Health committee  Although the Manitoba Nurses Union does not have a position on decriminalization, our nurses believe that we need to treat. We need to be there to provide treatment and get patients healthy. Putting them in jail doesn't solve that issue.

Health committee  I'm going to tell you a fast story, and I know I'm not always fast. I talked to a nurse from the neonatal intensive care unit, where they're seeing many babies coming from addicted moms, and what she was telling me is that women with addictions will get pregnant to jump the queue

Health committee  Our emergency departments have been closed. We've lost two and we're going to lose a third one, which is going to mean our city has three access points for emergency. One issue we've identified is that the Health Sciences Centre is in the core of the city. Many residents who liv

Health committee  I'll try to be brief. Brevity would be my friend. I think we definitely need to look at specific training for meth-related issues for hospital personnel, and that is much bigger than violence prevention. We need to talk about how to safely protect yourself and your other patient

Health committee  I think what we recognize is that meth is a different drug than opioids. It is incredibly addictive, it is incredibly accessible and it is inexpensive. We understand that the treatment for someone struggling with a meth addiction is going to have to be totally different from some

Health committee  Thank you. “One or two hits of meth will last you hours and hours and keep you up for days. With opioids, you can totally predict what the course of treatment is going to be. We can totally handle anyone going through opioid withdrawal. With meth, in the blink of an eye it swit