Category: Drug Policy
Ian Mulgrew: Drug addiction is a problem that could be fixed
This province has an addiction problem that requires an intervention. Not only have over-prescription and illicit drug use pushed up the addicted population enormously in the last decade, mental health and treatment services have not kept pace.
Ian Mulgrew: Methadone patients sue B.C. government
Methadone patients on welfare have launched a class-action lawsuit against the B.C. government for charging them fees for their medicine nobody else pays. Although the litigation has several legal steps to clear before proceeding in B.C. Supreme Court, it draws attention to the province’s burgeoning…