Posted on May 31, 2011 by dpncwebmaster

May 30, 2011

Letter to the Editor
The National Post
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Dear Sir:

Thomas Kerr, author of the article on the Vancouver Drug Injection facility (May 30, 2011) is not an objective observer of the site.

He lobbied for the establishment of the drug injection site a decade ago, and he and his co-researchers have published over two dozen studies on the facility – all positive. It is no coincidence that all these studies have been peer reviewed only by those (as is Mr. Kerr) who support a harm reduction policy i.e. a policy that presupposes that the addict will continue to use drugs and the only solution is to reduce the “harm” to the drug addict. Significantly, Mr. Kerr and his co-researchers have refused to release any data to other researchers so that they can be verified. (more…)

Published May 30, 2011

HOUSTON– While motor vehicle traffic accidents continue to be the leading cause of unintentional deaths in the United States, drug overdose deaths have been rapidly increasing.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were 27,658 unintentional drug overdose deaths in 2007, more than double the 11,155 deaths in 1999. Drug overdose deaths now account for 24% of all unintentional deaths and surpass falls as the second leading cause of unintentional deaths. Unintentional drug overdoses include those resulting from illegal, prescription, and over-the-counter drug misuse, abuse, taking too much for medical reasons and accidental ingestion. (more…)

Jamie Doward

Published May 29, 2011

Kofi Annan, George Shultz and Richard Branson among those urging public health approach

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Dutch government on Friday said it would start banning tourists from buying cannabis from “coffee shops” and impose restrictions on Dutch customers by the end of the year.

The Netherlands is well known for having one of Europe’s most liberal soft drug policies that has made its cannabis shops a popular tourist attraction, particularly in Amsterdam.

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By Rich Coleman (contact)

Published Friday, May 27, 2011

Updated Friday, May 27, 2011

An 18-year-old man who admitted to hearing voices of “devils” was arrested Thursday after he allegedly suffocated his 6-year-old nephew with a blanket, according to an arrest report released today.

Carl Marcus Guilford, of Las Vegas, was booked into the Clark County Detention Center in connection with murder. He is being held without bail.

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