Drug prohibition is fuelling the overdose crisis: Regulating drugs is the way out #harmreduction #Canada #addictions #drugoverdoses #drugregulation #decriminaization https://theconversation.com/drug-prohibition-is-fuelling-the-overdose-crisis-regulating-drugs-is-the-way-out-233632?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=bylinetwitterbutton

We found all kinds of #DrugAbuse items like syringes on our street this morning here in #SurreyBC #BritishColumbia

I walked into the local police station to report it. No officers were available but they provided me with a "clean up crew" dispatch number.

Just prior to moving into this neighbourhood there would often be dead bodies found in the park due to #drugoverdoses - the situation is improving at a snails pace but going in the right direction.

#NikkiHaley is correct that #fentanyldeaths top #casualties from 3 #wars combined

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/dec/19/nikki-haley/haley-is-correct-that-fentanyl-deaths-top-casualti/

About 65,300 #soldiers died in #Vietnam, #Iraq, and #Afghanistan combined.
About 127,000 #Americans died from #drugoverdoses involving a #synthetic #opioid other than #methadone in 2020 and 2021, federal data shows. These deaths are primarily because of #fentanyl.

Some deaths connected to #mifepristone were actually #homicides, #drugoverdoses | #Factcheck
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2023/05/22/post-distorts-fda-report-on-abortion-deaths-adverse-events-fact-check/70240939007/