Abstinence-based treatment is ineffective. We need to invest heavily in harm reduction strategies “I wasn’t born to be a drug addict,” said a brave member of the audience at our recent open caucus meeting in the Senate on the Opioid Crisis in Canada.He told us of his struggle with drug addiction over two decades. His closing [...]
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A National Housing Strategy Will Save Canadian Lives
on September 30th, 2016
Not having a home can be lethal – homelessness causes premature death, poor health and is a significant burden on our health-care system Beyond a crisis of housing and poverty, homelessness is a public health emergency. The longer people are homeless, the worse their health becomes. In emergency rooms and frontline clinics, patients are triaged [...]
