Alberta may grow opium-free poppies
Valuable crop would be used to produce medicinal drugs
Sections
Port of Montreal gateway for drugs
International conflicts spill into Canada via illicit trade
Montreal North focus of drug enforcement
Activists say police disproportionately target poor youth of colour
Addicts helping addicts
A recovering heroin addict talks about Narcotics Anonymous and life in recovery
Earth on tickertape
Californian “technology pioneer” Proteus Biomedical is designing one millimetre-squared computer chips that, when ingested with drugs, will monitor the body’s response to the drugs, relaying… Read More »Earth on tickertape
Fear and loathing in rez
In residence, drugs are pervasive, but not predominant
Interview with an addict
Amy G. is a recovering drug addict. During her recovery from addiction – a process that never really ends – the boundaries between counsellor and… Read More »Interview with an addict
End the stigmatization of medical drugs
The word “drugs” is not a neutral term. It comes loaded with other meanings, many emerging from the discourse around the “War on Drugs” and… Read More »End the stigmatization of medical drugs
Monumentview
Google and UNESCO are making world heritage sites virtually accessible to all – but at what cost?
Invigilators should unionize
On March 8-9 and 17-18, McGill students employed as invigilators in the Fall 2009 term will vote on forming a collective bargaining unit within the… Read More »Invigilators should unionize
End unbalanced drug penalties and enforcement
The American Senate Judiciary Committee weakened the mandatory minimum sentencing laws for cocaine last week. Mandatory minimum sentence laws are legislative enactments that force judges… Read More »End unbalanced drug penalties and enforcement
The politics of recognition
Moral decisions should not be made based on expediency
Where they’re needed most
Legislation hinders developing countries’ access to life-saving medicine
Are you an otaku too?
Nerdiness as a transcultural phenomenon
More than just chemicals on the brain
Aaron Vansintjan on different cultures’ approaches to drugs