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The drug-addict zombies are coming for your neighbourhood: Christopher Dummitt in the National Post

It's a zombie apocalypse, and just like in the movies, the zombies aren't the only ones being hurt.

July 25, 2025
in Domestic Policy, Latest News, Columns, In the Media, Health, Social Issues, Christopher Dummitt
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The drug-addict zombies are coming for your neighbourhood: Christopher Dummitt in the National Post

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This article originally appeared in the National Post. Below is an excerpt from the article.

By Christopher Dummitt, July 25, 2025

I’ve come to think that we Canadians are so polite that even though we now find ourselves living inside a real-life zombie movie, many seem afraid to raise a fuss for fear of offending the zombies.

“Sorry, sir, but I think you’re gnawing on my arm.”

In our case, the zombie apocalypse is the epidemic of drug addiction that fills our streets with addicts. Contemplating their next fix — or in the temporary delirium granted by the last one — they shuffle in front of our cars, defecate on our sidewalks, and break into our cars and houses.

We all have our stories of zombie run-ins.

***TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE, VISIT THE NATIONAL POST HERE***


Christopher Dummitt is a professor of history at Trent University, host of the podcast 1867 & All That (www.1867allthat.com), and a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.

Source: National Post

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