OTTAWA -- Canada's chief health officer says Canadians should be "seized" with the crisis of rising deaths from opioid use, and she suggests decriminalizing hard drugs should be part of the discussion to find solutions.
But she also says all approaches must be considered, including "moving toward a societal discussion on decriminalization." Tam said Friday that jurisdictions cannot arrest their way out of this problem, and applauded a recent directive by the independent public prosecution office instructing federal prosecutors to only go after the most serious drug possession offences that raise public safety concerns.
Dr. Tam seems determined to being sickness, poverty and death to Canadians. Why is she still employed by our government?
Concentrate on the people who want to live.. get your head out of your ass
Get them an apartment, a monthly paycheque, put then on full healthcare including dental, put a convenient outlet near their home so they can pick up their fix daily ! That's progress
Do Murder next. Decriminalize murder so the Murderers don't clog up the jails and court systems. Itll help stop the Murder crisis.
I’m a paraplegic and rely on pills like these to accomplish simple things in life like getting out of bed. She can take a hike with this bullshit ! There will always be addicts no matter what ya do, it’s a personal decision.
For users I have sympathy. For manufacturers and dealers- I have a rope.
This government and its agents such as Tam are making decisions that will harm Canadians. This is their intention to destroy Canadians.
Tam is a idiot
Yeah like how the black market marijuana industry is alive and well,now. So how will hard drugs be any different?Addicts will go to the cheapest supplier.Government is not that after taxes. We dont pay for liquor and cigarettes for people.This is feeding the addiction industry-bs
No thanks Tam pot is enough you don’t work for the Liberal party...
Yeah, Tam has made some fantastic decisions (sarcasm)
Maybe we should decriminalize murder too 😡. Just because the jails are full of druggies, you think we should decriminalize the shit? Users rape, kill, steal,etc,etc😡😡
“Welcome to Canada the new international hard drug destination” Supported by your Canadian taxpayers.
Looks like the experts were right, marijuana is a gateway drug. Start with selling marijuana then move on to the hard drugs - from a Liberal government perspective. No treatment centers or real help, but we can afford to be enablers.
How about treat them as criminals and enforce laws to keep drugs out of prison...then they can detox and rehab in prison away from drug temptations. Why do we allow drug trade in prison?
In the 80's we had a campaign. Just say no to drugs. That's what you need.
Sure, Tam. Forcibly quarantine family members if we suspect they have the 'virus' and make highly addictive destructive drugs legal. I have no doubt you work for China.
Ummm Tam, even a blind squirrel trips over a nut now and then. You gotta be due for correct advice at some point. Soon I hope.
Once again Tam would be wrong
How about our health officials focus on the global pandemic that they failed to acknowledge and weren’t adequately prepared for pandemic plans that they created.
Keep your population hooked on drugs by making opioids readily available and destroy people's neighborhoods. Straight out of the socialist globalist playbook.
How about banning Chinese imports until they stop flooding our country with their Fentanyl. They know it's in the boxes They dont care.
How about getting people HCQ for covid treatment first. If the government truly cared they'll realize this is the dumbest idea.
Typical.. legalize pot, next hard drugs.. saw that one coming. Juicy trudy and the liberals must be on coke
FFS! Are you on Drugs Tam?
This is the stupidest thing I have heard since leaving liquor stores open during covid as ' essential'. Ffs this broad is something else. 🙄
That like saying defund police to reduce crime 🤪🙄
OMG. No words Trudeau’s puppet
So stupid concept ! Decriminalize hard drugs does what good for society and the moral message to citizens. The total law package includes harsh penalties for sellers/ distributors. Users, should not be using, against the law, you make the choice!!
Yeah just throw that in while were already dealing with lockdowns and masks. Clueless
Who didn’t see this coming when the liberals declared marijuana legal? It was only a matter of time, just didn’t anticipate this soon. Is this their plan for eternal power, just turn everyone into degenerates
By decriminalizing drugs, the problem is solved. howstupidareyou
Tam us an idiot typhoidtam
Ya thats gonna help..make it easier for these junkies to kill them selves.. either truly help them or ignore them..your choice
Sounds like something Skippy would say. I don't know why.
