{"id":363585,"date":"2021-11-03T17:01:47","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T14:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/there-is-not-enough-being-done-to-save-our-children-from-canadas-opioid-crisis\/"},"modified":"2021-11-03T17:01:47","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T14:01:47","slug":"there-is-not-enough-being-done-to-save-our-children-from-canadas-opioid-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/there-is-not-enough-being-done-to-save-our-children-from-canadas-opioid-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"#&#8217;There is not enough being done to save our children&#8217; from Canada&#8217;s opioid crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a413c5ad431f\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a413c5ad431f\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/there-is-not-enough-being-done-to-save-our-children-from-canadas-opioid-crisis\/#The_other_epidemic\" >The other epidemic<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/there-is-not-enough-being-done-to-save-our-children-from-canadas-opioid-crisis\/#Refugee_desperation\" >Refugee desperation<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/there-is-not-enough-being-done-to-save-our-children-from-canadas-opioid-crisis\/#The_real_story\" >The real story?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/there-is-not-enough-being-done-to-save-our-children-from-canadas-opioid-crisis\/#Historys_bad_guys\" >History\u2019s bad guys<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/there-is-not-enough-being-done-to-save-our-children-from-canadas-opioid-crisis\/#Readers_corner\" >Readers\u2019 corner<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/there-is-not-enough-being-done-to-save-our-children-from-canadas-opioid-crisis\/#Remembering\" >Remembering<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/there-is-not-enough-being-done-to-save-our-children-from-canadas-opioid-crisis\/#A_place_to_call_home\" >A place to call home<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#&#8217;There is not enough being done to save our children&#8217; from Canada&#8217;s opioid crisis<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1229368\" style=\"width: 1660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-sizes=\"auto\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1229368 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/MACLEANS-LETTERS-TO-EDITOR-OCT13.jpg\" alt=\"(Photo illustration by Stephen Gregory)\" width=\"1650\" height=\"1650\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo illustration by Stephen Gregory)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_other_epidemic\"><\/span>The other epidemic<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><em>In September, Michael Friscolanti covered the opioid overdose crisis in Canada.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Michael Friscolanti for his outstanding expos\u00e9 on drug-poisoning deaths in Canada (\u201cEvery 49 minutes,\u201d September 2021). This article should outrage every North American. As Friscolanti rightly notes, we know what to do: \u201cDecriminalization for personal use. Increased funding for proven harm-reduction measures. Safe supply\u2014a legal, regulated alternative to the crime syndicate poison that\u2019s killing so many.\u201d Infuriatingly, the Canadian federal campaign failed to focus on putting these practical plans into action. The safe consumption site in Lethbridge, Alta., a city I had the good fortune to visit as a volunteer for a Liberal candidate in the 2019 election, has since closed, a tragedy that Friscolanti fails to juxtapose with the fact that Lethbridge in 2020 \u201cendured the highest rate of fatal overdoses\u201d in Alberta. The lamentable reversal in Lethbridge notwithstanding, Canada has far outpaced the United States in establishing safe consumption sites. Friscolanti\u2019s poignant portrayal of Canadian lives lost should serve as a call to action for all of us to do more to prevent the needless deaths of our family members, friends and neighbours.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014Mark S. Sternman, Somerville, Mass.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Your story on drug poisoning resonates with me. Our son took his life two weeks ago because he couldn\u2019t get off drugs. He was 33, super intelligent, super musical, super athletic, having won the gold medal in triathlon at the 2000 Alberta Summer <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Game<\/a>s in Grande Prairie. He was funny, caring, loving and kind. But he also had ADHD, and cocaine and fentanyl took him. There is not enough being done to save our children. Thanks for the article.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014Sarah Block, Calgary<\/em><\/p>\n<p>First of all, thanks to <em>Maclean\u2019s <\/em>and to Michael Friscolanti for the article. And maybe it won\u2019t sound bitter when I say, it\u2019s about time. This is as close as we may ever come to something equivalent to the \u201cThey Were Loved\u201d pages that <em>Maclean\u2019s<\/em> has published about COVID deaths. Second, thanks to Joe Cressy of the Toronto Board of Health, who said, \u201cThe overdose crisis is an epidemic, and the only distinction when you compare it to COVID-19 is that governments don\u2019t tackle it with the same urgency<em> . . . <\/em>because it\u2019s drug use, and because of the stigma associated with drug use, people continue to die needlessly.\u201d The last time I checked, there was not a single medical school in Ontario that required study of substance misuse\u2014prevention, harm reduction, not even treatment\u2014as a core course.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014Kathleen Kilburn, Redbridge, Ont.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Refugee_desperation\"><\/span>Refugee desperation<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><em>Stephen Maher wrote about one Iranian\u2019s dangerous and desperate struggle to reach Canada as a refugee.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Why was information presented by some people interviewed for this piece included without much context (\u201cEscape from Iran,\u201d September 2021)? Mahnaz Alizadeh says large numbers of Iranians enter Canada as students and then falsely claim asylum. But is this true? In fact, a large number of Iranians do come to Canada as students but then are entitled to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ly for permanent residency. Professor Christian Leuprecht says the system can no longer distinguish between genuine and less-than-genuine refugees. That\u2019s a pretty striking statement\u2014but there is no explanation for it. The piece says Canada removed \u201conly 9,500 migrants in 2018-19.\u201d Why is the word \u201conly\u201d included? How many should have been removed? How many are normally removed? The Canada Border Agency is quoted as saying it did not remove the majority of individuals who were subject to removal orders \u201cto maintain public safety.