Within that surge were people who would commit crime, get caught, then — untreated — be spat out of the revolving door to do it again.
https://vibrantvicto...-90#entry624131
Edited by Victoria Watcher, 14 November 2021 - 04:34 AM.
Posted 14 November 2021 - 04:33 AM
Edited by Victoria Watcher, 14 November 2021 - 04:34 AM.
Posted 16 November 2021 - 03:49 AM
Province's mental health crisis is getting worse
Senior police officers talk to B.C. legislature committee
By: Les Leyne, Times Colonist
There’s a disturbed individual living in the West Shore area who comes to the attention of the members of the RCMP detachment routinely.
Routinely, as in almost every single day.
Chris Boucher, the acting staff sergeant in charge, referred to the case recently. Just by the numbers, it’s a vivid representation of what police everywhere are facing, and handling with very limited success.
Boucher was talking to a legislature committee last week that is conducting an inquiry into the Police Act. One of the areas of interest is the role of police in dealing with mental health, addictions and harm reduction.
It’s obvious to everyone now that people with problems in that sphere are taking up more police time. Boucher’s account brings home how much more.
More: https://www.timescol...g-worse-4761599
Posted 16 November 2021 - 04:22 AM
Posted 22 November 2021 - 07:29 AM
"As a Doctor, I was taught 'first do no harm'. That's why I have concerns with the so-called 'Safe Supply' of drugs."
https://www.theglobe...have-a-problem/
Finally some media coverage of the damage done by providing everyone on the streets with drugs supplied by the so-called experts. Our drug crisis will never end until enough people say Enough!
Posted 22 November 2021 - 10:00 AM
First of all, I should, in fairness, point out that I have a step son who is tragically a long term meth and drug addict. Having said that, I am sadly far to familiar with the problem,
Frankly, whenever this topic comes up I find myself feeling like I am talking to either the anti-vax people or a bunch of Trump morons from Texas, I am not referring to the general populace (who are also uninformed) but with the army of people who are "helping the homeless". and setting up insane policies like housing first and a safe drug supply. (yes there are a few homeless that are not drug addicts but they are few and far between; lets not divert from the vast majority who are drug addicts).
The reason I say that it is like talking with Trump or anti-vaxers is the vast majority of people involved with solving the problem either dont bother to look at the science or intentionally choice to ignore it while coming out with idiot ideas from some sociology class or that they picked up god knows where.
The science behind dug addiction is both tragically clear and highly inconvenient for politicians and the army of people involved in the "homeless" industry. The simple and absolutely clear scientific fact is that long term drug addicts have serious brain damage. I mean that in the most literal sense that the brain has serious physical damage . This is not a matter of some theory or social construct, there is clear and visible damage to the brains of drug addicts in critical parts of the brain that is uniformly visible on the various scanning devices. Unless you are going to claim some sort of conspiracy with every major medical center such as U, U. of T., the Mayo, Harvard, Yale and Berkley as well as all the major European centers this is established basic science,
I am not going into a science coarse here but the primary areas that are damaged is the dopamine center along with the frontal lobe areas that control judgment. The good news is that with total absence of drugs the brain might either fully or partially recover. The bad news is that we are talking years for a partial recovery and truthfully in some cases parts of the brain might never recover. Make no mistake that these poor souls are in horrible pain and distress,
Tragically the only course available to us, the only human thing to do regardless of the expense is to institutionalize those who are seriously drug addicted. The brains of these poor people will take years to repair themselves and in some cases never. That is the scientific reality of what we are dealing with.
The science also explains why our short term treatment centers are such abject failures. It also explains the total failure of policies such as housing first and counseling which we have been doing at enormous expense. We, as a society have a duty to protect and care for these damaged souls and sadly the science clearly indicates a need for involuntary institutionalization.
I am happy to discuss this but I would ask that people spend an hour or two researching the actual science on the nature of drug addiction and brain damage. Look for reputable science research and ignore all the promotional material for the rehab industry in the US.
Look into your heart and ask yourselves if it was your son or daughter or brother or sister would you want them to be abandoned on Pandora?
Posted 22 November 2021 - 10:16 AM
Look into your heart and ask yourselves if it was your son or daughter or brother or sister would you want them to be abandoned on Pandora?
The current approach is one of the least humane possible, yet the Together Victoria crowd somehow see themselves as the saviors.
