Cocaine, MDMA linked to growing number of overdose deaths in Canada: StatCan
Cocaine, MDMA linked to growing number of overdose deaths in Canada: StatCan
Stimulant drugs including cocaine, MDMA and multiple types of amphetamines contributed to roughly half of all accidental overdose deaths in Canada from 2020 to 2021, according to a new report by Statistics Canada that also tracked a sharp rise in overdoses.
![Cocaine, MDMA linked to growing number of overdose deaths in Canada: StatCan](https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/de76f2df-c294-49f5-bb7a-4cc7963d715a.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
Stimulant drugs including cocaine, MDMA and multiple types of amphetamines contributed to roughly half of all accidental overdose deaths in Canada from 2020 to 2021, according to a new report by Statistics Canada that also tracked a sharp rise in overdoses.
You're viewing a single thread.
If only there was a way not to overdose on these...
1 0 ReplyLegalize and make a safe supply available.
15 0 ReplyA good step, but there's an even more safe way, believe it or not.
1 0 ReplyWhat's that?
8 0 ReplyNot using any cocaine or MDMA.
1 0 Reply
What’s that?
3 0 ReplyNot using any cocaine or MDMA.
2 0 ReplyDoes prohibition work?
5 0 ReplyClearly not, as shown by the us alcohol prohibition or the war on drugs.
1 0 ReplySo given that total abstinence is practically impossible, do drug users deserve to die of overdose?
1 0 ReplyNope, never said they did. But it is their responsibility.
1 0 ReplyThat seems like a very individualistic view. Is it safe to assume you generally disagree with regulation in the name of public safety?
1 0 Reply
You know that’s never going to happen (on a societal level, I don’t use), right?
2 0 ReplyDon't bother feeding that troll.
3 0 ReplyJust because you disagree with me, doesn't mean I'm a troll.
1 0 ReplyWhen you start acting like the morality police then the label fits.
Are you going to go around next and beat the shit out of woman who don't dress like you want?
Because that happens in other countries.
1 0 ReplyPoint out where I said I want to police what they do. Come on. I'll wait.
I just said it's their own responsibility, which it is.
1 0 Reply
I know. But at the end of the day, it's still an individual's own responsibility.
1 0 ReplySociety’s responsibility
If you make everyone have a good life then there’s no need for drugs
2 0 ReplySociety’s responsibility
So is making sure bad drivers are not on the road, but you still put on your seatbelt.
If you make everyone have a good life then there’s no need for drugs
Some people will make stupid choices regardless how good a life they have.
1 0 Reply
It doesn’t really matter. There will always be people who want to use drugs. If people quit acting like prohibition or abstinence work then drugs would be less of a problem.
2 0 ReplyIt does. You generally don't overdose on something you don't take.
Drugs are a problem even in places where they are legalized or decriminalized. Not this big of a problem, but still a problem.
1 0 ReplyYou generally don’t overdose on something you don’t take
No shit captain obvious. 🙄
I’m not going to waste my time talking in circles with you. See ya.
1 0 ReplyGlad we agree then 😁
2 0 Reply
What’s that?
2 0 ReplyNot using any cocaine or MDMA.
1 0 Reply