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What’s Behind the Right-Wing Backlash Against Harm Reduction


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Benjamin Perrin, once advisor to PM Stephen Harper, had a change of heart after encounters with the realities of addiction. Today, he advocates for compassionate if not radical harm reduction. On moral panic and money motives, Carlyn Zwarenstein reports. Carlyn is the author of "On Opium: Pain, Pleasure, and Other Matters of Substance." Published Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023.
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/08/02/Behind-The-Right-Wing-Backlash/
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