tyson singh kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘ
@tsk.bsky.social
phd(c) sfu health sciences | outreach social work | p.o.w.e.r. |
“It’s a very old political strategy"
thetyee.ca/News/2025/02...
thetyee.ca/News/2025/02...
No Evidence of Steady ‘Flow’ of Fentanyl into the US | The Tyee
Experts say Trump is using overdose deaths for political gain.
thetyee.ca
January 3, 2026 at 5:23 PM
“It’s a very old political strategy"
thetyee.ca/News/2025/02...
thetyee.ca/News/2025/02...
the drug war is international and so too must be drug war resistance and divestment
briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/vie...
briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/vie...
Going to the root: harm reduction to combat racism and imperialism
Addressing toxic drug supply through harm reduction principles is necessary to challenge racism, exploitation, and imperial power
briarpatchmagazine.com
January 3, 2026 at 5:22 PM
the drug war is international and so too must be drug war resistance and divestment
briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/vie...
briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/vie...
why something has to be so obscured....
December 18, 2025 at 6:54 AM
why something has to be so obscured....
confusing info in the announcement- they seem to be saying that police officer 'interactions' were replaced w correctional & probation officer interactions, incl. longer sentencing for people who meet the criteria for this program (criteria which doesn't necessarily include a history of violence)?
December 18, 2025 at 1:13 AM
confusing info in the announcement- they seem to be saying that police officer 'interactions' were replaced w correctional & probation officer interactions, incl. longer sentencing for people who meet the criteria for this program (criteria which doesn't necessarily include a history of violence)?
100 percent
December 16, 2025 at 3:51 PM
100 percent
"It’s a classic example of governments using words to not mean what they actually mean" @dsdp.ca
filtermag.org/bc-governmen...
filtermag.org/bc-governmen...
BC Government Doubles Down on Forced Drug Treatment - Filter
The British Columbia government is doubling down on involuntary treatment for people who use drugs, fast-tracking a law to skirt ...
filtermag.org
December 16, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"It’s a classic example of governments using words to not mean what they actually mean" @dsdp.ca
filtermag.org/bc-governmen...
filtermag.org/bc-governmen...
importantly, it is not a real dx, even per BC Coroners Service, Alberta Coroner, Canadian Psych Association, the ICD-10, DSM-5, WHO, AMA, APA, US Natl Association of Medical Examiners,US College of Emerg Physicians & others. Many orgs never have had a stance or policy on a non-existent condition
December 12, 2025 at 5:53 PM
importantly, it is not a real dx, even per BC Coroners Service, Alberta Coroner, Canadian Psych Association, the ICD-10, DSM-5, WHO, AMA, APA, US Natl Association of Medical Examiners,US College of Emerg Physicians & others. Many orgs never have had a stance or policy on a non-existent condition
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Last week, BC NDP Premier Eby made misleading claims about Sublocade.
A decade into BC's toxic drug emergency, there is a heightened risk when government leaders promote this type of disinformation. It should not be acceptable.
Read in more detail: themainlander.com/2025/12/10/v...
A decade into BC's toxic drug emergency, there is a heightened risk when government leaders promote this type of disinformation. It should not be acceptable.
Read in more detail: themainlander.com/2025/12/10/v...
Premier Eby hazardously misrepresents Sublocade while endorsing forced treatment of youth
Extended release buprenorphine is not
themainlander.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Last week, BC NDP Premier Eby made misleading claims about Sublocade.
A decade into BC's toxic drug emergency, there is a heightened risk when government leaders promote this type of disinformation. It should not be acceptable.
Read in more detail: themainlander.com/2025/12/10/v...
A decade into BC's toxic drug emergency, there is a heightened risk when government leaders promote this type of disinformation. It should not be acceptable.
Read in more detail: themainlander.com/2025/12/10/v...
Reposted by tyson singh kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘ
It is a choice to keep drugs unregulated. The government chooses to prohibit drugs, which allows for black markets to flourish, which creates a more potent and dangerous unregulated supply. The government could regulate drugs and undercut the unregulated market, but chooses not to.
Health authorities linking spike to their own failure
Health authorities linking spike to medetomidine, a veterinary anesthetic that is among the latest substances being added to the ever-changing street-drug supply. By some estimates, it's up to 200x more potent than xylazine.
Nov surge does not appear to correspond with a similar increase in deaths.
Nov surge does not appear to correspond with a similar increase in deaths.
December 10, 2025 at 1:32 AM
It is a choice to keep drugs unregulated. The government chooses to prohibit drugs, which allows for black markets to flourish, which creates a more potent and dangerous unregulated supply. The government could regulate drugs and undercut the unregulated market, but chooses not to.
Reposted by tyson singh kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘ
POWER members responded to at least four drug poisonings in a 2.5 hour window on Nov 19.
The driver of these drug poisonings is prohibition. The unpredictability of the drug supply is entirely predictable — the federal, provincial & municipal policies in place ensure it bsky.app/profile/andr...
The driver of these drug poisonings is prohibition. The unpredictability of the drug supply is entirely predictable — the federal, provincial & municipal policies in place ensure it bsky.app/profile/andr...
You may have heard about a spike in toxic drug poisoning events in BC last month. Turns out we broke several records, nearly a decade into drug crisis: 222 paramedic-attended calls in a day, 1,251 in a week. Van firefighters responded to 54 drug calls in a day
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/briti...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/briti...
