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Related: About this forumMore Canadians on track to dying from drug and opioid overdoses than car accidents.
That is where we are at. CTV
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More Canadians on track to dying from drug and opioid overdoses than car accidents. (Original Post)
applegrove
Dec 2017
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democratisphere
(17,235 posts)1. McKesson is a pusher corporation.
Creating addicts for for their almighty dollar.
Saviolo
(3,321 posts)2. Alison Tierney of VICE is doing great work on this issue
Bringing lots of light to the subject (even though it seems to be costing her a bit in stress and rage).
Some of her work:
https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/pa3qqm/young-indigenous-people-who-use-drugs-are-dying-at-appalling-rates
https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/qv3wvp/jagmeet-singh-says-drug-addiction-isnt-a-criminal-problemits-a-social-one
https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/zm3348/dont-judge-people-addicted-to-opioids-canadas-health-minister-says
https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/mb99qb/students-in-ontario-are-using-drugs-lessexcept-fentanyl
applegrove
(123,448 posts)3. Thanks. There certainly are some everyday heroes fighting for lives.
Saviolo
(3,321 posts)4. You can follow her on Twitter, too: