加拿大的鸦片战争

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上周,渥太华一个14岁的小姑娘死于鸦片过量。这两天,又有两个家长站出来,承认自己的孩子酖迷药物。昨天,有200多家长在我们区聚会,讨论如何应对家中孩子的鸦片依赖。附近有不少高科技公司,我们这里可算是典型的中产社区。没想到,情况已经如此险恶。



去年十月份的时候,收音机里就开始报道,温哥华,阿尔伯塔那边出现了一种新型药片,叫Fentanyl,据说毒性是一般含鸦片处方药的几十倍,不小心的话,一片就可致命。2016年头十个月,BC有600多人死于药物过量,其中有300多死于Fentanyl,而阿尔伯塔省也至少有300多人死于Fentanyl。相信这只是冰山的一角。



当时就说,这种情况会从加西蔓延到安省这边。果然,才三个月,渥太华就爆出来了。





家里有两个孩子,一个在上高中,一个Pre-teen。看到最近的这些新闻,真是胆战心惊。无论如何,还是要面对现实的。和孩子们讨论,他们都很震动,不知道原来毒品离他们这么近。对两个孩子,我和他们约法三章:



1) 不能接受来源不明的药片。没有病,就不吃药。吃的药都要去正规的大药房买。老话说“是药三分毒”,绝对没错。我做过一个项目,是关于Accetaminophen的,Accetaminophen有解热镇痛作用,如果过量,会导致急性肝功能衰竭(Acute Liver Failure)。北美常见的Tylenol(泰诺),其主要成分就是Accetaminophen。我家的常备药是Advil,有效成分是Ibuprofen,据说过量会增大心脏病,中风的危险,一天不能服用超过6片。



2) 要小心,保护好自己。出去参加聚会,饮料吃食离开过视线就不要再用。不要接受开了口的饮料,不要接受陌生人提供的食物。



3)如果朋友中有人提供毒品,立刻疏远此人,不要因为却不开面子而伤害自己。





因为鸦片战争之故,中国人对鸦片比较敏感。鸦片来自罂粟,在其果实未成熟时,割破取汁,凝固之后就是生鸦片,经过烧煮炮制成为熟鸦片,也就是我们常说的大烟。而我们谈之色变的海洛因,则是从鸦片中提炼出来的。



一共有180多种罂粟,可提取鸦片的只有一种。很多时候,人们可以看到罂粟作为观赏花木,被种在花园路边。所以有加拿大诗人感慨,“In Flanders fields the poppies blow”。我上大学时听说,有一年环卫工人不知情,在校园花坛里种了鸦片罂粟,生物系的教授眼睛多毒呀,一眼认出来,报上去,第二天就全没了。



我在一个矿山长大,当地人在解放前有种植鸦片的传统。有位高中时的朋友说,一次她肚子疼得厉害,村里没有医生,她妈妈找了一点儿罂粟壳,泡水给她喝,马上就不疼了。解放之后,管得很严,鸦片的种植与吸食已经极为稀少了。90年代末,大型国企不景气。我们矿上的子弟,除了成绩好的可以考大学出来,大部分都是通过上技校,招工,进来上班。那么多人下岗,哪里还会再招工,许多年青人没有工作,无所事事,看不到前途,风气马上坏了,赌博,吸毒,什么都出来了,听说过不少一人吸毒,全家受害的故事。



我们家住平房时的邻居家孩子,和我上过一个班,印象中高高瘦瘦,很腼腆的一个男孩子。有一回妈妈跟我聊天,说他已经死了。据说是吸毒后神智不清,或者是毒瘾发作,去抢劫,后果严重,被判了死刑。



爸妈退休之后,就搬回了老家。前年回国,我专门去矿上看了一下,还是原来的样子。这20年中国高速发展,好像忘了这个曾经辉煌的矿山。





在美加这边,大麻好像更流行一些。很多人觉得大麻不算什么,危害跟抽烟差不多,和海洛因比起来,是软性毒品。问题是,抽大麻就像打开了潘多拉的盒子,不少人试过大麻之后,就想试更刺激的。



在加拿大买二手房时,要小心买到大麻屋。有人租房子,在地下室种大麻。因为大麻对温度,湿度都有要求,种过大麻之后,房子就毁了,修不回来的。



我家旁边的小城,有家巧克力工厂,整个小城弥漫着甜香。前几年,巧克力工厂关门,小城经济立刻下滑。现在有一家叫Tweed的公司,接手厂房,在里面种医用大麻,已经上市了,据说市值上亿。



在加拿大,大麻马上就要(或者已经)合法了,可以申请执照开大麻馆了。我想,这和以前的大烟馆没什么区别吧!收音机上争论的是,年龄限制应该是19还是23(25),大麻馆应不应该建在高中旁边。



加拿大正在批准更多的Safe Injection Site(安全注射点)。可以自带毒品过去,有干净的注射器,旁边还有人看着,一有情况可以立刻采取措施。据说工作人员要尽量招有过吸毒历史的,这样不会歧视前来的注射客。对中国人来说,简直想象无能。天方夜谭啊!





