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Clement plans 'plain truth' anti-drug campaign
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Clement plans 'plain truth' anti-drug campaign

ANDRÉ PICARD

From Tuesday's Globe and Mail

August 21, 2007 at 3:52 AM EDT

VANCOUVER — Troubled by widespread and casual drug use, the federal government is planning a massive anti-drug campaign to provide young people with the "plain truth" about everything from pot to pills.

"Canada has not run a serious or significant anti-drug campaign for almost 20 years.

"The messages young people have received during the past several years have been confusing and conflicting to say the least," federal Health Minister Tony Clement said yesterday in a speech to the Canadian Medical Association in Vancouver.

He said the campaign will be hard-hitting and uncompromising.

"We will discourage young people from thinking there are safe amounts or safe drugs."

Mr. Clement decried the fact that, in Canada, there are nearly as many people who smoke marijuana as ones who smoke tobacco, and blamed vague, ambiguous messaging from politicians and public-health officials.

"The debate over whether to legalize marijuana, for example, has left an entire generation confused over whether or not pot is legal in Canada. Ladies and gentlemen, it is not," Mr. Clement said.

Isra Levy, president of the National Specialty Society for Community Medicine, commended the minister, saying that "illicit drug use is indeed a scourge, it's the cause of untold misery for those ill with addiction and their loved ones."

But he cautioned that a drug strategy should consist not only of forceful public-health messages, but a combination of prevention, treatment, adequate enforcement and harm-reduction initiatives.

Dr. Levy called on Mr. Clement to support Vancouver's safe injection site, but the minister sidestepped the issue, saying only that Health Canada would make a decision on the future of the project by Dec. 31.

On another matter, Mr. Clement said yesterday that he will table an "action plan" at the beginning of the fall session of Parliament in response to escalating public concern about unsafe imports.

In recent weeks, there have been a series of scandals - over everything from lead-laced toys to bacteria-laden toothpaste - that have led the federal government to promise a fundamental overhaul of the regulatory system.

Mr. Clement said he has ordered federal officials to review all legislation, regulations and standards to ensure that measures are in place to guarantee consumer goods sold in Canada, including imports, are safe.

"We are working to modernize our regulatory system to ensure we protect Canadians to the best degree possible," he said.

The review will look at legislation related to all manner of consumer goods, food and herbal medicines, the minister said.

"It's pretty far reaching," Mr. Clement said, but he refused to elaborate on the details or the cost of regulatory reform.

A poll commissioned by the CMA and released yesterday shows that 87 per cent of Canadians are concerned about the potential impact of consumer goods and foods on their health because the inspection and monitoring is inadequate.

In his address to the CMA General Council, which bills itself as the parliament of Canadian medicine, Mr. Clement largely avoided hot-button medical issues such as privatization.

He said only that the Conservatives, as a government and a party, have an "unwavering commitment to a strong, effective public health-care system."

Mr. Clement also used his speech before the CMA, which represents Canada's 65,000 physicians, to laud his government's achievements, notably the waiting-times initiative, the Canadian Cancer Strategy and the funding of the human papilloma virus vaccine.

He also took the opportunity to answer those who have criticized the government's hasty funding of the vaccine, saying Ottawa should be praised for its leadership, not condemned.

"A few years ago, a vaccination against a virus like HPV, that can cause cancer, seemed like a pipedream. Today it's a reality. ...

"You can't move forward by trying to please everyone," Mr. Clement added.

"That, quite frankly, is not leadership, that's dithering indecision. I would rather be accused of showing leadership."

Source: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070821.wcma21/BNStory/National/?cid=al_gam_nletter_newsUp

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Re: Clement plans 'plain truth' anti-drug campaign [Re: today mylove]
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what a dick head.......

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Re: Clement plans 'plain truth' anti-drug campaign [Re: gumbo]
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"Plain Truth"?

I suppose it's still the "plain truth" even with plenty of bias and half-truths.

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Re: Clement plans 'plain truth' anti-drug campaign [Re: TurricaN]
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no one will discontinue their use of drugs because of it.


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Re: Clement plans 'plain truth' anti-drug campaign [Re: moon_glue]
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you are correct. canadians smoke more pot than anyone i believe and i doubt that will change so quickly. it seems stupid to add stricter enforcement when probably more people than not would want to see marijuana legalized. a referendum would be nice.

for future generations of kids however, i would hate the canadian government to be taking a stance drugs similar to the united states. this article seems to suggest that and that would be terrible. it is my feelings that canada has been less aggressive than the united states on this matter, which i like.

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Re: Clement plans 'plain truth' anti-drug campaign [Re: today mylove]
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"We will discourage young people from thinking there are safe amounts or safe drugs."

So in other words, your "plain truth" campaign is going to be based on lies and scare tactics?

That's really fucking sad.


-FF

Edited by fastfred (08/24/07 12:36 PM)

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Re: Clement plans 'plain truth' anti-drug campaign [Re: fastfred]
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Well that should be fun to watch when I'm baked.


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Re: Clement plans 'plain truth' anti-drug campaign [Re: StrandedVoyager]
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There is no safe amount of caffiene...even green tea can kill you! Drugs are bad.


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Re: Clement plans 'plain truth' anti-drug campaign [Re: today mylove]
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Yours truly, Tony Clement





"Tony you bloody fucktard" - Mr. Bean


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Re: Clement plans 'plain truth' anti-drug campaign [Re: today mylove]
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:nonono:

i honestly cant believe how stupid people are. the ones that are supposed to be leaders are more like sheep then the people they are supposed to be leading.

Edit: sheep as in stupid and mindless, not as in easily lead. (this is where the government has it backwards...)


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Edited by Drewwyann (08/24/07 08:23 PM)

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