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Moving to a witness-only safe supply program in BC is a mistake. This is essentially how methadone is dispensed and amounts to a huge, well-documented barrier that keeps thousands from accessing life-saving meds. BC will have still more corpses www.theprogress.com/news/bc-gove...
B.C. government announces steps to tighten 'safe supply' program
Witness model for use of safe supply to come into effect immediately
www.theprogress.com
February 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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"Today, many people in Canada still do not have access to needed mental health and substance use health services..."
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Expanding the Canada Health Act must include mental health and substance use health
Mental health and substance use health are the foundation of economic productivity as well the cornerstone of our health and well-being.
www.hilltimes.com
February 19, 2025 at 10:05 PM
"Today, many people in Canada still do not have access to needed mental health and substance use health services..."
More: www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...
More: www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...
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After that plane literally flipped upside down after smashing into the runway and 100% of people survived, I hope every person who ever said “what’s even the point of seatbelts on a plane” feels like a real doof.
February 19, 2025 at 11:26 PM
After that plane literally flipped upside down after smashing into the runway and 100% of people survived, I hope every person who ever said “what’s even the point of seatbelts on a plane” feels like a real doof.
We believe in amplifying underinvested and underrepresented voices. That’s why we allocate 10% of our hours each month to 🖤 Pro Bono 🖤 work — supporting grassroots and community-led initiatives making a difference
February 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
We believe in amplifying underinvested and underrepresented voices. That’s why we allocate 10% of our hours each month to 🖤 Pro Bono 🖤 work — supporting grassroots and community-led initiatives making a difference
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As measures preventing drug poisoning injuries are under attack in Ontario and other provinces, this is an ever more important webinar.
Brain injury after non-fatal overdose: A rising concern
Register and listen to speakers who understand the issues.
www.catie.ca/brain-injury...
Brain injury after non-fatal overdose: A rising concern
Register and listen to speakers who understand the issues.
www.catie.ca/brain-injury...
Brain injury after non-fatal overdose: A rising concern
www.catie.ca
February 18, 2025 at 12:45 AM
As measures preventing drug poisoning injuries are under attack in Ontario and other provinces, this is an ever more important webinar.
Brain injury after non-fatal overdose: A rising concern
Register and listen to speakers who understand the issues.
www.catie.ca/brain-injury...
Brain injury after non-fatal overdose: A rising concern
Register and listen to speakers who understand the issues.
www.catie.ca/brain-injury...
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Alberta’s Drug Policy Experiment
Learn about Alberta’s efforts to crack down on healthcare providers who prescribe safer supply, one young woman’s legal battle to keep her prescription, and how safer supply can mean the difference between life and death.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqAg...
Learn about Alberta’s efforts to crack down on healthcare providers who prescribe safer supply, one young woman’s legal battle to keep her prescription, and how safer supply can mean the difference between life and death.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqAg...
Ending Safer Supply: Alberta’s Drug Policy Experiment
YouTube video by CATIE
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February 18, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Alberta’s Drug Policy Experiment
Learn about Alberta’s efforts to crack down on healthcare providers who prescribe safer supply, one young woman’s legal battle to keep her prescription, and how safer supply can mean the difference between life and death.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqAg...
Learn about Alberta’s efforts to crack down on healthcare providers who prescribe safer supply, one young woman’s legal battle to keep her prescription, and how safer supply can mean the difference between life and death.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqAg...
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BREAKING: Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier released from prison after nearly 50 years
February 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
BREAKING: Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier released from prison after nearly 50 years
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Hey Edmonton and area, doing anything on Saturday?
February 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Hey Edmonton and area, doing anything on Saturday?
Huge gratitude to the Manitoba Harm Reduciton Network for hosting the ‘Being a Shit Disturber is an Act of Love’ conference!
February 18, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Huge gratitude to the Manitoba Harm Reduciton Network for hosting the ‘Being a Shit Disturber is an Act of Love’ conference!
