Druggedfish
@druggedfish.bsky.social
I always support those most oppressed. It is in my DNA.
Passionate about drug policy, mental health, harm reduction, and beneficial drug use! 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 (They/them)
Passionate about drug policy, mental health, harm reduction, and beneficial drug use! 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 (They/them)
Sadly, it’s likely going to take another 1000 people to be charged & found guilty of trafficking before anything changes. I really thought with decriminalization we’d get somewhere but instead we have lies and deception clouding any progress! #EndTheDrugWar #NicePeopleUseDrugs (like Alcohol) #DULF❤️
DULF Founders Guilty of Drug Trafficking | The Tyee
Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum didn’t have permission to sell tested drugs despite good intentions, court finds.
thetyee.ca
November 8, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Sadly, it’s likely going to take another 1000 people to be charged & found guilty of trafficking before anything changes. I really thought with decriminalization we’d get somewhere but instead we have lies and deception clouding any progress! #EndTheDrugWar #NicePeopleUseDrugs (like Alcohol) #DULF❤️
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‘I'm concerned at the number of people who are homeless and the rising issues around mental health,' says Sen. Kim Pate. "I want to see the resources go into housing, health care and supports.’
Liberals' bail and sentencing reform bill bad for everyone says senator, lawyer
The federal government's proposed bail and sentencing reform bill will have a negative effect on Indigenous Peoples.
www.aptnnews.ca
October 31, 2025 at 3:06 PM
‘I'm concerned at the number of people who are homeless and the rising issues around mental health,' says Sen. Kim Pate. "I want to see the resources go into housing, health care and supports.’
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How To Join ICE
How To Join ICE
As Immigration and Customs Enforcement seeks to increase its presence across the country, the agency is actively recruiting new agents to carry out the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign...
theonion.com
October 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
How To Join ICE
As a person helping those deemed incapable of managing their finances, I can confirm that there are many of them in shelters or hospitals bc they have no home & are unable to access care facilities bc they don’t qualify or have capacity to pay for their costs of care.
“Ten or 15 years ago, if you were 40 and in a shelter, you were considered old. Now we’re routinely seeing people in their sixties and seventies.” – Nick Wells, Union Gospel Mission.
Older adults are losing housing faster than ever due to Vancouver's soaring rents.
Read on: tinyurl.com/3b66uz7p
Older adults are losing housing faster than ever due to Vancouver's soaring rents.
Read on: tinyurl.com/3b66uz7p
October 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
As a person helping those deemed incapable of managing their finances, I can confirm that there are many of them in shelters or hospitals bc they have no home & are unable to access care facilities bc they don’t qualify or have capacity to pay for their costs of care.
This includes my parents who are 85 and 78. They leave today to Asia and only managed to get the flu shot. Neither of them have had COVID unlike me. I still have heart issues as a result. If they get it, I suspect they won’t do very well. But hey who cares right? It’s just the flu (no it’s not!!)
Some Albertans struggled to book COVID-19 shots as the province’s fall immunization campaign opened to the general public on Monday… and Health link was flooded with thousands of calls👇
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Some Albertans frustrated and unable to book COVID-19 shots as fall campaign kicks off | CBC News
Some Albertans struggled to book COVID-19 shots as the province’s fall immunization campaign opened to the general public on Monday.
www.cbc.ca
October 21, 2025 at 3:35 PM
This includes my parents who are 85 and 78. They leave today to Asia and only managed to get the flu shot. Neither of them have had COVID unlike me. I still have heart issues as a result. If they get it, I suspect they won’t do very well. But hey who cares right? It’s just the flu (no it’s not!!)
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Jeremy and Erys kept people safe with their actions. Politicians who prevent access to safe alternatives to toxic drugs are the ones who should be charged.
#DULF founders are heroes to me and many other moms!
#DULF founders are heroes to me and many other moms!
> Read about how DULF's co-founders discussed their compassion club with the VPD. VPD reps offered their support for the project. Then the VPD abruptly raided the compassion club and arrested its co-founders:
thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
Safe Drugs on Trial: DULF’s Trafficking Case Begins | The Tyee
The founders are charged with trafficking. Their lawyers argue they had a legal exemption from drug laws.
thetyee.ca
October 14, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Jeremy and Erys kept people safe with their actions. Politicians who prevent access to safe alternatives to toxic drugs are the ones who should be charged.
#DULF founders are heroes to me and many other moms!
#DULF founders are heroes to me and many other moms!
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Don't worry if people call you a "radical leftist"
Radical leftist simply means you care, and that is normal!
