An AI tool used to monitor inmates is being considered by the RCMP in an attempt to avoid deaths in holding cells. But critics warn that such a tool would be highly intrusive for prisoners and wouldn’t address underlying issues of racial bias within the force. Read our latest:

Overrepresentation of Indigenous people in prisons is on the rise, according to data released by Correctional Services Canada. In an Edmonton women’s prison, at least 72 per cent of inmates identified as Indigenous Read our latest: theijf.org/indigenous-pop…

According to an IJF and Postmedia investigation, meth is Canada’s next drug export. Vancouver ports have become an increasingly popular spot for criminals to transport meth destined for Australia and New Zealand. Police warn Canadian meth markets have become “over-saturated.”.

People struggling with addiction in B.C. have to endure long wait times for treatment, getting stuck on wait-lists for weeks, according to newly released documents. Experts say immediately accepting patients who need help is key to recovery, but staff shortages and rising living

In the last year, a record number of suspicious transaction reports were reported to Canada’s financial watchdog—nearly eight times the total from a decade ago. But Fintrac disclosures to law enforcement were 14 per cent lower than last year. That’s one reason why experts call

The ‘War on Drugs’ destroyed lives and damaged communities. Criminalisation and prohibition have failed to reduce drug use and deter drug-related crimes. We need new approaches prioritising health, dignity and inclusion, guided by the Int.Guidelines onHuman Rights & Drug Policy.

The Early Edition with Stephen Quinn - Dec. 4, 2024: How are ports and organized crime connected? cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…

Almost 9 years to the day since approval , Ireland's first supervised injection facilities will open its doors in Dublin. rte.ie/news/2024/1217…

🚨breaking - BC government has repealed the Restricting Public Consumption of Illegal Substances Act AKA Bill 34. It was redundant anyway, since Eby got the feds to gut drug decriminalization

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Doctors involved in unsanctioned overdose prevention sites resign in protest theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

The media & public are criminally misinformed about what's actually happened in mental health care since the 1950s. Mental health funding has gone up about 40-fold per capita (adj. for inflation), many more people are taking psychiatric meds, many more people are subjected to

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Senator Kim Pate Presents New Basic Income Bill S-206

Ah comrade, no. RiP Peter Krykant 💔 bbc.com/news/articles/…

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It's a drug apartheid - brutally enforced by the military, the police, customs and government departments. Prohibition is so irrational, so untenable, so harsh and brutal, it raises questions about just how civilised and advanced we really are.

Last November, the government announced the drug jail for children would be built directly into the Edmonton children's jail. This means all of Alberta's forced abstinence facilities will be positioned in or near existing carceral institutions. 2/ drugdatadecoded.ca/alberta-govern…

Here's the 1993 60 Minutes report on how the CIA recruited a Venezuelan military officer, General Ramón Guillén Davila, to help them ship 22 tons of cocaine into American cities The Cartel of the Suns disappeared once it lost its utility to the CIA, and was resurrected by the