Spike in B.C. overdoses linked to veterinary additive in street drugs
Over a 36-hour period beginning Nov. 18, more than 80 people suffered illicit drug poisonings in a few blocks on Vancouver Island
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:25 AM
POWER members responded to at least four drug poisonings in a 2.5 hour window on Nov 19.
The driver of these drug poisonings is prohibition. The unpredictability of the drug supply is entirely predictable — the federal, provincial & municipal policies in place ensure it bsky.app/profile/andr...
The driver of these drug poisonings is prohibition. The unpredictability of the drug supply is entirely predictable — the federal, provincial & municipal policies in place ensure it bsky.app/profile/andr...
Reposted by tyson singh kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘ
some of us wrote this essay today before the announcement: themainlander.com/2025/12/05/b... | a lot of people brought attention to the violence of a bill similar to this in 2020: thetyee.ca/Opinion/2020... | today's announcement was more sinister though
BC NDP aims to side-step another legal challenge to broaden the criminalization of mental health, substance use
The politics of the Mental Health Act amendments in Bill 32 reflect a trend of the BC NDP circumventing court rulings under Premier Eby’s leadership.
themainlander.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:28 AM
some of us wrote this essay today before the announcement: themainlander.com/2025/12/05/b... | a lot of people brought attention to the violence of a bill similar to this in 2020: thetyee.ca/Opinion/2020... | today's announcement was more sinister though
Reposted by tyson singh kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘ
Agree or disagree, I hope people realize that this is just a piece of paper with Government logo on it; it's not legislation, it's not a peer-reviewed paper or clinical guideline; it's one random dudes thoughts and it's frankly insulting to assume that clinicians should accept it at all
December 6, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Agree or disagree, I hope people realize that this is just a piece of paper with Government logo on it; it's not legislation, it's not a peer-reviewed paper or clinical guideline; it's one random dudes thoughts and it's frankly insulting to assume that clinicians should accept it at all
i feel that. i worry too, not only about families, but also healthcare practitioners—i can foresee so much conflict about what constitutes best clinical practice. further cracks will be created in this already broken and violent system. and of course youth who use drugs will be most impacted.
December 6, 2025 at 4:07 AM
i feel that. i worry too, not only about families, but also healthcare practitioners—i can foresee so much conflict about what constitutes best clinical practice. further cracks will be created in this already broken and violent system. and of course youth who use drugs will be most impacted.
the announcement was an incredibly incredibly disturbing misrepresentation of almost everything that was discussed. everyone deserves so much better. thanks for this thread
December 6, 2025 at 2:27 AM
the announcement was an incredibly incredibly disturbing misrepresentation of almost everything that was discussed. everyone deserves so much better. thanks for this thread
Reposted by tyson singh kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘ
There is a lot here in this analysis. I am paying close attention to the removal of "deemed consent" from the Mental Health Act.
NEW analysis in The Mainlander:
The politics of the Mental Health Act amendments in Bill 32 reflect a trend of the BC NDP circumventing court rulings under Premier Eby’s leadership.
themainlander.com/2025/12/05/b...
The politics of the Mental Health Act amendments in Bill 32 reflect a trend of the BC NDP circumventing court rulings under Premier Eby’s leadership.
themainlander.com/2025/12/05/b...
BC NDP Aims to side-step another legal challenge to broaden the criminalization of mental health, substance use
The politics of the Mental Health Act amendments in Bill 32 reflect a trend of the BC NDP circumventing court rulings under Premier Eby’s leadership.
themainlander.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
There is a lot here in this analysis. I am paying close attention to the removal of "deemed consent" from the Mental Health Act.
NEW analysis in The Mainlander:
The politics of the Mental Health Act amendments in Bill 32 reflect a trend of the BC NDP circumventing court rulings under Premier Eby’s leadership.
themainlander.com/2025/12/05/b...
The politics of the Mental Health Act amendments in Bill 32 reflect a trend of the BC NDP circumventing court rulings under Premier Eby’s leadership.
themainlander.com/2025/12/05/b...
BC NDP Aims to side-step another legal challenge to broaden the criminalization of mental health, substance use
The politics of the Mental Health Act amendments in Bill 32 reflect a trend of the BC NDP circumventing court rulings under Premier Eby’s leadership.
themainlander.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Reposted by tyson singh kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘ
NEW analysis in The Mainlander:
The politics of the Mental Health Act amendments in Bill 32 reflect a trend of the BC NDP circumventing court rulings under Premier Eby’s leadership.
themainlander.com/2025/12/05/b...
The politics of the Mental Health Act amendments in Bill 32 reflect a trend of the BC NDP circumventing court rulings under Premier Eby’s leadership.
themainlander.com/2025/12/05/b...
BC NDP Aims to side-step another legal challenge to broaden the criminalization of mental health, substance use
The politics of the Mental Health Act amendments in Bill 32 reflect a trend of the BC NDP circumventing court rulings under Premier Eby’s leadership.
themainlander.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
NEW analysis in The Mainlander:
The politics of the Mental Health Act amendments in Bill 32 reflect a trend of the BC NDP circumventing court rulings under Premier Eby’s leadership.
themainlander.com/2025/12/05/b...
The politics of the Mental Health Act amendments in Bill 32 reflect a trend of the BC NDP circumventing court rulings under Premier Eby’s leadership.
themainlander.com/2025/12/05/b...