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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 23d

“The US has decertified Colombia as a reliable partner in the War on Drugs for the 1st time in almost 30 years—though w/a waiver that suspends sanctions or cancels funding for bilateral anti-drug operations between the 2 countries.”
Trump issues imperialist report cards while gutting harm reduction.

Joshua Collins @murosinvisibles.bsky.social · 25d

Trump says Colombia uncooperative in the 'Drug War'

Petro's supporters say US is interfering in elections next year. The declaration does not include sanctions.

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Trump says Colombia uncooperative in the 'Drug War'

Petro's supporters say US is interfering in elections next year. The declaration does not include sanctions.

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Corey Ranger @nurseranger.bsky.social · 22d

On the plus side, the USA is increasingly self-alienating and losing allies over its arrogance and threats.

Read this 👇

UN Member States initiate an overdue review of the UN drug control “machinery” with a newly emerging political alliance

idpc.net/blog/2025/03...

CND68: Historic vote initiates overdue review of UN drug control “machinery”

Against a backdrop of global turmoil and multilateral rupture, the 68th session of the CND marked a turning point in the history of global drug policy by deciding to create a panel of independent expe...

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Corey Ranger @nurseranger.bsky.social · 22d

I must have missed this “Presidential Determination” piece of imperial American propaganda—it’s getting hard to keep up with the USA’s rapid descent into overt fascism.

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www.state.gov/releases/off...

Presidential Determination on Major Drug Transit or Major Illicit Drug Producing Countries for Fiscal Year 2026 - United States Department of State

The following is a Presidential Determination submitted to Congress today: By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States; including section 706(1) ...

www.state.gov

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Corey Ranger @nurseranger.bsky.social · 22d

We at the @hrna.bsky.social denounced Bill C-2, calling it “an outdated, xenophobic drug interdiction policy that prioritizes border theatrics over evidence and human rights”.

We, like many others, asked Prime Minister @mark-carney.bsky.social to rescind the Bill.

www.hrna-aiirm.ca/2025/08/27/h...

HRNA Letter to PM Mark Carney re IOAD 2025 | HRNA/AIIRM

August 27, 2025 The Right Honourable Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada [email protected] Prime Minister, On the brink of another International Overdose Awareness Day, we are still being asked to [...]

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HRNA_AIIRM @hrna.bsky.social · Sep 9

Don’t want to be a member, but still want to support?

Donate to the Chapman HRNA Harm Reduction award via the Canadian Nurses Foundation.

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Show your support!

Please support my important cause!

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HRNA_AIIRM @hrna.bsky.social · Sep 9

And while you’re here…

There’s never been a better time to join the HRNA.

Sign up for a membership by clicking the link below!

But why be a member? Check out these membership benefits! 👇👇

www.hrna-aiirm.ca/membership/

Membership Benefits:
Community of Practice
Vote & contribute to national advocacy efforts on committees & working groups
Education and Research
Access to live webinars & roundtables with harm reduction nurses and drug policy experts
Communication and Networking
Professional networking opportunities with members and organizations whose purpose and mission align with the organization
LEARN MORE@ WWW.HRNA-AIIRM.CA

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HRNA_AIIRM @hrna.bsky.social · Sep 9

More exciting news from @hrna.bsky.social!

Check out our new website!

www.hrna-aiirm.ca

Home | HRNA/AIIRM

The Harm Reduction Nurses Association is a Canadian national organization with a mission to advance harm reduction nursing through practice, education, research, and advocacy. Latest News Nothi...

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HRNA_AIIRM @hrna.bsky.social · Sep 5

HRNA’s webinars are free, publicly accessible, and recorded/posted to our YouTube page.

Stay tuned for more great content announcements.

Share widely.

#HarmReduction #Nurse #Nurses #Drugsky #DrugPolicy

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HRNA_AIIRM @hrna.bsky.social · Sep 5

HRNA’s 2025/2026 webinar season is going to be 🔥.

Up first, “A Crisis of Disorder or a Crisis of Legitimacy? A Critical Discourse Analysis of B.C. Police Officers' Perspectives on Decriminalization”

When: October 1st at 12pm PST.

Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

WEBINAR
A Crisis of Disorder or a Crisis of Legitimacy?
A Critical Discourse Analysis of B.C. Police Officers' Perspectives on Decriminalization
Concerns of 'social disorder' have become a powerful obstacle to drug policy reform in recent years, evidenced through the backlash to decriminalization in both British Columbia (B.C.) and Oregon. To better understand how decriminalization came to be associated with disorder in B.C., this study applied Critical Discourse Analysis to 36 semi-structured interviews conducted with front-line officers in B.C. Two dominant discourses were identified:
1) Decriminalization as Losing Control and 2) Policing as a Persecuted Institution.

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Doctors for Safer Drug Policy @dsdp.ca · Sep 2

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B.C. advocates talk recovery, safer supply on International Overdose Awareness Day | Globalnews.ca

Demonstrators placed a long line of photos memorializing some of the thousands of British Columbians whose lives have been lost to drugs on the steps to the B.C. legislature.

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Heather Hobbs @hghobbs.bsky.social · Sep 1

Donate your day's wage as a concrete action to fight the war on drugs and help Weaving Our Worlds raise $10,000 in 2 weeks to defend the Drug Users Liberation Front. Why? See link below.

#IOAD2025 #SolidarityForever

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Wage Solidarity: Fight the War on Drugs

Every August 31, International Overdose Awareness Day brings people together around the world to take action on preventable overdose deaths and the legislated violence of drug policy. On August 31, We...

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International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC) @idpc.net · Aug 31

As the #WDR2025 acknowledges, poverty, inequality and stigma compound drug-related harm. Efforts to ensure non-discriminatory access to care are fundamental to saving lives.
https://f.mtr.cool/bnqnvamupl

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Environmental scan on the current state of harm reduction education in nursing

HRNA notes that harm reduction education is inconsistently included in Canadian nursing programs, identifying key challenges, consequences, and improvements to meet escalating needs.

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Corey Ranger @nurseranger.bsky.social · Aug 30

The @hrna.bsky.social are still awaiting a response from @mark-carney.bsky.social.

Wondering if the PM has any plans for #IOAD2025.

HRNA_AIIRM @hrna.bsky.social · Aug 27

NEW:

Canada’s harm reduction nurses call on Prime Minister Carney to rescind harmful drug policies and fund evidence-based care ahead of International Overdose Awareness Day.

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#IOAD #IOAD2025
#cdnpoli #drugsky #cdnmedia #bcpoli #nurse #nurses

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Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · Aug 29

The question is not whether allowing access to regulated drugs is the right thing to do.

The question is whether enough collective will can be mustered to overcome the carceral bureaucracy keeping regulated drugs out of reach.

DULF can do it –– with your help.
drugdatadecoded.ca/the-most-urg...

The most urgent legal case in drug policy needs money. For Overdose Awareness Day, give what you can.

The question is not whether allowing access to regulated drugs is the right thing to do –– that is now confirmed. The question is whether enough collective will can be mustered to overcome the carcer...

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Corey Ranger @nurseranger.bsky.social · Aug 29

Read this 👇

“These deaths—so many of which could have been avoided if banned drugs were legally regulated—are better described as “prohibition-related deaths.””

Overdoses Should Be Termed “Prohibition-Related Deaths”

#IOAD2025

filtermag.org/overdose-pro...

Overdoses Should Be Termed “Prohibition-Related Deaths”

Major drivers of overdose fatalities have little to do with drugs and everything to do with our drug laws.

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Kate Fish @helloitskate.bsky.social · Aug 28

HRNA are calling for the federal gov’t to:

1️⃣Rescind Bill C-2.
2️⃣Reject forced “treatment.”
3️⃣Fund health, housing, harm reduction & Indigenous healing.
4️⃣Legislate equity-based public health.
5️⃣Meet HRNA Board in 30 days.

#NoMoreDrugWar #IOAD2025

HRNA_AIIRM @hrna.bsky.social · Aug 27

NEW:

Canada’s harm reduction nurses call on Prime Minister Carney to rescind harmful drug policies and fund evidence-based care ahead of International Overdose Awareness Day.