We’re Heading to Winnipeg ✈️
We’re super excited, honoured, and grateful for the opportunity to travel to Winnipeg for Manitoba Harm Reduction Network’s “Being a Shit Disturber is an Act of Love” Conference!
We’re super excited, honoured, and grateful for the opportunity to travel to Winnipeg for Manitoba Harm Reduction Network’s “Being a Shit Disturber is an Act of Love” Conference!
February 10, 2025 at 4:33 PM
We’re Heading to Winnipeg ✈️
We’re super excited, honoured, and grateful for the opportunity to travel to Winnipeg for Manitoba Harm Reduction Network’s “Being a Shit Disturber is an Act of Love” Conference!
We’re super excited, honoured, and grateful for the opportunity to travel to Winnipeg for Manitoba Harm Reduction Network’s “Being a Shit Disturber is an Act of Love” Conference!
Just FYI… this is what we can do for YOUR organization 🖤🖤🖤
February 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Just FYI… this is what we can do for YOUR organization 🖤🖤🖤
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🧵 NEW: Allegations from the bombshell investigation by @carrietait.bsky.social should expand any medical procurement investigation to include procurement at the Ministry of Mental Health and Addiction. 1/
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Marshall Smith allegations should expand procurement investigation
The Globe & Mail is reporting top-level allegations that Marshall Smith, former chief of staff to the Alberta premier, interfered in AHS procurement. If a forensic investigation proceeds, it must exte...
drugdatadecoded.ca
February 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM
🧵 NEW: Allegations from the bombshell investigation by @carrietait.bsky.social should expand any medical procurement investigation to include procurement at the Ministry of Mental Health and Addiction. 1/
drugdatadecoded.ca/marshall-smi...
drugdatadecoded.ca/marshall-smi...
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Professor Mark Richardson's project to advance #AI predictions for drug-resistant #epilepsy has been further funded by @epilepsyinst.bsky.social and Angelini Pharma
#Neuroskyence #MedSky
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-r...
#Neuroskyence #MedSky
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-r...
King's researchers receive further funding to advance AI predictions for drug-resistant epilepsy
The Epilepsy Research Institute and Angelini Pharma extended Professor Mark Richardson's project to include 4,774 additional patient records
www.kcl.ac.uk
February 7, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Professor Mark Richardson's project to advance #AI predictions for drug-resistant #epilepsy has been further funded by @epilepsyinst.bsky.social and Angelini Pharma
#Neuroskyence #MedSky
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-r...
#Neuroskyence #MedSky
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-r...
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“Fentanyl is not the issue. There’s nothing inherently dangerous about fentanyl.” @nickboyce.bsky.social with the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition.
Regarding Trudeau's promise to #Trump to create a #FentanylCzar.
#CNDpoli #Tariffs
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Regarding Trudeau's promise to #Trump to create a #FentanylCzar.
#CNDpoli #Tariffs
filtermag.org/canada-fenta...
Trudeau Promises Canada “Fentanyl Czar” to Avoid Trump Tariffs
In a successful bid to stave off impending tariffs from President Donald Trump, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau resurfaced a ...
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February 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
“Fentanyl is not the issue. There’s nothing inherently dangerous about fentanyl.” @nickboyce.bsky.social with the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition.
Regarding Trudeau's promise to #Trump to create a #FentanylCzar.
#CNDpoli #Tariffs
filtermag.org/canada-fenta...
Regarding Trudeau's promise to #Trump to create a #FentanylCzar.
#CNDpoli #Tariffs
filtermag.org/canada-fenta...
