Alberta to Review Funding of Harm Reduction Group After ‘Safer’ Meth Pamphlets Featured at Student Fair

Alberta’s premier said her government would be reviewing funding agreements with a harm reduction organization after how-to instructions for “safer” drug consumption, including of crack, were made available to high school students at a wellness fair. A booth by SafeLink Alberta at a Medicine Hat High School event on Dec. 12 had pamphlets about “safer” crack and crystal meth smoking, according to a local media source. Premier Danielle Smith called it “simply outrageous.” “There is no such thing as safe meth or crack use,” she said on Dec. 16 in a post on X, formerly Twitter. “We will be reviewing funding agreements with the organization who felt it was appropriate to teach Medicine Hat teenagers how to use illicit and deadly drugs.”...