Stupidest thing I've ever heard. Help them to straighten out. Don't enable. There is no incentive to get straight if this happens. Stop normalizing drug abuse.
Treatment would be a better option ... let’s try that ! Sedated detox works miracles !
What could possibly go wrong... 🤔
Parliment talks about talking while the courts get right down to it
“Talks needed” That’s one thing she can do. Is talk. She doesn’t make any sense. But she can talk.
What? Decriminalization of hard drugs I've had enough of cpho_Canada Enough! Focus on getting the country Back To Normal. Even WHO told you today less than two years total should suffice and we're on month 6. Do. Your. Job!
How does this Tam even have a job ?
So now it's legal. How will this addicts life change?
Stop giving out free money
The solution is not to decriminalize every wrong or stupid habit. We need better mental health and prevention initiatives.
Decriminalization? How about lock them up and dry them out....but no...in JustinTrudeau utopia we just enable this to continue
People choose fentanyl. The supply isn't poisoned, people know what they're buying. Vancouver has a very serious problem, and it's not the DTES, it's city hall.
Drug addicts are never getting clean, that's why they call them addicts. By giving them free reign you only keep them addicted. Not a solution.
Of course you’ll ask her why this route and not increased mental health funding. Ha. If course you won’t. Where’s the good little shills who shill for the LPC and challenge them on nothing? Border closures are racist- got a link to that challenge to Tam? Hang your heads in shame
So he wouldn’t be slouched, half dead on the street if drugs were decriminalized? What would he be a Liberal MP, or a CEO of a corporation? Tam is a puppet of the Liberal Cabal. Time for her to resign!
Don’t do drugs is all there is
Hcq... no... speedballs? Of course.. a science based answer to addiction. Look and any place with a public shooting gallery with no path to sobriety and it's always the same. More crime, more addiction.
SaveTheChildren SaveTheChildrenWorldWide SaveOurChildren
maybe actually try and cut off the source and stop making it easy for dealers. You get caught dealing expect hard time. Not a slap on the wrist.
bevrobertson3 Decriminalizing drugs is the way to go. People use drugs for all kinds of reasons but the number 1 reason is self medicating. People are suffering and make bad choices. Government should be there to help them get healthy. Stigmatized, isolated, and untreated. cdnpoli
No one is getting arrested for small amounts of drugs. This is dumb
Complete waste of time, money, and effort.
So we can have thousands more?
Cmon ..what is happening in this city CityofVancouver outright ridiculous!!!
An oxymoronic headline.
That's like saying we should legalize rape to stop rape.....
Right then Tam says we legalize to address the crisis. How does legalizing hard drugs save anyone? The burden of enabling this shit would take away from others who have really medical issues themselves. There is no successful rehabilitation numbers to speak of. Pure bull shit.
I swear to god this whole world is upside down, someone wake me up from this nightmare.
In my view we simply can not just give out drugs without having a mandatory drug treatment program at the same time.
Legalize it all. Im in.
Yup enable them , its quicker and cheaper. They will drop like flies, drug tests for employment. Legal drugs ,crime goes up . Thats makes sense tax drugs give MPs a raise.
How exactly would decriminalizing hard drugs help this poor soul? Exactly.
Right, cuz decriminalizing alcohol has worked well for alcoholics.
Not just about over doses. It’s about the safety is people living in these cities surrounded by drug users and dirty needles. Time for a change.
