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CSSDP Edmonton @cssdpedmonton.bsky.social · 14h

Survey Results from Mayoral Candidates: part 1

#yegcc #yegmunicpalelections #yegelections2025 #yegmayor #yegmunicipalelections2025

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P.O.W.E.R. @power1312.bsky.social · Aug 24

join us for an evening of solidarity with our friends at Stop the Stack YYC. Sept 1 2025 | 5pm pst

sign up: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... @hracollective.bsky.social

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Canadian Drug Policy Coalition @candrugpolicy.bsky.social · Jun 26

Today, on #SupportDontPunish, we stand in solidarity with people impacted by harmful drug policies — in Canada and around the world.

🔗 Explore more articles and resources: linktr.ee/candrugpolicy

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NotANarc @nobill53ab.bsky.social · Jun 26

The evidence does not support involuntary treatment for substance use. 🧵

Involuntary treatment for substance use: What healthcare providers need to know!

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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · Jun 26

"The ongoing loss of life is not inevitable — it's a consequence of political choices."

- @jervaler.bsky.social , @bcgreens.bsky.social

and other choices are possible.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

April sees increase in toxic drug deaths in B.C., as coroner reports 165 fatalities | CBC News

The B.C. Coroners Service says April was the first time in six months that more than 160 deaths were recorded due to toxic drugs.

www.cbc.ca

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Heather Hobbs @hghobbs.bsky.social · Jun 26

At @hracollective.bsky.social's #SupportDontPunish event, @chrisnayler.bsky.social shared how "the drugs gave me 3 extra years with my son" - they alleviated his symptoms. But without a safe supply, Ryan lost his life. It's not complicated, but it is political cowardice.
❤️ to @ryanshope.bsky.social

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Heather Hobbs @hghobbs.bsky.social · Jun 26

"The moment we embraced #HarmReduction was the moment it changed, for both of us" - paraphrasing @harmreduxnurse.bsky.social & B from @4bharmredux.bsky.social at @hracollective.bsky.social's event. Moving to see you advocating for #SupportDontPunish approaches side-by-side.

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Kootenay Insurrection for Safe Supply @kootenaysafesupply.bsky.social · Jun 26

Spending this rainy Thurs listening to @hracollective.bsky.social's excellent #SupportDontPunish webinar while reading through the just-released UNODC 2025 World Drug Report, which estimates that 316 mil ppl used illegal drugs last year, incl. 61 mil users of unregulated opioids,

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Cover page of the Key Findings section of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime 2025 World Drug Report.

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Harm Reduction Action Collective (HRAC) @hracollective.bsky.social · Jun 25

📣TOMORROW📣

‼️REGISTER NOW‼️

❤️‍🔥Support. Don’t Punish – Care Not Criminalization
🗓June 26, 2025
⏰1pm PT · 2pm MT · 3pm CT · 4pm ET · 5pm AT · 5:30pm NT

🎟RSVP now - co-hosted by
@hracollective.bsky.social & @hivlegalnetwork.bsky.social💥

🔗 supportdontpunish2025.eventbrite.ca

Care Not Criminalization - Support. Don't Punish 2025

Join us Thursday, June 26 at 1pm PT · 2pm MT · 3pm CT · 4pm ET · 5pm AT · 5:30pm NT for a special event marking Support. Don't Punish 2025.

supportdontpunish2025.eventbrite.ca

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Doctors for Safer Drug Policy @dsdp.ca · Jun 24

@hivlegalnetwork.bsky.social and @hracollective.bsky.social are co-hosting a series of incredible speakers from across the country to mark the annual Global Day of Action!

REGISTER HERE: www.eventbrite.ca/e/care-not-c...

#SupportDontPunish #HarmReduction #CareNotCriminalization

Support Don't Punish. Care Not Criminalization. June 26. 1PM Pacific time.

All the many group logos of participating groups: MSTHL, CSSDP, CDPC, HRNA, DSDP, and many others.

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Harm Reduction Action Collective (HRAC) @hracollective.bsky.social · Jun 23

@hivlegalnetwork.bsky.social
Hummingbird Outreach
@momsstoptheharm.bsky.social
No Pride in Policing Coalition (Toronto)
Prairie Harm Reduction
Ryan's Hope
Students for Harm Reduction
Substance Overdose Prevention & Education Network (SOPEN Hamilton)

Harm Reduction Action Collective (HRAC) @hracollective.bsky.social · Jun 23

💫 Featuring:

@4bharmredux.bsky.social
Association Québécoise pour la promotion de la santé des personnes utilisatrices de drogues (AQPSUD)
@candrugpolicy.bsky.social
Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy
@dsdp.ca
Frontline Baddies

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Harm Reduction Action Collective (HRAC) @hracollective.bsky.social · Jun 23

📌See our full list of speakers + more info on our website:

🔗 hractioncollective.com/action/#events

#SupportDontPunish #HarmReduction #CareNotCriminalization

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Harm Reduction Action Collective (HRAC) @hracollective.bsky.social · Jun 23

📣THIS THURSDAY📣

‼️REGISTER NOW‼️

❤️‍🔥Support. Don’t Punish – Care Not Criminalization
🗓June 26, 2025
⏰1pm PT · 2pm MT · 3pm CT · 4pm ET · 5pm AT · 5:30pm NT

🎟RSVP now - co-hosted by
@hracollective.bsky.social & @hivlegalnetwork.bsky.social💥

🔗 supportdontpunish2025.eventbrite.ca

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Doctors for Safer Drug Policy @dsdp.ca · Jun 18

“It’s not the institutions that push these policies forward, it’s the people.”

