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Have harm reduction advocates learned from their recent defeats?
Nearly ten years after BC's opioid emergency declaration, prospects for an effective response have never seemed bleaker. A US expert argues that feuding…
Jun 9
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Geoff Meggs
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Have harm reduction advocates learned from their recent defeats?
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With harm reduction in retreat, should enforcement focus on top drug suppliers?
An American drug policy expert with BC experience proposes new enforcement strategies in the battle against the massive supply of synthetic opioids
Jun 2
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Geoff Meggs
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With harm reduction in retreat, should enforcement focus on top drug suppliers?
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How Trump's new 'war on drugs' could make everything much worse
Repression of the drug trade always fails, in part because so many profit from it in the legal economy, but increased violence in Mexico has already had…
May 26
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How Trump's new 'war on drugs' could make everything much worse
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Eby's reversal on decriminalization signals a new stage in BC's toxic drug crisis
May 6, 2024
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Geoff Meggs
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Eby's reversal on decriminalization signals a new stage in BC's toxic drug crisis
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John Horgan believed most British Columbians are New Democrats, they just don't know it yet
Nov 17, 2024
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John Horgan believed most British Columbians are New Democrats, they just don't know it yet
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British Columbia's polarity shift: an election that changed the face of provincial politics
Dec 30, 2024
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Geoff Meggs
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British Columbia's polarity shift: an election that changed the face of provincial politics
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Rat Park, the BC "morphine on demand" experiment that upended addiction theory
Apr 8, 2024
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Rat Park, the BC "morphine on demand" experiment that upended addiction theory
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Despite a deadlocked election, the logjam on policing the overdose crisis is over
Oct 23, 2024
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Geoff Meggs
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Despite a deadlocked election, the logjam on policing the overdose crisis is over
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Trafficking charges against Drug Users Liberation Front founders lay bare contradictions in drug policy
Jul 15, 2024
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Geoff Meggs
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Trafficking charges against Drug Users Liberation Front founders lay bare contradictions in drug policy
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Americans demand Canada crack down on "narco-terrorist" drug networks to match sweeping enforcement in Mexico and US
The single arrest in RCMP's Falkland superlab bust last October underlines flaws in Canada's judicial rules that hobble enforcement, but Mark Carney's…
May 19
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Americans demand Canada crack down on "narco-terrorist" drug networks to match sweeping enforcement in Mexico and US
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'A constellation of voids:' how Sam Wiebe's fiction lays bare the reality of BC's organized crime
The acclaimed series of novels chronicling the adventures of private investigator Dave Wakeland is 'entertainment first and foremost,' says Wiebe, but…
May 12
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'A constellation of voids:' how Sam Wiebe's fiction lays bare the reality of BC's organized crime
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A fentanyl lab in every town? RCMP announce three sophisticated labs taken down in a single operation
High end chemistry equipment from China leads Mountie investigators to three labs, each capable of producing 11 kilos of fentanyl in a three-day…
Apr 28
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A fentanyl lab in every town? RCMP announce three sophisticated labs taken down in a single operation
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How Rat Park, the BC "morphine on demand" experiment that upended addiction theory, shows a path out of the overdose crisis
As an Easter Weekend bonus. I'm reprinting one of Lotusland's most-read posts in 2024 about Bruce Alexander's path-breaking study on the roots of…
Apr 21
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How Rat Park, the BC "morphine on demand" experiment that upended addiction theory, shows a path out of the overdose crisis
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The mother of all "drug dens:" Vancouver OPS, the life-saving overdose prevention site Pierre Poilievre vows to shut down
Since Sarah Blyth started Vancouver OPS in 2016, overdose prevention sites have been set up in nine provinces. All are at risk if Pierre Poilievre's…
Apr 14
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The mother of all "drug dens:" Vancouver OPS, the life-saving overdose prevention site Pierre Poilievre vows to shut down
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Mexican cartels now charge money for shade or to allow a child to go to school
Donald Trump seeks a US-driven, continental anti-narco strategy as Mexican authorities struggle to prevail against cartels and cartel presence starts to…
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Mexican cartels now charge money for shade or to allow a child to go to school
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A powerful new adulterant contaminates fentanyl in the United States, but not Canada. Why?
The simultaneous arrival of a toxic chemical in the drug supply of nine states raises new questions about who controls the fentanyl supply chain
Mar 31
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Geoff Meggs
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A powerful new adulterant contaminates fentanyl in the United States, but not Canada. Why?
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Overdose death rates are declining, even as life-saving harm reduction measures are rolled back. No one knows why.
BC shuts down a key harm reduction program after a leaked document outlines how much "prescribed safer supply" -- a small share compared to organized…
Mar 24
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Overdose death rates are declining, even as life-saving harm reduction measures are rolled back. No one knows why.
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The Prime Minister and the loan shark
Did Justin Trudeau ever meet self-described "loan shark" Paul King Jin? Probably. If, in the unlikely event they discussed money-laundering, they might…
Mar 17
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The Prime Minister and the loan shark
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