Legalizing drugs is stupid. In order to maintain a drug habit you must have money. Money is usually NOT obtained by users through jobs or legally. It’s obtained through crime and violence. Legalizing drugs increases deaths, crime, violence, and hygiene issues on the streets
How about instead of enabling and supporting an obviously destructive and potentially deadly addiction, we invest in mental health and addiction services for these people? And maybe address the root causes of the addiction, depression, anxiety, etc. that is plagueing our country
BREAKING: talks needed in enforcement of laws to combat opioid crisis
Obviously free drugs and safe injection sites are the answer. Just take a look at vancouver. Druggies have never been happier and the streets have never been dirtier.
The cure is to rehabilitate not feed more drugs that will lead to death! Put fire out with gasoline!! I don’t get how you resolve a drug addiction with more legal drug use!!
What a ridiculous idea.... Legalize all drugs... that will stop people from using them...... Tam is a total fraud.... People who are addicted to drugs need help getting clean... Not getting more drugs... If you make it safe for them to do it, they will never FEAR the consequences
That's gonna make shit worse.
Maybe stop handing out free drugs! A drug councilor does not tell you to provide drugs they tell you to stop enabling them! These people dont not want them off the drugs! You know how much money they hide cause of this shit! Nothing but cattle O.T.L
Yeah cuz legalizing it will really help.. get your head out of your ass CTV
So what country is importing most ileagal drugs from china
The biggest winners for keeping drugs illegal are the state (police, lawyers, judges,prisons, unions) and drug dealers. The billions of dollars spent on enforcement should be used for treatment and rehabilitation.
What non poor place does she live in
Time to stop the drugs pouring in. You have borders closed and the cash coming in is now being discovered try the drugs
So we help out the drug pushers by increasing their marketshare and legalizing their business ... didn’t we do the opposite for tobacco and have it work?
Tam is incompetent and needs to be fired!
We have unfortunately legalized marijuana and of course it was only a matter of time before the talking heads push for heroin, cocaine and the rest. It will bring more crime, and exacerbate homelessness with a diminishing hope for more people. Don’t allow this to happen in Canada
Is the government taking over dealing in hard drugs as well? 🤔
Tam says! Easy to know what to do! Everyting opposite to what Tam says! We now have months of proofs.
Stop letting people be destructive to themselves. Alcohol i s one thing and has been for years....what are you doing now - hard drugs - really
So - banning things doesn't work? Legalize hard drugs that we know WILL kill people... Ban legal firearms that don't kill people... This government's dystopia is limitless.
We all know decriminalizing hard drugs would do nothing but enable people. They need addiction treatment. We need to stop the sources of the drugs, impose heavy fines and seize property and money! We need to take trade sanctions against foreign countries that export this poison!
Vape talking
Decriminalize? Maybe. But just maybe the hard work needs to be done first! Find out WHY people feel they need to start in the first place and endeavour to change that pattern first.
Absolutely not she can’t even manage COViD!!
Talk talk talk talk talk. How about some action- like life in prison for dope dealers.
Putting addicted people in jail for possession makes zero sense. They need to be assessed and treated. The opioid crisis is killing way to many people.
the discussion that needs to be had is why are we continuing to pour money into enabling self harm, we pay for the drugs, needles and spaces for them to use, but do next to nothing to provide mental health help to get to the root issues that led them down this path.
Unless it is the Portugal model, more harm than good. Legalized marijuana has already increased use and is relentlessly exploitative. Making a donation of medical supplies to a Duncan charity, I literally had to push next door pot shop signage aside. CPHO_Canada
What we need are more gov funded rehabs. The best rehabs out there are private and very expensive. Getting into a public funded rehab takes a while. Up to a year in some cases. We need more resources and counseling. The majority of these people can’t afford to pay for quality are
So many zealots and bible thumpers are upset at the thought of a scientific evidence based approach to solving intricate mental health and health issues.These charlatans should be at the back of the line when it comes to receiving any medical help for their own issues that arrise
Execute all drug dealers...mentally unstable people given treatment or mental hospitals....addition issues treated in closed off hospitals....treat all drug related crimes like you treat murder and man slaughter, long prison times with mandatory treatment.