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The overdose and toxic drug crisis continues to be the most pressing public health issue of our time. The data is clear that the issues at the U.S.-CDN border are not driving either country's overdose epidemics. The issue is complex - supply reduction alone can not solve this crisis.
bit.ly/3WMelDq
bit.ly/3WMelDq
February 6, 2025 at 10:55 PM
The overdose and toxic drug crisis continues to be the most pressing public health issue of our time. The data is clear that the issues at the U.S.-CDN border are not driving either country's overdose epidemics. The issue is complex - supply reduction alone can not solve this crisis.
bit.ly/3WMelDq
bit.ly/3WMelDq
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"The internet has conditioned us to constantly seek new information, as if becoming a sponge of bad news will eventually yield the final piece of a puzzle. But there is also such a thing as having enough information."
You Can’t Post Your Way Out of Fascism
Authoritarians and tech CEOs now share the same goal: to keep us locked in an eternal doomscroll instead of organizing against them, Janus Rose writes.
www.404media.co
February 7, 2025 at 5:57 AM
"The internet has conditioned us to constantly seek new information, as if becoming a sponge of bad news will eventually yield the final piece of a puzzle. But there is also such a thing as having enough information."
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I know all of us who understand what is happening are experiencing mental health challenges because of that.
The only message of comfort I can offer to this community of readers is this: you are correct.
What you think is happening is really happening, and is just as concerning as you think it is.
The only message of comfort I can offer to this community of readers is this: you are correct.
What you think is happening is really happening, and is just as concerning as you think it is.
February 5, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I know all of us who understand what is happening are experiencing mental health challenges because of that.
The only message of comfort I can offer to this community of readers is this: you are correct.
What you think is happening is really happening, and is just as concerning as you think it is.
The only message of comfort I can offer to this community of readers is this: you are correct.
What you think is happening is really happening, and is just as concerning as you think it is.
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This week in Canadian drug policy:
A B.C. health authority decided to punish the lead addiction medicine physician of a hospital because of her advocacy work in setting up overdose prevention sites outside hospitals:
filtermag.org/bc-doctor-po...
A B.C. health authority decided to punish the lead addiction medicine physician of a hospital because of her advocacy work in setting up overdose prevention sites outside hospitals:
filtermag.org/bc-doctor-po...
BC Doctor Who Organized Pop-Up OPS Resigns Following Retaliation
Two months after organizing one of the unsanctioned overdose prevention sites (OPS) that launched a movement across Canada, a British ...
filtermag.org
February 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
This week in Canadian drug policy:
A B.C. health authority decided to punish the lead addiction medicine physician of a hospital because of her advocacy work in setting up overdose prevention sites outside hospitals:
filtermag.org/bc-doctor-po...
A B.C. health authority decided to punish the lead addiction medicine physician of a hospital because of her advocacy work in setting up overdose prevention sites outside hospitals:
filtermag.org/bc-doctor-po...
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🎙️PODCAST: Why some worry a 'fentanyl czar' might do more harm than good
Petra Schulz, co-founder of @momsstoptheharm.bsky.social , weighs in on the government's plan to create a fentanyl czar.
Listen: www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...
Petra Schulz, co-founder of @momsstoptheharm.bsky.social , weighs in on the government's plan to create a fentanyl czar.
Listen: www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...
Why some worry a 'fentanyl czar' might do more harm than good | This is Toronto | CBC Podcasts | CBC Listen
Petra Schulz co-founded Moms Stop the Harm after her son died of an accidental fentanyl overdose. She weighs in on the government's plan to create a fentanyl czar as part of negotiations with the U.S....
www.cbc.ca
February 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
🎙️PODCAST: Why some worry a 'fentanyl czar' might do more harm than good
Petra Schulz, co-founder of @momsstoptheharm.bsky.social , weighs in on the government's plan to create a fentanyl czar.
Listen: www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...
Petra Schulz, co-founder of @momsstoptheharm.bsky.social , weighs in on the government's plan to create a fentanyl czar.
Listen: www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...
