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Forum: The Case for Heroin Assisted Treatment in Canada
rey-2013-11-08a.mp3Pivot Legal hosted a forum to discuss the benefits of prescribing heroin to profoundly addicted users. The discussion featured Dr. Gabor Maté, Dr. Bruce Alexander, Dave Murray and...
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Looking at intersections of class, race and gender in substance abuse and...
women_and_addiction_-_an_interview_with_laura_schmidt_-_rabble.mp3When it comes to issues of substance abuse and addiction, many recovery models have been criticized as being geared towards men or said...
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Abbotsford strikes down 9-year harm reduction ban
rey-2014-01-31a.mp3Injection drug users and their allies scored a major victory in Abbotsford, B.C. on January 13 when the city council voted to lift the ban against harm reduction measures such as a...
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Canada needs to adopt a prison harm reduction program
Friday, February 7, 2014 The success of harm reduction programs internationally and the high rates of HIV and Hepatitis C in Canadian prisons signals the need for the Canadian government to adopt this...
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Emergency: Steady funding needed for drug programs in Northern Ontario
Friday, May 2, 2014 Ontario doctors plead with the Federal Government to continue funding for life-saving opiod treatment in Indigenous Communities. The first time I went to Sandy Lake, Ontario I was...
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Lara Kramer on the performance 'Native Girl Syndrome,' dance, addiction, and...
lara_kramer_rabble.mp3Lara Kramer is the artistic director and choreographer of Lara Kramer Danse, based in Montreal. She received her BFA in Contemporary Dance at Concordia University, Montreal, in...
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Bill C-2 spreads Harper's misinformation about harm reduction
Friday, November 28, 2014 Let's get one thing straight: If Bill C-2 is passed it will only present new barriers to health care for people with addictions. Bill C-2, known as the Respect for Communities...
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Harper's Bill C-2 is spreading misinformation about harm reduction
Let's get one thing straight: If Bill C-2 is passed it will only present new barriers to health care for people with addictions.Bill C-2 spreads Harper's misinformation about harm reduction
View ArticleOK, Let's Talk -- about addictions in the workplace
Yesterday was Bell Let's Talk Day 2015. You might have heard about it. According to Bell, a record 122,150,772 Bell Let's Talk tweets, texts, calls, and shares on January 28, 2015 translated into a new...
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Sex, drugs and pyromania: 'The Green Hotel' exposes Toronto's underbelly
March 26, 2015First time author, Jesse Gilmour was introduced to the Canadian arts scene as a subject of a book instead of as a writer. His father, the infamous David Gilmour, wrote the memoir The Film...
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Patriarchy, male entitlement and capitalist greed killed Amy Winehouse, not...
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This election, let's have a real debate about legalizing marijuana
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Maureen Palmer on addiction, empathy and compassionate evidence-based care
Maureen Palmer on Addiction, Empathy and Compassionate Based Evidence CareLike this article? rabble is reader-supported journalism. Chip in to keep stories like these coming.Maureen talks about her new...
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Publicly owned liquor stores work for Manitoba
Like this article? rabble is reader-supported journalism. Chip in to keep stories like these coming.With the provincial election around the corner, parties are gearing up with promises for Manitobans....
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Health Canada considers allowing use of prescription heroin
rey-2016-06-10a.mp3There are encouraging signs that the Liberal government will take a radically different approach to harm reduction. Pivot Legal says prescription heroin is a crucial tool in...
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