War on drugs failed? War on Drugs! We haven’t had a war on drugs since the introduction of Harm Minimisation policies and the subsequent ‘hijacking’ of that policy platform by the one dimensional drug use promoting Harm Reduction strategy. Let’s do a quick juxtapose; Poverty, child exploitation, crime, assault, murder, rape – these things continue to be a plague in our even ‘advanced’ western cultures and often don’t diminish and

In two recent editorials, the Globe called the war on drugs a dreadful failure and Insite an inspiring success. Legalization is the current theme. DPNC Vice-President Gwen Landolt sent them this reply: In its ongoing campaign to decriminalize marijuana, The Globe and Mail relies on the bizarre argument that decriminalization will reduce the drug cartel’s power and wealth (editorial -April 27, 2012). This ignores the fact that this cannot ease

Item number nine in the letter to members of the Cat Lake reserve from the children in Grade Six is as blunt as it is painful. “It hurts us and shoomis and kokum (grandpa and grandma) when you’re doing drugs and you’re not at home.” Cat Lake is the epicentre of prescription drug addiction in Canada. Community leaders figure that between 70 and 80 per cent of the adults are