Additional Resources and Media.
Opioids and the elephant in the room -VINCENT LAM -SPECIAL TO THE GLOBE AND MAIL PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 3, 2023
(Injectable opioid agonist treatment (iOAT) is a safe and effective treatment option for individuals with severe opioid dependence.)
“The molecules that have the most street value are short-acting – such as oxycodone, hydromorphone, heroin and fentanyl. They change a person’s experience of the world in the moment, whether by providing euphoria, or relieving discomfort. The more they are used, the less effective they are, requiring ever higher doses, higher potencies, and entailing greater risks of overdose and death.”
"(iOAT needs to be distinguished from safe injection sites or safe consumption sites, where people bring their own drugs and use them while staff watch over them, ready to resuscitate them with naloxone. Note that as crucial as this rescue medication is, its role is to reverse overdoses. It often puts people into terrible withdrawal – and doesn’t treat opioid-use disorder in a continuing way.)"
Can brains bounce back? Recovering addicts turn to science to map the effects of meth -The Guardian, Fri 5 May 2023
Transit-adjacent hubs for vulnerable Edmontonians could help city's transit woes: criminologist - CTV News April 10, 2023
“It’s been a rough 10 years”: Fabricland store leaving Railyards location- Rdnewsnow- April10,2023
A news article from Vancouver: The Silencing of Drug Addiction Experts who Criticize 'Safe Supply'
Supervised consumption sites receive damning review by government-appointed committee
Vancouver's drug strategy has been a disaster. Be very wary of emulating it
CTV News coverage of Zoning Bylaw Hearing January 23 at City Council
(Injectable opioid agonist treatment (iOAT) is a safe and effective treatment option for individuals with severe opioid dependence.)
“The molecules that have the most street value are short-acting – such as oxycodone, hydromorphone, heroin and fentanyl. They change a person’s experience of the world in the moment, whether by providing euphoria, or relieving discomfort. The more they are used, the less effective they are, requiring ever higher doses, higher potencies, and entailing greater risks of overdose and death.”
"(iOAT needs to be distinguished from safe injection sites or safe consumption sites, where people bring their own drugs and use them while staff watch over them, ready to resuscitate them with naloxone. Note that as crucial as this rescue medication is, its role is to reverse overdoses. It often puts people into terrible withdrawal – and doesn’t treat opioid-use disorder in a continuing way.)"
Can brains bounce back? Recovering addicts turn to science to map the effects of meth -The Guardian, Fri 5 May 2023
Transit-adjacent hubs for vulnerable Edmontonians could help city's transit woes: criminologist - CTV News April 10, 2023
“It’s been a rough 10 years”: Fabricland store leaving Railyards location- Rdnewsnow- April10,2023
A news article from Vancouver: The Silencing of Drug Addiction Experts who Criticize 'Safe Supply'
Supervised consumption sites receive damning review by government-appointed committee
Vancouver's drug strategy has been a disaster. Be very wary of emulating it
CTV News coverage of Zoning Bylaw Hearing January 23 at City Council