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BONKERSLY the next bit is about “alleged drug boats” and NO CONNECTION IS SUGGESTED vis-a-vis DRUG POLICY and state violence
JP: Yeah. Super interesting. You know, Michelle, before we go, in the world of drug policy research and harm reduction, the consensus is pretty unanimous that the way to stop overdose deaths is to provide people with safe, regulated supply of drugs. You've gone through this all today. There's a huge body of research supporting that. But in terms of public opinion, this is still a really controversial idea. A poll from Abacus Data back in September 2024 found that only 46% of Canadians believe that the solution to the overdose crisis is a harm reduction approach. The other 54% preferred an approach focused on increased law enforcement and stricter drug trafficking penalties. So why is it that you think that there's such a disconnect between what the experts and the evidence say works and what Canadians actually want? I know this is a complicated question, but I'd love to get your thoughts on it.
December 10, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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TRY HARDER NOT TO DIE
MICHELLE GAMAGE: So in Canada, drug laws, which are laid out in the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, they're quite tough, but then they're allowed to be quite tough because it has this ability to grant exemptions to the law. And so therefore the government says, we'll hear cases as they come up and we can grant exemptions if it's needed. So if the Crown can argue that DULF wasn't necessarily like earnestly trying to get an exemption, then DULF doesn't necessarily get to argue that the law violated Charter rights. JP: Right. MICHELLE GAMAGE: So DULF is saying an exemption wasn't really possible, and the Crown is saying that exemption was, and you just didn't try hard enough.
December 10, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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“PHYSICIANS RIGHTS“ ARE NOT A THING
Screenshot: B.C. expands Physicians Rights in involuntary care for youth
December 8, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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“This is a very special day for B.C.’s children and families and also for me, as a psychiatrist but mostly as a father,” is how Dr Vigo begins, WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY BONKERS
December 8, 2025 at 9:38 PM