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Posted 22 November 2021 - 10:58 AM
Absolutely, I have raised this several times and it never seems to get any traction or interest.First of all, I should, in fairness, point out that I have a step son who is tragically a long term meth and drug addict. Having said that, I am sadly far to familiar with the problem,
Frankly, whenever this topic comes up I find myself feeling like I am talking to either the anti-vax people or a bunch of Trump morons from Texas, I am not referring to the general populace (who are also uninformed) but with the army of people who are "helping the homeless". and setting up insane policies like housing first and a safe drug supply. (yes there are a few homeless that are not drug addicts but they are few and far between; lets not divert from the vast majority who are drug addicts).
The reason I say that it is like talking with Trump or anti-vaxers is the vast majority of people involved with solving the problem either dont bother to look at the science or intentionally choice to ignore it while coming out with idiot ideas from some sociology class or that they picked up god knows where.
The science behind dug addiction is both tragically clear and highly inconvenient for politicians and the army of people involved in the "homeless" industry. The simple and absolutely clear scientific fact is that long term drug addicts have serious brain damage. I mean that in the most literal sense that the brain has serious physical damage . This is not a matter of some theory or social construct, there is clear and visible damage to the brains of drug addicts in critical parts of the brain that is uniformly visible on the various scanning devices. Unless you are going to claim some sort of conspiracy with every major medical center such as U, U. of T., the Mayo, Harvard, Yale and Berkley as well as all the major European centers this is established basic science,
I am not going into a science coarse here but the primary areas that are damaged is the dopamine center along with the frontal lobe areas that control judgment. The good news is that with total absence of drugs the brain might either fully or partially recover. The bad news is that we are talking years for a partial recovery and truthfully in some cases parts of the brain might never recover. Make no mistake that these poor souls are in horrible pain and distress,
Tragically the only course available to us, the only human thing to do regardless of the expense is to institutionalize those who are seriously drug addicted. The brains of these poor people will take years to repair themselves and in some cases never. That is the scientific reality of what we are dealing with.
The science also explains why our short term treatment centers are such abject failures. It also explains the total failure of policies such as housing first and counseling which we have been doing at enormous expense. We, as a society have a duty to protect and care for these damaged souls and sadly the science clearly indicates a need for involuntary institutionalization.
I am happy to discuss this but I would ask that people spend an hour or two researching the actual science on the nature of drug addiction and brain damage. Look for reputable science research and ignore all the promotional material for the rehab industry in the US.
Look into your heart and ask yourselves if it was your son or daughter or brother or sister would you want them to be abandoned on Pandora?
Posted 04 December 2021 - 12:40 PM
Edited by Victoria Watcher, 04 December 2021 - 12:40 PM.
Posted 05 December 2021 - 12:37 AM
Let's hope they have better results than we have seen locally.
Posted 05 December 2021 - 07:54 AM
Edited by A Girl is No one, 05 December 2021 - 07:56 AM.
Posted 05 December 2021 - 08:06 AM
Edited by Victoria Watcher, 05 December 2021 - 08:07 AM.
Posted 05 December 2021 - 08:54 AM
Know it all.
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Posted 05 December 2021 - 09:12 AM
Bad policy also doesn't require results or benefits, so it's easy to perpetuate ad infinitum.
Posted 07 December 2021 - 09:15 AM
A Vancouver Island judge says courts need to reconsider sentencing ranges that make it almost a certainty addicts caught dealing fentanyl to support a drug habit are sent to jail.
In a ruling likely to send shockwaves through B.C.'s justice system, Campbell River Provincial Court Judge Barbara Flewelling last week broke with years of precedent set by the province's top court — suspending a sentence for a woman facing up to three years in jail for trafficking in fentanyl and placing her on probation instead.
Sarah Runyon, the defence lawyer who won the case, said the ruling has the potential to be groundbreaking.
"It's really just forcing the court to step back and say, 'Wait a minute, are we really just playing whack-a-mole here?' Taking one marginalized street person, throw them into custody [then] somebody else pops up, and what problem are we really solving?" Runyon told the CBC.
"It's important because it's re-evaluating our approach to punishing people who use drugs and sell drugs to survive."
https://www.cbc.ca/n...ncing-1.6275724
Posted 10 December 2021 - 06:42 AM
Edited by Victoria Watcher, 10 December 2021 - 06:43 AM.
Posted 10 December 2021 - 07:58 AM
Know it all.
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Posted 10 December 2021 - 08:15 AM
And anyone who believes offering addicts "clean" government supplied drugs is going to make a difference is either delusional or willfully ignorant of how addiction works.
Posted 10 December 2021 - 08:18 AM
Posted 10 December 2021 - 08:42 AM
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