加拿大的人均镇痛药消耗量是全球第二,含鸦片处方药使用率最高。还有消遣型毒品(Recreational Drug Use),在party时助兴,平时排解寂寞。



我在加拿大卫生部打工的时候,做过一段Tramadal的研究。Tramadal是一种鸦片类处方药,镇痛用的。每年有近三万人次的入院记录与Tramadal相关。这已经是五年前得老黄历了。





现在,已经有很多人意识到这场加拿大历史上最严重的鸦片危机了。今年2月21日是加拿大的关注药物过量国家行动日,有多个城市的人们上街表达关注,呼吁联邦政府放缓对Safe Injection Site的审批进程,并减少对鸦片类镇痛药的拨款,以控制这传染病般的蔓延。



希望广大华人家长,在看好自己的孩子之余,还能站出来,联系选区的各级议员,表达对此事的关切。只有我们行动起来,不再做沉默的大多数,我们才不会被他人代表,我们的诉求才不会被忽视。



收音机里说加拿大警方破获了一个Fentanyl的走私集团,抓捕了若干人,缴获了很多。只要有利可图,总会有人铤而走险。正如马克思所说,“一有适当的利润,资本就会非常胆壮起来。只要有10%的利润,它就会到处被人使用;有20%,就会活泼起来;有50%,就会引起积极的冒险;有100%,就会使人不顾一切法律;有300%,就会使人不怕犯罪,甚至不怕绞首的危险。”加拿大这场鸦片战争将何去何从,我们只能拭目以待。作为家长,我们要提高警惕,让孩子远离毒品,防祸患于未然。



别让毒品毁了我们的下一代和这个国家的未来!
 
最后编辑:
“Today, Bob and Rilee say Ottawa needs to do more to deal with the opioid crisis that’s emerged in North America. They say there aren’t enough drug-abuse treatment centres here, for instance.

“As this (opioid crisis) comes out to light, they’re going to need more and more and more (treatment centres) … because if they don’t get these children in on time, their next pill might kill them,” Rilee said.

“You can’t blame (drug users). You need to educate and help them learn how to get through it, just like everything else in life,” Bob added.

Ending drug abuse starts at home, said Bob, urging parents to take the initiative and have conversations with their children.”
 
最后编辑:
“In her final year of high school, Teslin dreamed of becoming a nurse. Her parents said she had “worked hard her whole life,” earning top marks and had been given a spot in a pre-nursing program.

A “fierce” CanSkate competitor, Teslin won more than 60 medals in her figure skating career. She also dedicated much of her time to coaching children with disabilities as part of the CanSkate program, said Rilee, waking up early every Saturday even after going out with friends the night before.

“(The children) gravitated to Teslin,” Bob said. “It was an indication of her love for helping kids and why she wanted to become a nurse and help people. This was something that came very naturally to her.”

Adding to her list of extracurriculars, Teslin worked as an assistant at a physiotherapy clinic, in preparation for a career in nursing.

But on Dec. 31, the young woman whom Bob and Rilee described as full of love, laughter and friendship died suddenly.”

“We had all gone to bed and she must have gone into the washroom and whether she did some that night, it’s not clear to us, but she basically went to sleep on the floor. … There was no trauma,” Bob said. “It was hard for us to even understand because we didn’t know about the opioids at that point, and we couldn’t understand why she just died.”
 
Teslin Russell’s heartbroken parents have been left with two hard-to-reconcile images of their 18-year-old daughter. One, the high-achieving student who taught children to skate every Saturday. The other, the young woman found lifeless on the family’s bathroom floor after an opioid overdose.

Looking back now, Rilee and Bob Russell say nothing about Teslin had changed leading up to her death: Her personality, interests and bank account yielded no clues.

“That’s the hard part for us,” Rilee said Friday. “There was no indication. We’re not having the luxury of having the knowledge that she had a problem to even try and fix. … It’s very difficult for us to grasp that this has even happened.

“She just got that one bad pill.”

Unfortunately, bad pills are increasingly common in Canada as counterfeit opioids laced with deadly contaminants, such as fentanyl, are making their way into the hands of drug users. As police continue to investigate the drug overdose deaths of two teenagers in Ottawa, including Teslin, Bob and Rilee have gone public with their daughter’s story in the hopes of educating teens and parents on the dangers of opioids.
 
嗯,鸦片不行,大麻就无害?o_O
 
借地儿吐槽一下,那个啥,选票别浪费了
在这里,选票还是很管用的。

有一年,我家屋前那棵树长得不好,老公想换掉,市政府的人可厉害了,我们自己出钱换掉都不行,因为是市政府的财产。老太太来我家拜票,我拉着她抱怨一通。第二天就有人打电话说给我们重种一棵树。

所以,对我们手中的选票,请善加利用。
 
大麻害处小,但等于打开了一扇大门。所以,大麻也应该管制。
所以,对我们手中的选票,请善加利用。
 
在这里,选票还是很管用的。

有一年,我家屋前那棵树长得不好,老公想换掉,市政府的人可厉害了,我们自己出钱换掉都不行,因为是市政府的财产。老太太来我家拜票,我拉着她抱怨一通。第二天就有人打电话说给我们重种一棵树。

所以,对我们手中的选票,请善加利用。
问题是这老太太是谁,没准她就是大麻党的
 
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