Radical leftist simply means you care, and that is normal!
October 14, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Don't worry if people call you a "radical leftist"
Radical leftist simply means you care, and that is normal!
Radical leftist simply means you care, and that is normal!
It seems to me that helping people with mental health issues is often ineffective and doesn’t get to the root issue. However, cutting programs is not the answer. It always feels like what needs to be done is the exact opposite of what actually happens. #Mentalhealth
Trump's mental health plan: Defund, incarcerate, disappear
His speeches on homelessness drip with fear and disgust. His policies are worse.
www.motherjones.com
October 4, 2025 at 4:21 PM
It seems to me that helping people with mental health issues is often ineffective and doesn’t get to the root issue. However, cutting programs is not the answer. It always feels like what needs to be done is the exact opposite of what actually happens. #Mentalhealth
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Before we panic about government spending, @iglikaivanova.bsky.social examines what really created BC’s current fiscal challenge.
The numbers tell a clear story she says. #bcpoli
The numbers tell a clear story she says. #bcpoli
Opinion: B.C. has a revenue problem, not a spending problem
Experience from early 2000s shows that underfunding public services and failing to address poverty leads to higher economic and social costs
vancouversun.com
September 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Before we panic about government spending, @iglikaivanova.bsky.social examines what really created BC’s current fiscal challenge.
The numbers tell a clear story she says. #bcpoli
The numbers tell a clear story she says. #bcpoli
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I am begging Canadians to understand that Canada Post, like public transit, should not be a business - it's a service.
Canada Post is a lifeline for rural, remote and Northern communities and overall, we need to re-evaluate why people think they "need" random shit delivered ASAP.
Canada Post is a lifeline for rural, remote and Northern communities and overall, we need to re-evaluate why people think they "need" random shit delivered ASAP.
The government is reducing service standards and Canada Post’s biggest advantage: its nationwide network.
This plan is about cutting back the postal service instead of investing to give it new revenue tools through things like postal banking. It’s shameful.
This plan is about cutting back the postal service instead of investing to give it new revenue tools through things like postal banking. It’s shameful.
Liberal government frees Canada Post to end home delivery, close some post offices | CBC News
With Canada Post on track to lose $1.5 billion in 2025 and contract discussions between the union and the corporation stalled, the federal government is embarking on a modernization plan it says will ...
www.cbc.ca
September 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I am begging Canadians to understand that Canada Post, like public transit, should not be a business - it's a service.
Canada Post is a lifeline for rural, remote and Northern communities and overall, we need to re-evaluate why people think they "need" random shit delivered ASAP.
Canada Post is a lifeline for rural, remote and Northern communities and overall, we need to re-evaluate why people think they "need" random shit delivered ASAP.
Sent my MLA an explanation of why we have been left with no option except to take job action.
@bcgeu.bsky.social
#BCGEU
#WeAreWorthIt
@bcgeu.bsky.social
#BCGEU
#WeAreWorthIt
frontlinesfirst.ca
From housing to wildfires, B.C. depends on frontline workers. But many are living paycheque to paycheque and considering leaving. A fair deal for workers is how we strengthen public services — send a ...
www.frontlinesfirst.ca
September 24, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Sent my MLA an explanation of why we have been left with no option except to take job action.
@bcgeu.bsky.social
#BCGEU
#WeAreWorthIt
@bcgeu.bsky.social
#BCGEU
#WeAreWorthIt
Why do we look at people differently based entirely on what type of #drug they use?
Why do we look at some people differently based entirely on what type of drug they use?
Stereotypes of drug use are rising along with stigma and discrimination!
open.substack.com
September 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Why do we look at people differently based entirely on what type of #drug they use?
“More than 5 decades ago, Richard Nixon launched a “war on drugs”. The drugs won!”
Does anybody else see an issue with this statement? How can an inanimate object win a war? The #WarOnDrugs is a war on people not drugs. There is no winner for any war that has no end!
#NoMoreDrugWar
#DrugSky
Does anybody else see an issue with this statement? How can an inanimate object win a war? The #WarOnDrugs is a war on people not drugs. There is no winner for any war that has no end!
#NoMoreDrugWar
#DrugSky
The Guardian view on the ‘war on drugs’: Donald Trump is turning a failed metaphor into a more dangerous reality | Editorial
Editorial: The strike on a speedboat allegedly containing Venezuelan drug traffickers may be performative, but sets a frightening precedent
www.theguardian.com
September 9, 2025 at 5:28 AM
“More than 5 decades ago, Richard Nixon launched a “war on drugs”. The drugs won!”
