of a complex set of issues
Reading Time: 4 minutes Expecting quick fixes for reducing alcohol use in pregnancy is unrealistic