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[Victoria Watcher]

Brutal.

[Victoria Watcher]

Health Canada has announced new warning labels to be printed directly on cigarettes in an effort to deter new smokers, encourage quitting and reduce tobacco-related deaths, in a world first that experts hope will have a significant impact. 

 

 

There will be multiple sets of six warnings on the cigarettes themselves that will change in rotation with messages like: "Cigarettes cause cancer," "Tobacco smoke harms children" and "Poison in every puff." 

 

Health Canada will also include new health warnings on cigarette packaging, taking up a minimum of 75 per cent of the main display area of the package, and will be able to update the content of the warnings without having to change the regulations. 

 

 

https://www.cbc.ca/n...abels-1.6860301

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 31 May 2023 - 08:04 AM.

[Victoria Watcher]

Compared to:

 

https://nationalpost...-meth-pipe-kits

 

[Nparker]

My brain just cannot fathom the dissonance in the messaging.

[dasmo]

They don't give out free yarn and Etsy shops.... Just saying.... 

Edited by dasmo, 31 May 2023 - 08:11 AM.

[Barrrister]

Time to change both the government AND the bureaucrats that support these programs. Now we are murdering our children in the name of the politically correct along with jobs for the boys.

[Victoria Watcher]

A suspect arrested in connection to a sexual assault investigation in New Westminster has been charged.

 

Police say a 50-year-old man was arrested and charges after an investigation was launched earlier this year “connected to an individual employed by an organization offering substance use recovery services.”

 

Adam Haber was taken into custody on Tuesday — the same day a source confirmed to CityNews that an arrest had been made in connection with the case.

 

Haber is charged with three counts of sexual assault.

 

In January, an anonymous Facebook group was started by people who outlined allegations against a contractor who had connections to the two facilities in New Westminster.

 

Posts in the group suggested predatory behaviour from the individual, who was accused of targeting people who were recovering from drug addiction.

 

Police say 11 alleged victims have come forward, adding they “gained the courage to come forward after sharing their experiences and connecting with one another on social media.” It’s believed there are additional people who have not shared their stories.

 

 

https://vancouver.ci...investigation/?

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 31 May 2023 - 10:51 AM.

[Beacon]

A 14-year-old died in metro Van as a result of ‘safe supply,’ the father says.

- https://nationalpost...in-safer-supply

And what are they teaching the kids? If you want to use drugs, use them with a friend.

 

The Purdue Marketing Machine at work, peer to peer advertising works they say

[Victoria Watcher]

Health leaders reject allegation 'safe supply' adds to drug deaths

 

 

Since 2016, fentanyl has routinely been involved in 80 per cent of deaths due to drug poisoning in B.C. and was present in 86 per cent of deaths attributed to unregulated substances in 2020, she said.

 

It’s estimated that more than 100,000 people in B.C. have an opioid use disorder, which doesn’t include British Columbians who use illicit opioids occasionally, or those who use stimulants such as cocaine or methamphetamines, all of whom are at risk from the toxic drug supply, Lapointe said.

 

Sturko has asked the government to release more data about its drug-supply and addiction-treatment policies to show what does and doesn’t work.

 

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said early evidence shows safe-supply medications reduce the risk of death due to toxic drugs, improve engagement in health care, including addiction treatment, and improve people’s overall physical and mental health.

 

“But we are hearing from clinicians that this prescribing, particularly of hydromorphone, is not meeting many people’s needs and they are hearing concerning stories,” she said — including the drug being sold on the street for profit in order to obtain harder drugs. “So the program needs to be reviewed, given the situation we are in right now.”

 

On the other hand, people who use drugs say access remains a challenge, with fewer than five per cent able to access a safer supply.

 

“There is no doubt new innovation and new innovative measures will need to be adapted as we learn and as we develop our evidence,” said Henry, stressing that treatment and prevention remain important tools to address the crisis.

 

Children and youth representative Jennifer Charlesworth said the injuries and deaths reported to her office are the result of youth accessing the illicit supply, adding they are using drugs “to cope with the trauma that they are dealing with in their life.”

 

In 2022, 34 children under the age of 19 died from toxic drug poisonings.

 

 

https://www.timescol...-deaths-7102133

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 05 June 2023 - 09:32 PM.

