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Gabor Mate

Canada’s indifference to Aboriginal addictions

May 16th, 2012
by Jordon Cooper.
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From Dr. Gabor Mate, There is a disproportionately high ratio of native Canadians among my Downtown Eastside patients, as well as in Canada’s drug-using population and prisons. And they suffer disproportionately. Last week, a study showed that the HIV rate among Vancouver’s aboriginal drug users is twice that of non-natives. The report came just a [...]

Wendy’s Dark Decade

Jun 19th, 2011
by Jordon Cooper.
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On Friday Wendy wrote a long post that kind of describes where she is right now in terms of her depression and life right now.  I found it quite uncomfortable to read, partly because of the details she wrote about are often painful ones for both of us. A bunch of you wrote me with questions [...]