Who Is In Charge Of Our Drug Policies?
It seems Canada is on the verge of making illegal drugs available to addicts for free and no one in the government has bothered to asked Canadians what they think about it. So far, our policy has always been that of prevention, treatment and rehabilitation for the addict. That no longer seems to be the case. Canada is soon to have shooting galleries which will enable heroin addicts to shoot up in so-called “safe” rooms – under medical supervision – at the taxpayers’ expense! This plan is the brain-child of our trendy Minister of Health, Allan Rock and his branch on drugs called The Office of Canada’s Drug Strategy. The Acting Director of this branch is a bureaucrat, Catherine Airth, who recently co-chaired a Task Force on Supervised Injection Sites, which suggested this major policy change on illicit drug use. The task force was launched last spring and consisted of carefully selected representatives from the police, government bureaucrats and addiction treatment agencies. The co-chair
