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Tag Archives: Mental Health

National Post Exclusive: MDMA Trauma Therapy Breakthrough

December 27, 2016by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Exclusive investigation: Exactly a century after ecstasy was first patented, Health Canada has approved the drug’s import for the first Canadian study using the illegal substance in trauma survivors’ therapy.

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National Post

Can Portland Hotel Society’s New Boss Restore Faith?

June 26, 2014by David P. Ball Leave a comment

‘There won’t be any more Disneyland trips,’ says new head of beleaguered nonprofit.

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The Tyee

Standoff ends with assault suspect’s arrest

October 14, 2013by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Police used a battering ram to force their way into a Downtown Eastside rooming house suite Monday after an assault suspect barricaded himself into his room, ending an eight-hour standoff.

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24 Hours

Remembering Bonnie Fournier: Longtime street nurse remembered as ‘integrity in action’

June 24, 2013by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Street nurse Bonnie Fournier is remembered as the “mom of the Downtown Eastside.”

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Megaphone magazine

Happy New Year: Stories of 2012

January 2, 2013by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Here’s a look back over some of my key stories of the last year.

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Briarpatch magazine, Canadian Dimension, Georgia Straight, Huffington Post Canada, Indian Country Today Media Network, National Post, rabble.ca, The Toronto Star, This Magazine, Vancouver Observer

‘It opens your heart’: Canada approves use of ecstasy in study into post-traumatic stress disorder

December 29, 2012by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Health Canada is allowing two B.C. therapists to import MDMA for the first Canadian study using the illegal substance in trauma survivors’ therapy.

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National Post

Keep Drug Law Conversation Alive, Say Advocates

September 27, 2012by David P. Ball Leave a comment

While BC municipalities back marijuana decriminalization, others argue it should go further.

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The Tyee

Self-care and social change

May 17, 2012by David P. Ball Leave a comment

It’s time to stop splitting social change from self-care – and embrace healing justice in our communities.

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Shameless magazine

Memory engineering pioneer Elizabeth Loftus charts course for Inception-style mind control

May 15, 2012by David P. Ball Leave a comment

After 44 years of ground-breaking research on how human memory works, inception is precisely the area that memory expert Dr. Elizabeth Loftus is pioneering today.

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Vancouver Observer

Despite death and overdose, therapeutic Ecstasy shows promise

January 4, 2012by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Recent overdoses from the illegal drug Ecstasy have led to warnings from police, but some worry that misconceptions about the drug will stall important research into trauma treatment.

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Vancouver Observer

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About David P. Ball

I BELIEVE IN JOURNALISTS' DUTY TO INFORM, IMPACT & DEFEND DEMOCRACY

I am a reporter with CBC News, Canada's public broadcaster, in Vancouver.

I have experience in podcasting, radio and video storytelling, photojournalism, investigative & digital news.

BYLINES:

CBC. Toronto Star. Agence France-Presse. Globe & Mail. VICE. The Guardian. The Tyee. National Post. South China Morning Post. Times of India.

Previously B.C. correspondent for Agence France-Presse, the world's oldest news service, I also worked in the Toronto Star's B.C. bureau for four years, have hosted podcasts for CFRO 100.5fm and Cited Media, and did investigative and enterprise journalism at TheTyee.ca.

My work has been published in the Globe & Mail, The Guardian, National Post, South China Morning Post, VICE, Le Monde, and the Times of India — and won awards from the Canadian Association of Journalists, Jack Webster Foundation, and Canadian Journalism Foundation.

CAJ Award-Winner & Multiple Finalist

Webster Award Award-Winner & Finalist

CJF Co-winner

Search my reporting:

Published in over 100 publications, reaching more than 1.5 billion readers worldwide:

• Globe & Mail
• Toronto Star
• Agence France-Presse
• The Guardian
• National Post
• New York Post
• Daily Mail UK
• VICE
• Ottawa Sun & QMI chain
• iPolitics
• Huffington Post
• Hamilton Spectator
• 24 Hours
• The Tyee
• Georgia Straight
• Xtra!
• Windspeaker
• Extract: Pipeline anthology chapter

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MY PHOTOJOURNALISM:
Published in the Globe & Mail, The Province, New York Post, CBC News, Toronto Star, National Post, Bild am Sonntag (DE), Arsenal Pulp Press, Georgia Straight, Tricity News


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