Instead of asking why some people get addicted to drugs and alcohol, the question we should be asking is: why doesn’t everyone get addicted? - Jordan Peterson One of the favorite smackdowns we often hear from “the left” directed towards those on “the right” is the accusation of the frivolous use of the phrase
“Also, people who use drugs are awarded their very own official acronym.” What was wrong with “druggies”? Oh, wait. Sorry, my bad. That is too accurate a name so it had to go.
Finally the RCMP are now saying it: “I would guess this is going to get some political attention because we are pointing out what has been deemed safe is not being kept safe."
Just did a quick check of the stats, and Canada lost 7,328 people to opioids in 2022, while tobacco kills nearly 50,000 each year, so not quite on the same scale.
I agree that there appear to be some faults in Canada’s various policies and their implementation, but I don’t see how that constitutes a ‘slippery slope’.
Interestingly, the opioid crisis hasn’t affected Europe or Australia (in contrast to the heroin epidemics we saw in the 1990s, when the drugs were coming from Asia, and affected almost every country, to a comparable degree). Canada has the world's second-highest fentanyl use after the US, while the drug is virtually unheard of elsewhere in the world. Overdose deaths in Canada seem to mirror the US, so it seems your problem lies mostly with your southern neighbor, rather than government interventions.
“Also, people who use drugs are awarded their very own official acronym.” What was wrong with “druggies”? Oh, wait. Sorry, my bad. That is too accurate a name so it had to go.
Beam me up Scotty.
Finally the RCMP are now saying it: “I would guess this is going to get some political attention because we are pointing out what has been deemed safe is not being kept safe."
https://nationalpost.com/news/opiate-from-bcs-safe-supply-drugs-being-sold-by-organized-crime-across-canada-rcmp
Just did a quick check of the stats, and Canada lost 7,328 people to opioids in 2022, while tobacco kills nearly 50,000 each year, so not quite on the same scale.
I agree that there appear to be some faults in Canada’s various policies and their implementation, but I don’t see how that constitutes a ‘slippery slope’.
Interestingly, the opioid crisis hasn’t affected Europe or Australia (in contrast to the heroin epidemics we saw in the 1990s, when the drugs were coming from Asia, and affected almost every country, to a comparable degree). Canada has the world's second-highest fentanyl use after the US, while the drug is virtually unheard of elsewhere in the world. Overdose deaths in Canada seem to mirror the US, so it seems your problem lies mostly with your southern neighbor, rather than government interventions.