The toll is inexcusable given the deaths are preventable, Ward said, adding government drug policy is killing people rather than the drugs themselves. “These deaths are the consequence of prohibition, which is the foundation of Canada’s drug policy,” Ward said. It’s hard to stay motivated and continue to push for a more compassionate drug policy, said McBain, who lost her only child, Jordan Miller, to a drug overdose in 2014. “Here we have the worst year so far in the province for drug harms and drug deaths, so I feel a little demoralized,” McBain told Canada’s National Observer. No community is exempt from the perils of the poisoned drug supply, Lapointe stressed.

Source: thestar September 01, 2021 02:37 UTC