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22 October 2009

I guess it's all about...

..."hope and change", huh?
The philosophy of harm reduction rests on the belief that addicts can't help themselves. Yet the language of addiction has been banished, so as not to make them feel bad.

There are no junkies any more, or drug abusers, or even drugs. That addled, toothless guy with the sores and needle tracks is now known as a “substance user.”
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COMPARE & CONTRAST: Smell the madness
A truck driver from London, Ont., has been fined $305 for smoking in the cabin of a tractor-trailer because it is considered a workplace.

He was fined under the Smoke-Free Ontario Act, a 2006 law that prohibits smoking in enclosed workplaces and public areas such as bars and restaurants.
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