Tainted Ecstasy Alert – Vancouver BC

The coroner in Vancouver BC recently found links between one of four ecstasy deaths in Vancouver,  and five recent ecstasy deaths in Calgary, Alberta, with the ecstasy found to contain the same toxic substance. According to Dr Perry Kendall, provincial health officer for British Columbia – the toxin is meth drug PMMA (Paramethoxy-methamphetamine), that previously has not been associated with using ecstasy...

Wasted Lives – Prescription Drugs & Heroin

Enterprise News of Massachusetts has conducted a two part series on heroin addiction in Eastern Massachusetts, first published in 2007, to make people aware of the dangers of heroin and prescription painkiller abuse in young people – not just a big city problem. The series is entitled Wasted Youth – speaking out on behalf of Eastern Massachusetts, a region and its people that provide us with insight,...

Goodbye Graffiti – Finding A Voice

Graffiti, in the form of the written word or illustration, inscribed without permission on structures in public places is a form of self expression that dates back to ancient Greek and Roman times.  In modern times graffiti has been criminalized, the messages of self expression lost in a maelstrom of controversy. Like with drug use, no one asks – “what does this behavior represent, how can we better...

Teen Social Development – & Electronic Media

Before you opt, this Christmas to buy, for your child, some much needed and desired electronic gadget for their recreation, and amusement – consider is it really the best you can do, to help them to build up a self- confident and outgoing way of living in the world. Consider that two thirds of infants and toddlers – watch TV – an average of 2 hours a day – with kids and teens – 8 to 18...

Alternatives To Drugs in Healthcare.

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) has drafted a proposed new constitution intended to give physicians the opportunity to use and include alternative healthcare practices, based on holistic principles, in the practice of managed healthcare. During the past several months, over 700 submissions were received about the original draft, the consensus view of most medical professionals being that it...