Health committee  No. I think there's a lot of talk about harm reduction and I think you can't really have a serious conversation about harm reduction without at least broaching the concept of decriminalization and a regulated supply for the people who are using and are literally at risk of dying

Health committee  Yes. I can see the argument being lobbed against that, but if you wanted to prevent people from dying from drug use, that would be the most effective way to do it, and guiding them, those who are ready, into treatment, provided treatment is there, whether they want treatment them

Health committee  Yes, different people will give you different answers to that. I have some fears about the carte blanche legalization of all drugs and it's because we as a society aren't very good at moderating. For example, if someone wants to smoke a joint on his back deck once a month, there

Health committee  Five per cent to 6% of all the deaths in the world are alcohol-related.