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Homeless and Addictions Score Poor: Poll
Homelessness, Addictions and (Public) Safety ranked poorly in latest poll of BC residents.
BC residents are clearly critical of current government policies.
12 December 2022
Tag: drug addiction
Podcasts, Op-Eds, News, Speaking
Speaking Engagements
Vancouver’s Controversial Housing Plan
Julian Somers, a research leader in homelessness, mental illness, and addiction tells Vancouver Council their housing project model is broken. -July 25, 2022
5 December 2022
Radio Interviews
BC Housing Audit / The Jas Johal Show
Dr. Julian Somers discusses the inferior performance of BC Housing, currently under audit for alleged lack of record-keeping and financial oversight over billions of taxpayer dollars, on CKNW.
29 November 2022
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Drug Decriminalization: Addiction Cure?
Drug decriminalization is examined in this comprehensive review of global evidence-based studies. Proven solutions for Canada’s addiction crisis explored. 🔎
28 November 2022
Speaking Engagements
Debunking “safe supply” with solutions
International leader on addictions, mental health and homelessness, Dr. Somers debunks safe supply and shares solutions to overdose deaths of despair.
18 November 2022
Radio Interviews
Breaking Free of Addiction
Clinical psychologist and SFU Professor Julian Somers joins Culture at a Crossroads to discuss breaking free of addiction, homelessness, and mental health.
8 July 2021
Newspaper Op-Ed
Recovery-Oriented Housing is Successful
“Rather than expanding effective services, our leaders contemplate vacuous practices like giving homeless people more drugs.”
13 January 2021
Newspaper Interview
Pandemic Underscores Homeless Issues
The pandemic helped grow more tent cities, and government hotel purchases for social housing.
Critics now say problems just moved indoors with little oversight.
18 June 2020