New (and first✨) blog out today:
🖤 what the heck do the changes to Meta’s policies mean for my organization 🖤
If your org has a presence on FB, Insta or Threads, worth a read!
catalysthave.ca/blog/meta-guidelines
🖤 what the heck do the changes to Meta’s policies mean for my organization 🖤
If your org has a presence on FB, Insta or Threads, worth a read!
catalysthave.ca/blog/meta-guidelines
February 5, 2025 at 4:29 PM
New (and first✨) blog out today:
🖤 what the heck do the changes to Meta’s policies mean for my organization 🖤
If your org has a presence on FB, Insta or Threads, worth a read!
catalysthave.ca/blog/meta-guidelines
🖤 what the heck do the changes to Meta’s policies mean for my organization 🖤
If your org has a presence on FB, Insta or Threads, worth a read!
catalysthave.ca/blog/meta-guidelines
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Advocacy
Position Statements
January 28, 2025
Public Health Approaches to the Toxic Drug Crisis
RECOMMENDATIONS
CPHA calls on the federal government to:
www.cpha.ca/toxic-drug-c...
Position Statements
January 28, 2025
Public Health Approaches to the Toxic Drug Crisis
RECOMMENDATIONS
CPHA calls on the federal government to:
www.cpha.ca/toxic-drug-c...
Public Health Approaches to the Toxic Drug Crisis | Canadian Public Health Association
www.cpha.ca
February 4, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Advocacy
Position Statements
January 28, 2025
Public Health Approaches to the Toxic Drug Crisis
RECOMMENDATIONS
CPHA calls on the federal government to:
www.cpha.ca/toxic-drug-c...
Position Statements
January 28, 2025
Public Health Approaches to the Toxic Drug Crisis
RECOMMENDATIONS
CPHA calls on the federal government to:
www.cpha.ca/toxic-drug-c...
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Less than 10% of #India's young people with mental health issues have access to care. Dr Daniel Michelson teamed up w/ Sangath India to develop 'Baatcheet', a peer support programme aimed at youth settings w/ story-based content. #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek
www.kcl.ac.uk/hearing-real...
www.kcl.ac.uk/hearing-real...
Hearing real stories from the Baatcheet Research Programme for Youth…
Working with Sangath in New Delhi, Dr Daniel Michelson from the Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at the IoPPN developed Baatcheet, meaning “conversation” in Hindi.
www.kcl.ac.uk
February 5, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Less than 10% of #India's young people with mental health issues have access to care. Dr Daniel Michelson teamed up w/ Sangath India to develop 'Baatcheet', a peer support programme aimed at youth settings w/ story-based content. #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek
www.kcl.ac.uk/hearing-real...
www.kcl.ac.uk/hearing-real...
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"These are actual human beings that are dying every single day, I don't think it's cause for anyone to celebrate at this particular point in time," said J. Stewart. @momsstoptheharm.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Unregulated drugs killed fewer people in 2024 in B.C., but advocates say numbers still far too high | CBC News
The B.C. Coroners Service says 2,253 people were killed by unregulated drugs in 2024, marking the lowest death toll from the drug-toxicity crisis in four years.
www.cbc.ca
February 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
"These are actual human beings that are dying every single day, I don't think it's cause for anyone to celebrate at this particular point in time," said J. Stewart. @momsstoptheharm.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Evidence shows us tariffs & border enforcement won’t reduce drug availability—drug networks adapt & bypass restrictions. The ‘Iron Law’ of prohibition shows harsher enforcement fuels even more potent drugs. A public health approach is the real solution.
🔗Read more: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
🔗Read more: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Misguided tariffs will not solve the United States’ overdose crisis
The United States of America (USA) faces an overdose crisis driven by synthetic opioids,
primarily fentanyl and its analogues, compounded by emerging adulterants (e.g., xylazine,
nitazenes, benzodiaze...
www.thelancet.com
February 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Evidence shows us tariffs & border enforcement won’t reduce drug availability—drug networks adapt & bypass restrictions. The ‘Iron Law’ of prohibition shows harsher enforcement fuels even more potent drugs. A public health approach is the real solution.
🔗Read more: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
🔗Read more: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...