\u201d How is keeping failed refugee applicants in Canada good for public safety? The article points to the Canada-U.S. Safe Third Country Agreement, yet it has no bearing in Alizadeh\u2019s case, as landing in the U.S. first was never her plan. Finally, and arguably, casting a negative light on human smugglers is a relatively easy thing to do. They profit off the vulnerable. However, a future article might explore how hundreds of thousands of now-Canadians owe their lives and their new-found freedoms in Canada to human smugglers.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014Renee Bernard, Vancouver<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_real_story\"><\/span>The real story?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><em>In October, Joanna Long told the story of her experience with embryo donation.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Your October 2021 cover is wrong, wrong, wrong (\u201cAll (y)our children,\u201d October 2021). It is a blatant attempt to grab eyes at the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>stand and does not accurately reflect the story within the magazine. Embryos are not babies. It is a story of privilege, particularly white privilege, as infertility treatments are very costly. A much better story would have been the examination of the growing incidence of infertility. The magazine would have been even better if you had put the story \u201cThe working class has had enough\u201d on the cover. The issues discussed in that story affect many more people.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014Linda Brydon, Ottawa<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m reading the October 2021 issue and am so curious as to why you buried the lede. I would have thought the cover would be your interview with Jody Wilson-Raybould, much the same as your July 2021 cover showcased Rosalie Abella. In 2020, the infamous former American president was featured on your cover. Here we have a candid feature, aligned with her memoir, about a female leader who acted with integrity, yet your cover shows an anonymous white baby. Not just disappointing\u2014I believe there was a missed opportunity here to highlight a perspective that our country desperately needs. You have a well-respected platform to offer this. Let\u2019s see more diversity in your choice of cover photography, please.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014Janelle Fleury, Fort McMurray, Alta.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Historys_bad_guys\"><\/span>History\u2019s bad guys<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><em>In October, Prajakta Dhopade wrote about what it will take to rename Toronto\u2019s Dundas Street.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The decision to rename Dundas Street is part of Toronto\u2019s efforts to achieve truth and reconciliation with Black and Indigenous peoples (\u201cRevitalizing the road,\u201d October 2021). The trouble is, the city skipped over the truth part. Here\u2019s what is true. Henry Dundas represented a slave fighting for his freedom and won a declaration from Scotland\u2019s highest court that no person could be a slave on Scottish soil. In 1792, a motion for im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>te abolition of the slave trade was facing certain defeat until Dundas intervened and proposed an amendment to achieve abolition \u201cgradually.\u201d His amendment won over the moderates and made it possible for Parliament to endorse abolition for the first time in its history. In the 1820s, abolitionists had made no progress towards abolition of slavery and regretted their rejection of Dundas\u2019s plan. The truth is, the activists got their facts wrong, and Toronto picked the wrong guy.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014Jennifer L. Dundas, Calgary<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Readers_corner\"><\/span>Readers\u2019 corner<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><em>In August, <\/em>Maclean\u2019s<em> launched its redesigned print magazine.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Your new look is a win-win-win (<em>Maclean\u2019s,<\/em> September 2021). It is much easier to read; I particularly like the two-column format and the varying page layouts. The September issue was the best issue ever and I have been a reader for more than 60 years.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014David Field, Wolfe Island, Ont.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I picked up the September issue for my fishing\/canoe <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> into Algonquin Park. Please tell Paul Wells that I did pull out pages from his Justin Trudeau piece to wrap a lake trout in, but not with any hostile feeling toward the printed word therein. On the new design: the hairline rules look good but the heavy rules break the flow of the eye and make the publication look like a 1960s tabloid. The \u201cEndnotes\u201d outtakes on the last page are confusing. But, all told, your magazine will now be on my canoe-trip packing list.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014S.R. Gage, Huntsville, Ont.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">***<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Remembering\"><\/span>Remembering<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Maclean\u2019s<em> marked the 20th anniversary of 9\/11 with a portrait <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> about people affected by the attack.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t know if I\u2019ll ever be able to grasp the enormity of that day. As a Grade 8 student in 2001, at lunch on 9\/11, my teacher said to me: \u2018It will be your Pearl Harbor.\u2019 She was right in so many ways. To all impacted, may you find peace\u2014and may we all work for it.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014@robert_kiley on Twitter<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_place_to_call_home\"><\/span>A place to call home<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><em>In September 2021, Melanie Green\u00a0told the story of an RV park in Tofino, B.C.\u00a0that was being shut down.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>RVs\u00ad\u2014the original \u201ctiny home\u201d\u2014are becoming more popular and increasingly necessary for people who can\u2019t afford to buy or rent. With good management, RV parks can be a great place to live.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014Violet Frazer on Facebook<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This issue is not specific to Tofino. Smaller \u201cvacation\u201d communities like Collingwood, Ont., also have a massive shortage of affordable housing for all the staff required to run resorts and restaurants.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014@JackieFrogE on Twitter<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><em>We welcome readers to submit letters to letters@macleans.ca. Please supply your name, address and daytime telephone number. Letters should be fewer than 200 words, and may be edited for space, style and clarity.<\/em><br \/>\n<span class=\"ctx-article-root\"><!-- --><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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