Canadian MoonBattery At It's Finest

To go along with yesterdays post on giving drugs to addicts, I was able to get the audio from a radio interview between QR77's Dave Rutherford and Gillian Maxwell who heads an organisation called "Keeping the Door Open" (KDO).

KDO is an organisation pushing for the full legalisation and regulation of drugs. Here's their Mission/Vision Statement:

Our Vision & Mission:

In KDO’s shared vision of the future, problematic substance use is understood to be a complex social, cultural, health, and economic issue. Substance users are effectively engaged in systems of care, and live harmoniously within inclusive communities, and are given the opportunity to live healthy and dignified lives.
Our mission is to prevent and reduce the harms associated with problematic substance use in British Columbia and Canada, and achieve better health and social justice outcomes for people living with addictions, HIV/AIDS, and mental illness.

I've listened to the audio at least 5 times and it's such a goldmine that I can't figure out where to begin. One thing that really caught my attention however was how Gillian stated that "people can not make their own decisions" Take it for what it's worth.

So many different dynamics with so little time. Tell ya what, give it a listen and make some noise in the comments section.

Click here for the audio (It's a big file - 11meg - 23.5 min - so those folks on dial-up have my apologies - I'll try to get a stream figured out over the weekend)