October 2012

Drug Problems, tips on handling You may be one of the few people who never had to deal with someone with a drugs problem or abusing alcohol. You may have seen it in movies or heard about it around the office but overall it’s a distant understanding of the real issues at hand. Over the last 3 decades the groups against drunk driving have stepped up their promotional ads, the government has applied stricter regulations and rules and the enforcement officers have been more vigilant and less tolerant in their search for those who would defy these tougher laws against our social drug problem. You may not know anyone with a drug problem but there out there and now the ads on television are beginning to direct their attention to “drug driving” which is now considered just as harmful as drunk driving. But has anyone bothered to inform the public on how does this become a problem? Why would anyone decide to poison...

Drug abuse in Canada Such a beautiful land Canada is, with its 10 provinces and territories. A land that is rich in natural resources and a people that smile at blizzards and come together as one during hard times. You hear these things over and over in the media and on talk shows and in documentaries, again and again how Canadians are this and Canadians are that and all with great pride. But has it occurred to anyone out there that there are hundreds of thousands of Canadians suffering with some form of addiction to an illicit drug or prescription drug not to mention alcohol. What do we do for these persons? Yes there are programs in our great vast country but the majority are either geared to curb the problem, create a maintenance system for the addict, substitute drug policies, etc. Where is the real solution to actually help these people get off drugs? No one really wants to be a drug addict...