Ban narcan. Without the respawn option, ppl are more careful about using (where they get it, how much they take). With narcan, they know they'll just come back and do it all again.
One more step to The Great Reset.
Yes, why don't we go ahead and put off a fire by pouring gasoline on it. It's not enough that marijuana use by teens is skyrocketing, let's save a few junkies by getting everyone on hard drugs now. Whoever came up with this idea hates this country.
Just like coronavirus, Tam is part of the problem,again.
Kinda feels like were going the way of the Roman Empire lately !
So to end a crisis, make it legal, then no crisis?
1st election promise was Marijuana Now hard drugs Get ready for a fall election, this will be the liberal platform in getting to stay in office with a majority win.
Ya so China can keep sending over fentanyl and spiking those drugs and kill more ppl then they have already
Users say they don’t want to be enabled. They want addiction help.
Wow..💊💉.. legalize hard drugs.. seriously.. unbelievable.. this shouldn’t even be considered.. how about help as to why there is an addiction issue in an individual!!ADDICTION
Oh, for god sakes. Stop it with this bullshit.
Excellent idea. We need to protect our vulnerable population. They don’t belong in jail they need help.
Why is it Liberal cities are 1s w. most serious social issues? Do these Liberal views lead destruction? Tam also said its racist 2 try & slow covid19 travel How did that work? LiberalismIsAMentalDisorder LiberalismIsTheRealPandemic cdnpoli canada
'....We are losing the War on Drugs. You know what that implies? There's a war being fought and people on drugs are winning it! ' Bill Hicks
How about more treatments centres.
Is there any crisis Tam can't totally fuck up?
Also CommrRCMPGRC how about looking into why China is the main exporter of fentanyl to the world 🌎 if you’re not too busy
I'm conservative in general but on this issue, there does not need to be any further talking nor research nor more academic committees to discuss this idea as nauseum. The research is crystal clear - legalization of all drugs is the sole way to handle the opioid crisis.
The pandemic must be over- remember when the virus never spread from humans to humans, masks were not needed nor effective and children were not infected- now we have come full circle as children are threatened and masks are required all to lock down Canada as much as we can-sad
'Talks needed on RCMP arresting Chinese organized crime kingpins to prevent the flow of illegal drugs instead of sentencing Canadians to a life time of hard drug use.'
Hard NO!
Possession crimes for all drugs should be abolished immediately and money 💰 saved from prosecutions and imprisonments should be put back into treatment and therapy. There solved it for you, you’re welcome 🤔
Anytime someone tells you what you SHOULD be feeling, vote with your feet and turn your back. It's their way of telling you they don't have facts to support their cause but want the floor and your support anyway.
How about talks about making recovery programs more accessible. This is not a homeless issue alone. Many folks with medical coverage have family suffering. Insurance companies do NOT cover rehab...of they did those who cannot afford it would have more access. option to consider
the only drugs that need complete freedom is weed, shrooms and DMT. there is no place for the rest of them in society. criminalising is a bit harsh for a victimless crime (if you are a user), but distribution and selling should be cracked down on hard.
Here is a crazy thought . Let's try to get people off of opioids and live a clean life . Open up rehab centers instead of opening up a place where they can shoot up. Let's disable the addiction not enable it.
Well, well. The one thing pot boosters promised would NEVER happen if we legalized pot—that harder drugs would follow. But look what the cartel dragged in. Let's deal with the 15,000-pound elephant in the room—these people are killing themselves, with drugs paid for by stealing.
How about going after the DRUG DEALERS!!! Decriminalizing will increase overdoses.
It is astounding, the number of Canadians addicted to one substance or another just to get through life. I fear it will get worse. Canada hasn’t hit bottom yet.
Yes yes make Taxpayers pay for it. Good idea
The same Tam that does nothing for the community. That supports the homeless industry but not the homeless? The same Tam that ignored the pleas of businesses and residents in the Church St area to tackle the violent homeless people in the neighborhood? Please find a better source