Reversing Fortunes in Tobacco Harm Reduction
There are credible rumblings that the federal government will be revisiting the regulation of nicotine vaping in Canada.
The COVID-19 crisis exposes the weak points in the status quo
It would be enough to deal with the pandemic that has swept our globe but we are simultaneously treated to a peak behind the curtain and how our system works.
Shelter
When you learn something early enough you don’t spend a lot of time analyzing it. I didn’t know that any home was different than my own, that any parents were different than mine.
The Great Gaslighting
If the anti-vaping campaign is triumphant it will undoubtedly force people back to smoking and keep others from making the switch. It will cost lives.
The Rise of Vaping and the War Against It
With a switch rate almost double that of other nicotine replacement therapies (NRTs), vaping is unquestionably a game changer.
Our Attitude Towards Drugs and Drug Users Needs Rethinking
We are spending considerable sums of money both on fighting the so-called war on drugs and on incarceration. We have not dampened demand or production of “bad” drugs in the least. We are enriching criminal organizations and we are putting people at greater risk than need be simply for their choice of using one drug over another.
Welcome to Controversial by Default
In a world that seems increasingly polarized, divided into camps on the left and the right, it makes some sense to pick a camp- a home base, a group to identify with, a secure base to retreat to when the rock throwing begins. I can understand the appeal, to some extent.