Does anybody else see an issue with this statement? How can an inanimate object win a war? The #WarOnDrugs is a war on people not drugs. There is no winner for any war that has no end!
#NoMoreDrugWar
#DrugSky
Does anybody else see an issue with this statement? How can an inanimate object win a war? The #WarOnDrugs is a war on people not drugs. There is no winner for any war that has no end!
#NoMoreDrugWar
#DrugSky
My little #ghosthunter is hiding as there are too many. He needs to get some help. He misses #SamWinchester. #Huntingthings #SavingPeople. One of the good ones! Am I trying to distract from current world events, you bet!
September 9, 2025 at 4:31 AM
My little #ghosthunter is hiding as there are too many. He needs to get some help. He misses #SamWinchester. #Huntingthings #SavingPeople. One of the good ones! Am I trying to distract from current world events, you bet!
"It calls on us to respond with compassion, with urgency, and with the resolve to keep building a system of care that prevents deaths and supports recovery," she said.
It seems that this compassion & system of care includes everything except ending the war against drug users! #DrugSky
It seems that this compassion & system of care includes everything except ending the war against drug users! #DrugSky
International Overdose Awareness Day commemorated in B.C. as hundreds continue to die of toxic drugs | CBC News
The day is being marked with ceremonies across B.C. on Sunday, as the province continues to lose more than 100 people each month due to unregulated drugs, amid a public health emergency declared nine ...
www.cbc.ca
September 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
"It calls on us to respond with compassion, with urgency, and with the resolve to keep building a system of care that prevents deaths and supports recovery," she said.
It seems that this compassion & system of care includes everything except ending the war against drug users! #DrugSky
It seems that this compassion & system of care includes everything except ending the war against drug users! #DrugSky
My new consulting venture! #DrugSky
DruggedFish Consulting | Substack
substack.com
August 26, 2025 at 1:14 AM
My new consulting venture! #DrugSky
This article is quite the follow-up from the previously posted article by @cbcnewz.bsky.social that essentially further demonstrates that misperceptions are being fuelled all over. It seems we are in the midst of a misinformation pandemic and it is only getting worse. Are we in the age of ignore?
Media, Researchers Fuel More Vape Misperceptions
A Guardian article highlights a questionable study, emphasizing a groundless claim that it demonstrates a youth "gateway effect."
filtermag.org
August 25, 2025 at 7:10 PM
This article is quite the follow-up from the previously posted article by @cbcnewz.bsky.social that essentially further demonstrates that misperceptions are being fuelled all over. It seems we are in the midst of a misinformation pandemic and it is only getting worse. Are we in the age of ignore?
I started smoking cigarettes when I was 12 years old. Yes, I could buy them myself. I have quit cigarettes many times. The first time was almost 20 years ago. I quit for 6 years but started again after a period of high stress! It was in 2012 that I was introduced to e-cigarettes. 1/3
Want to quit cigarettes? Vaping is far from a go-to, Canadian guideline says | CBC News
People trying to quit smoking should not reach for e-cigarettes or vapes as their first choice to butt out, a new Canadian guideline says.
www.cbc.ca
August 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I started smoking cigarettes when I was 12 years old. Yes, I could buy them myself. I have quit cigarettes many times. The first time was almost 20 years ago. I quit for 6 years but started again after a period of high stress! It was in 2012 that I was introduced to e-cigarettes. 1/3
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Donald Trump and the deconstruction of America
Donald Trump and the deconstruction of America
Don't let the daily outrages obscure the big picture.
www.motherjones.com
August 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Donald Trump and the deconstruction of America
In 1992, I made a complaint to the labour board that I was working unpaid. This was deemed illegal & the company was ordered to not only pay for all hours of unpaid work but they also had to provide back-pay to employees who had been there for years. This bankrupted the company! 1/
August 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
In 1992, I made a complaint to the labour board that I was working unpaid. This was deemed illegal & the company was ordered to not only pay for all hours of unpaid work but they also had to provide back-pay to employees who had been there for years. This bankrupted the company! 1/
Sadly I can’t read this article but if it’s by @maiasz.bsky.social it will be bang on!!
Non-abstinent recovery is more common than recovery that excludes all psychoactive substances other than caffeine & nicotine. So why don't we talk about it? In light of new attacks on harm reduction, it's critical to do do.... my latest www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/o...
Opinion | I’m in Addiction Recovery and I Still Drink Wine
www.nytimes.com
August 16, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Sadly I can’t read this article but if it’s by @maiasz.bsky.social it will be bang on!!