Health Canada says it has legalized heroin as a treatment option for people with “severe opioid use disorder.”
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“Hunter’s Law” – GOP Reps Introduce New Bill Barring US Gov’t From Giving Out Free Crack Pipes
Following last week’s revelation by the Washington Free Beacon that the Biden Administration had provided free crack pipes and “safe smoking kits” to drug addicts in San Francisco and elsewhere, it appears two Republican lawmakers have proposed a new bill dubbed “Hunter’s Act”, which aims to prevent the Biden administration from spending taxpayer dollars on crack pipes and other drug paraphernalia.
Biden admin to send crack pipes to drug addicts to advance ‘racial equity’
The baffling measure is included in the Department of Health and Human Services’ fiscal year 2022 Harm Reduction Program Grant program. In the document, the crack pipe plan is described as the dispersion of federal government funds for the slightly more anodyne “smoking kits/supplies.”
Hunter is in charge of quality control.
China Moves Crime Money to Fuel Fentanyl Crisis in the West, Investigative Reporter Says
Beijing is fueling the fentanyl crisis in Canada and the United States through a sophisticated web involving drug cartels, loan sharks, and foreign casinos, said investigative journalist and author Sam Cooper.
Trudeau open to discussing decriminalization of hard drugs
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is looking at the issue of decriminalizing hard drugs with the provinces and is open to further action, a departure from his previous resistance to the idea.
Is the ‘War on Drugs’ over? Canada is seeing a ‘shift’ in its approach to drugs, experts say
The federal government introduced legislation Tuesday to repeal mandatory minimum penalties for drug offences, and Health Canada decided last year to allow some palliative patients to use psilocybin — the chemical compound in magic mushrooms — to relieve end-of-life suffering. Toronto and Vancouver have also called for the decriminalization of the possession of small amounts of drugs.
‘It’s a different beast’: US fentanyl deaths will rise, warns Narcan developer
Deaths from fentanyl will continue to rise and overdoses may be increasingly difficult to battle in the US, said Roger Crystal, who helped develop Narcan nasal spray, an easy-to-use medication that reverses overdoses.
The overdose crisis that killed more than 100,000 Americans in one year is “all about fentanyl”, Crystal said – and it’s only going to get worse.
Those who are overdosing from fentanyl have a shorter window of time to be saved and may need additional doses of the medication.
Drug buyers’ club receives Vancouver’s approval to secure a drug supply
Vancouver City Council voted on Thursday to support a program that would provide drugs to people at risk of overdosing.
Vancouver backs push for ‘compassion clubs’ selling safer heroin, cocaine, meth
Vancouver city council voted Thursday to back a push for “compassion clubs” to supply safer drugs to drug users in the city.
The motion, which passed with unanimous support, will see the city endorse an application by the Drug User Liberation Front and Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users for a federal exemption of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.
Merck’s New Drug – A Wonder Or Incipient Slaughter?
Molnupiravir, a drug Merck thinks “may be the answer to Covid-19”, is now all the rage. The company will be asking for authorization to use it, presumably in an EUA since there are “no other treatments for ambulatory (non-hospital) persons.”
That’s bull****, of course, but bull**** is the norm; just ignore the elephants in the room — all of them — for which we have a crap-ton of safety data spanning decades.
This is a “new molecule.” I looked at it. Those who are calling it Merckmectin or Phizermectin (that is, an “on-patent” reformulation of an extremely safe and widely-distributed drug) are making a serious error, and that error may kill you.
San Francisco is ‘drowning in fentanyl.’ Where is the drug coming from?
San Francisco is in the grips of an unprecedented drug epidemic as fentanyl floods the street-drug marketplace, intensifying the peril of addiction and leading to a staggering number of overdose deaths.
California-Grown Cannabis To Be Judged At Next State Fair
California’s state fair has struggled with two years of COVID cancellations. But planning is already underway for next year’s event.
And among the livestock and food competitions, there will be a new award handed out for top pot. We’re getting answers on just how the cannabis competition will be judged.
Major US Cities Becoming Fentanyl-Infested Cesspools As Millions Plunge Into Hopelessness & Despair
If you live near a major U.S. city, you don’t have to go to a movie theater to see a horror show. Instead, just find out where fentanyl-laced heroin is being sold and go hang out with the drug addicts for a few hours. If you survive the encounter, it will be an experience that you will never forget. In city after city, hopelessly addicted men and women wander the streets of our core urban areas like zombies. Unfortunately, many of them won’t last very long because it is exceptionally easy to die from a fentanyl overdose. As you will see below, drug overdose deaths in the U.S. were up 30 percent last year, and fentanyl was the main reason.
And where does the fentanyl come from?