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

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Harm Reduction Action Collective (HRAC) @hracollective.bsky.social · Jun 17

@hivlegalnetwork.bsky.social
Hummingbird Outreach
@momsstoptheharm.bsky.social
No Pride in Policing Coalition (Toronto)
Prairie Harm Reduction
Ryan's Hope
Students for Harm Reduction
Substance Overdose Prevention & Education Network (SOPEN Hamilton)

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Harm Reduction Action Collective (HRAC) @hracollective.bsky.social · Jun 17

💫 Featuring:

@4bharmredux.bsky.social
Association Québécoise pour la promotion de la santé des personnes utilisatrices de drogues (AQPSUD)
@candrugpolicy.bsky.social
Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy
@dsdp.ca
Frontline Baddies

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Harm Reduction Action Collective (HRAC) @hracollective.bsky.social · Jun 17

📌See our full list of speakers + more info on our website:

🔗 hractioncollective.com/action/#events

#SupportDontPunish #HarmReduction #CareNotCriminalization

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Harm Reduction Action Collective (HRAC) @hracollective.bsky.social · Jun 17

📣REGISTER NOW📣

❤️‍🔥Support. Don’t Punish – Care Not Criminalization
🗓June 26, 2025
⏰1pm PT · 2pm MT · 3pm CT · 4pm ET · 5pm AT · 5:30pm NT

🎟RSVP now - co-hosted by
@hracollective.bsky.social & @hivlegalnetwork.bsky.social💥

🔗 supportdontpunish2025.eventbrite.ca

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HIV Legal Network @hivlegalnetwork.bsky.social · Jun 17

We’ve teamed up with @hracollective.bsky.social‬ to host a special event with people from across Canada speaking to the harms of drug criminalization in Canada as part of the 'Support. Don’t Punish' global day of action on June 26.

Registration: www.eventbrite.ca/e/care-not-c...

❤️‍🔥Support. Don’t Punish – Care Not Criminalization
🗓️June 26, 2025
⏰1pm PT · 2pm MT · 3pm CT · 4pm ET · 5pm AT · 5:30pm NT

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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · Jun 17

this isn't new information, the trend was obvious and communicated in 2018 in B.C., this mode of consumption normal practice. governments and their experts talk about injection sites and heroin and implement pilot projects five years too late

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Despite 'massive shift' towards smoking over injection, Ontario has only 1 supervised drug inhalation space | CBC News

A small specialty hospital in Toronto contains the province’s only supervised inhalation space - even as the number of Ontarians who appear to be dying of opioid overdoses after smoking drugs has more...

www.cbc.ca

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Corey Ranger @nurseranger.bsky.social · Jun 13

This is a shamefully biased article from the Times Colonist—the author uses negative framing to guide readers towards viewing harm reduction as “questionable” or “unsafe”.

“So-called supervised-consumption sites”…”crack-pipe-dispensing vending machine”

#bcpoli

Times Colonist @timescolonist.bsky.social · Jun 12

Open hospital overdose-prevention sites 'as soon as possible’: addictions doctor

“It’s imperative that these sites be set up as soon as possible in order to enable very ill patients to stay at hospitals and get the treatment they need,” says Dr. Caroline Ferris

dlvr.it

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Harm Reduction Action Collective (HRAC) @hracollective.bsky.social · Jun 9

@hivlegalnetwork.bsky.social
Hummingbird Outreach
@momsstoptheharm.bsky.social
No Pride in Policing Coalition (Toronto)
Prairie Harm Reduction
Ryan's Hope
Students for Harm Reduction
Substance Overdose Prevention & Education Network (SOPEN Hamilton)

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Harm Reduction Action Collective (HRAC) @hracollective.bsky.social · Jun 9

💫 Featuring:

@4bharmredux.bsky.social
Association Québécoise pour la promotion de la santé des personnes utilisatrices de drogues (AQPSUD)
@candrugpolicy.bsky.social
Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy
@dsdp.ca
Frontline Baddies

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Harm Reduction Action Collective (HRAC) @hracollective.bsky.social · Jun 9

📌See our full list of speakers + more info on our website:

🔗 hractioncollective.com/action/#events

#SupportDontPunish #HarmReduction #CareNotCriminalization

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