[Nparker]

... the injuries and deaths reported to her office are the result of youth accessing the illicit supply, adding they are using drugs “to cope with the trauma that they are dealing with in their life.”

And the now legal illicit supply can't possibly be making the situation any worse.

 

#clownworld - child abuse edition

[Victoria Watcher]

Health leaders reject allegation 'safe supply' adds to drug deaths

 

 

Nothing in that article assures me that this is correct.

 

How many opioid addicts did we estimate we had in 2013?  2003?

 

How many children died from "toxic drug poisonings" in 2020 or 2015?

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 05 June 2023 - 10:01 PM.

[Victoria Watcher]

Same with this article, they say they will use "facts", but it would be great if they gave us some.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LaPointe said Monday's event was not in response to any one person, but rather to focus on saving lives and reducing harm and that officials are "closely monitoring, continually, for any and all trends that may impact public safety.''

 

B.C.'s representative for children and youth, Jennifer Charlesworth, says her office hasn't seen any indication that youth are using drugs "diverted'' from the safe supply program. Charlesworth said Monday she was standing with health officials to say that "polarizing" rhetoric is dangerous.

 

"When public policy is being driven by fear, by polarized opinions, by anecdotes, it actually causes harm," she said.

 

Henry says monitoring has not detected an increase in opioid overdoses involving children, although it may be time to re-evaluate the program to ensure safe supply is meeting people's needs as the province emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

According to the B.C. Coroners Service, more than 12,000 people have died of illicit toxic drugs in the province since a public health emergency was declared in April 2016.

 

Louie said that the supply was far more deadly in 2023 than it was in when the crisis began, and now was the time to do things differently.

 

Seven years ago, fentanyl was detected in more than half of B.C.'s illicit drug deaths. Now, the coroners service says that number has risen to almost 90 per cent.

"This is not the same emergency as it was in 2016," Louie said.

 

On average, six people continue to die daily, and it is the number one cause of death for British Columbians between the ages of 10 and 59. Despite pervading stereotypes, Lapointe said only 14 per cent of deaths last year occurred in Vancouver's poorest postal code.

 

"The Downtown Eastside is not the face of this crisis," said LaPointe.

 

 

 

 

https://www.cbc.ca/n...toric-1.6866198

 

 

 

 

 

Despite pervading stereotypes, Lapointe said only 14 per cent of deaths last year occurred in Vancouver's poorest postal code.

 

"The Downtown Eastside is not the face of this crisis," said LaPointe.

 

 

 

 

 

Twisting of facts right there.

 

 

 

 

The population of the DTES is estimated to be around 7,000 people. Compared to the city, the DTES has a higher proportion of males and adults who live alone. It also has significantly more Indigenous Canadians, disproportionately affected by the neighbourhood's social problems.

 

 

 

https://en.wikipedia...social problems.

 

 

 

The DTES has less than 0.14% of the BC population yet has 14% of deaths.  So that would be about 100x more deaths than elsewhere in the province.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 05 June 2023 - 10:25 PM.

[Barrrister]

I had to sit down when they said that we had 100,000 people who are drug addicts. Thats one in fifty.

[Mike K.]

14% are prescribed opiates in BC.

[Victoria Watcher]

Opiate prescriptions went up 3000% since 2000.

[Nparker]

Meanwhile, the "experts" tell us the solution lies in handing out more opiates. 🤪

[Matt R.]

14% are prescribed opiates in BC.

I had the luxury of a dental implant a couple of years ago, and the process was fairly horrendous but I tend to have an addictive personality so when the dentist prescribed me 20 tramadol I said I’d be ok with the pain and changed it to five in case it was truly unmanageable. It wasn’t, didn’t need the drugs at all, but it sure was easy to get them. Didn’t even have to ask.

[Nparker]

It is more difficult to get a doctor than it is to get opioids in BC. This is probably the only thing slowing the current spread of addiction.

[Victoria Watcher]

[Victoria Watcher]

I had to sit down when they said that we had 100,000 people who are drug addicts. Thats one in fifty.

 

 

 

 

Twice the US rate.  10x the world rate.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.ncbi.nlm...ooks/NBK448203/

 

 

Three million US citizens and 16 million individuals worldwide have had or currently suffer from opioid use disorder (OUD).

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 06 June 2023 - 08:22 PM.