It is distressing that the toxic drug poisoning deaths of more than 22,000 Canadians were not a bigger issue in the recent federal election, especially when government policy is a driving factor behind those preventable deaths. The newly created federal Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions must take steps toward securing the life, liberty and security of people who use drugs and ending the overdose crisis. The action needed from this new ministry is clear. Read More
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Touesnard, Sutherland and Richardson: Canada's new minister of mental health and addictions can end the overdose crisis. Here's how
Published in addictions, cannabis, cannabis legalization, Carolyn Bennett, Columnists, drug legalization, drug overdoses, illegal drugs, mental health, Opinion and Overdoses
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