I am in awe of this man as he presents simple pure truths of being human coupled with conclusions drawn from the scientific research literature and practical recommendations for social policy.

Links to one interview and one speech, by a very informed, very insightful, very compassionate physician. Gabor Mate runs the safe injection site in East-side Vancouver, where people receive compassionate care sometimes for the first time in their lives. Dr. Mate's experience shows him that these people are little different from himself. He speaks to our instinctual shunning of substance abusers as equivalent to denial and rejection of the damaged aspects of our own selves.

http://www.tvo.org/TVO/WebObjects/TVO.woa?video?AG_Int_20090109_907831_G...

http://www.tvo.org/TVO/WebObjects/TVO.woa?video?BI_Full_20081025_834103_...