The War Over Safe Drug Supply in Vancouver
Two activists gave away untainted heroin, cocaine and meth . They say they saved lives. The federal government says they’re drug traffickers.
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I am dying of cancer. Black-market psilocybin gave me a new lease on life.
Mushrooms worked magic on my mental health after a terminal diagnosis. More Canadians should have access to them.
What is xylazine, the dangerous new drug fuelling Canada’s opioid crisis?
Kali Sedgemore, a harm-reduction worker in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, has seen its impact firsthand
The Big Idea: Stockpile Canada’s Drugs
The pandemic—and one very bad winter—have exposed long-standing gaps in Canada’s pharma supply. We can’t get caught off-guard again
Hard drugs to be decriminalized in British Columbia
Politics Insider for June 1: COVID-19 border restrictions to remain in place for another month; mandatory vaccine requirements drop off at Canada’s banks; criticism rains on Francois Legault
How science is bringing psychedelic mushrooms out of the shadows
After a long exile from academia, researchers are now looking to psychedelics as promising solutions for addiction, depression, and PTSD
Marijuana addiction is real, and teenage users are most at risk
In the rush to legalize marijuana in Canada, medical experts are warning about weed’s alarming side, particularly for younger users
Canada’s first safe injection site struggles with the rise of fentanyl
In Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, at Ground Zero of the opioid crisis, once-controversial Insite is now just one small part of a tragic landscape
These are the provinces where the opioid crisis is most severe
Canadians came together to mark International Overdose Awareness Day at a time when the opioid crisis is ravaging their communities
American crime writer Don Winslow on guns, politics, drugs, and the police
The author takes inspiration from The Sopranos, The Wire and—in his new book, The Force—hip-hop