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#IOAD #IOAD2025
#cdnpoli #drugsky #cdnmedia #bcpoli #nurse #nurses

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Corey Ranger @nurseranger.bsky.social · Aug 28

Yesterday, @hrna.bsky.social sent this important letter to Canadian PM @mark-carney.bsky.social.

We need your help! Please share the letter and our urgent request!

#cdnpoli #bcpoli #IOAD #IOAD2025

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Petra Schulz @msthpetra.bsky.social · Aug 28

As a mother morning the loss of a child I echo this call! Danny’s death was preventable, so were the deaths of the 52,000+ that followed. 💔
#IOAD2025

HRNA_AIIRM @hrna.bsky.social · Aug 27

NEW:

Canada’s harm reduction nurses call on Prime Minister Carney to rescind harmful drug policies and fund evidence-based care ahead of International Overdose Awareness Day.

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#IOAD #IOAD2025
#cdnpoli #drugsky #cdnmedia #bcpoli #nurse #nurses

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Petra Schulz @msthpetra.bsky.social · Aug 28

@gordjohns.bsky.social @heathermcpherson.bsky.social please take this message to the house this fall.

HRNA_AIIRM @hrna.bsky.social · Aug 27

NEW:

Canada’s harm reduction nurses call on Prime Minister Carney to rescind harmful drug policies and fund evidence-based care ahead of International Overdose Awareness Day.

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#IOAD #IOAD2025
#cdnpoli #drugsky #cdnmedia #bcpoli #nurse #nurses

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Heather Hobbs @hghobbs.bsky.social · Aug 27

When words fail, folks keep finding them. It's a good letter.
#IOAD2025
@davidebybc.bsky.social

HRNA_AIIRM @hrna.bsky.social · Aug 27

NEW:

Canada’s harm reduction nurses call on Prime Minister Carney to rescind harmful drug policies and fund evidence-based care ahead of International Overdose Awareness Day.

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#IOAD #IOAD2025
#cdnpoli #drugsky #cdnmedia #bcpoli #nurse #nurses

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Angela Welz @heartforward.bsky.social · Aug 27

@markcarneyforpm.bsky.social

It’s time to listen to us.

HRNA_AIIRM @hrna.bsky.social · Aug 27

NEW:

Canada’s harm reduction nurses call on Prime Minister Carney to rescind harmful drug policies and fund evidence-based care ahead of International Overdose Awareness Day.

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#IOAD #IOAD2025
#cdnpoli #drugsky #cdnmedia #bcpoli #nurse #nurses

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HRNA_AIIRM @hrna.bsky.social · Aug 27

International Overdose Awareness Day is not just a time to remember—it is a time to act. Lives are on the line.

Please meet with us @mark-carney.bsky.social.

Link to full letter here:

www.hrna-aiirm.ca/wp-content/u...

www.hrna-aiirm.ca

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HRNA_AIIRM @hrna.bsky.social · Aug 27

HRNA’s members have attended more than a decade of memorials and vigils and done all we can to raise public awareness. We have data, coroners’ reports, and decades of evidence from harm reduction, housing-first models, safe supply, and supervised consumption. What is lacking is political courage.

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HRNA_AIIRM @hrna.bsky.social · Aug 27

We urge the federal gov’t to:

1️⃣Rescind Bill C-2.
2️⃣Reject forced “treatment.”
3️⃣Fund health, housing, harm reduction & Indigenous healing.
4️⃣Legislate equity-based public health.
5️⃣Meet HRNA Board in 30 days.

The HRNA/AIIRM urges our federal government to:
Rescind Bill C-2
Reject involuntary detention and coersive interventions
Redirect enforcement funding to healthcare, housing, harm reduction, and volutary community-led treatment
Legislate and fund harm reduction grounded in equity, autonomy and evidence
Meet with HRNA Board of Directors within the next 30 days to discuss urgent, evidence-based solutions

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HRNA_AIIRM @hrna.bsky.social · Aug 27

3. At the municipal level, leaders use stigma and moral panic to block lifesaving services.

We believe strong leadership does not mean cracking down on the vulnerable. It means standing up for them.

@mark-carney.bsky.social the time for awareness has long passed.

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