Radio Interviews
Drug Decriminalization Changes Nothing
Drug decriminalization changes nothing. Taxpayers will fund more addictive drugs from pharmaceutical companies, sold by users, adding to harm. Need treatment.
31 January 2023
Tag: safe injection site
Podcasts, Op-Eds, News, Speaking
Radio Interviews
Drug Decriminalization Debate
Drug decriminalization debate with Dr. Julian Somers, addiction research leader and Guy Felicella featured on radio. Fact: No one being jailed for possession.
31 January 2023
Relevant Articles
“Safe supply” being sold to minors
Critics are raising concerns that opioid drugs from Vancouver’s narcotic vending machines could be ending up in the hands of youth.
The MySafe company gets a 3.5 million contract from federal government.
29 January 2023
Podcast
Drug possession convictions only 3.8 per cent.
An SFU study found drug possession convictions were only 3.8 percent, so how will “decriminalizing” drugs get people well? Dr. Julian Somers says more actual treatment based on what works well in places like Portugal are needed, not more experiments.
29 January 2023
Newspaper Interview
Decriminalize Drugs-Pharmaceutical Wins
The real winners in BC’s drug decriminalization experiment are pharmaceutical companies who created the opioid addiction problem.
28 January 2023
Relevant Articles
Drug Decriminalization, No Improvement
Drug decriminalization and $33M spent, no treatment improvement.
Oregon has second-highest rate of substance abuse in US, ranked dead last for treatment access.
27 January 2023
Relevant Articles
War on drug addiction – Globe & Mail
Drug addiction: The metrics that matter are fewer overdoses, hospitalizations and deaths. Decriminalization will fail without creating more treatment spaces.
27 January 2023
My Blog
BC Government Attempts Cover Up of Addiction Database Fiasco
The BC Government ordered Simon Fraser University to destroy an internationally unique research database. Addiction, crime, and homelessness in BC were studied.
20 January 2023
TV interview
BC is alone in drug decriminalization
We should not be the only location offering drug decriminalization and using taxpayer funds to give illicit drugs to more and more people.
16 January 2023
Radio Interviews
Safe supply advocates are investors too
“Safe supply” advocates often invested in the companies or drug distributors that directly benefit from publicly funded harmful drugs revealed on CKNW.
16 January 2023
My Blog
Billions spent. Is homelessness reduced?
Activists groups and those invested in drug companies drive billions of our tax dollars into dysfunctional homeless and addiction programs with poor oversight.
13 January 2023
TV interview
“Safe supply” is just a marketing term
“Safe supply” of publicly funded harmful drugs is just marketing with no evidence of success.
Portugal has: recovery, job skills, 0 consumption sites.
12 January 2023