AM Kieley
@leisurelyrecovery.bsky.social
PWLE of drug addiction, now working in my community to advocate for people who use drugs, forever promoting harm reduction. Community health, LTPA, and addiction researcher. Qualitative researcher and all-season iced coffee drinker.
The push for involuntary treatment throughout Canada is terrifying. Not only is it a total violation of human rights, but it’s a colossal waste of money. People already struggle to access timely care when they want it. Let’s save our limited resources for people who are ready for treatment (1/2)
If any journalist out there wants to have a more detailed, nuanced conversation about the Minister of Health's comments in this piece, we're here for that.
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Advocates gather to protest B.C. NDP's involuntary treatment expansion
A coalition of advocates gathered Monday to protest the B.C. NDP’s involuntary treatment expansion. New legislation to strengthen involuntary care will be put forward at the legislature this week. As ...
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December 2, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The push for involuntary treatment throughout Canada is terrifying. Not only is it a total violation of human rights, but it’s a colossal waste of money. People already struggle to access timely care when they want it. Let’s save our limited resources for people who are ready for treatment (1/2)
Here at day one of the 2025 Annual NL Centre on Substance Use conference. I hope some of my Canadian #drugsky peeps have had the opportunity to join us online or in-person! Hope to share some great KT stuff with you all <3
November 13, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Here at day one of the 2025 Annual NL Centre on Substance Use conference. I hope some of my Canadian #drugsky peeps have had the opportunity to join us online or in-person! Hope to share some great KT stuff with you all <3
Hey #drugsky do you get as frustrated as I do by this flavour of moralizing resilience: celebrating avoiding opioids during a medical event as the correct thing to do in recovery? I hate the idea that "toughing it out" is more respectable that taking pain meds after a painful procedure (1/2)
November 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Hey #drugsky do you get as frustrated as I do by this flavour of moralizing resilience: celebrating avoiding opioids during a medical event as the correct thing to do in recovery? I hate the idea that "toughing it out" is more respectable that taking pain meds after a painful procedure (1/2)
A concise explanation of where we are with the continued escalation of the failed, endlessly harmful war on drugs #drugsky
Is Canada complicit in extrajudicial murder?
YouTube video by Canadian Drug Policy Coalition
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November 6, 2025 at 1:02 AM
A concise explanation of where we are with the continued escalation of the failed, endlessly harmful war on drugs #drugsky
Tucking this in my back pocket for the next time someone pushes back when I say that TWOD is literally just a workaround to make people of certain ethnicities illegal. It’s not the drugs they were going for, it was the people. Pearl-clutching more-so than paternalism (although they do coexist here)
Read this classic quote by my friend the late journalist Dan Baum:
October 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Tucking this in my back pocket for the next time someone pushes back when I say that TWOD is literally just a workaround to make people of certain ethnicities illegal. It’s not the drugs they were going for, it was the people. Pearl-clutching more-so than paternalism (although they do coexist here)
Check out my recent contribution to the Impact Ethics blog (MUN Centre of Bioethics). Not my usual area, but a piece I wrote for a #healthmisinformation course.
#healtheducation #healthethics #researchsky
#healtheducation #healthethics #researchsky
Black Salve: A Crisis in Online Health Misinformation
A.M. Kieley discusses online misinformation about black salve, a dangerous and ineffective “treatment” for cancer.
impactethics.ca
October 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Check out my recent contribution to the Impact Ethics blog (MUN Centre of Bioethics). Not my usual area, but a piece I wrote for a #healthmisinformation course.
#healtheducation #healthethics #researchsky
#healtheducation #healthethics #researchsky
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Keep an eye on these names, companies, and the way this went down in Alberta with regard to the Sask Party plans for forced rehab centres. #Sask #SkPoli
Five years ago today, the UCP revealed it would evict 75 unhoused men from the McCullough Centre in Gunn, AB and lay off 63 unionized workers.
Two years later, the government quietly signed a $20-30 million contract with a company owned by allies of Marshall Smith. 1/
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Two years later, the government quietly signed a $20-30 million contract with a company owned by allies of Marshall Smith. 1/
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October 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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While this was written in the context of the persecution of unhoused folks, we hear the same rhetoric applied to PUD. They'll say, "they don't go into the treatment programs we paid for, advocate for forced treatment (despite us knowing that doesn't work) and, when all else fails (1/2)
Notice how easily, how seamlessly this conversation moves from forced treatment to euthanasia. (Aka state sanctioned murder.) Once you systematically dehumanize people, “involuntary lethal injection” just seems the next logical step to “cleaning up” our streets.
September 13, 2025 at 10:16 PM
While this was written in the context of the persecution of unhoused folks, we hear the same rhetoric applied to PUD. They'll say, "they don't go into the treatment programs we paid for, advocate for forced treatment (despite us knowing that doesn't work) and, when all else fails (1/2)
I'm officially one month away from starting my PhD in Medicine (specifically Population Health and Applied Health Science) to finally dig deeper into substance use research. Any advice for a nervous doctoral student heading into a med school?
#academicsky #drugsky #qualitativeresesrch
#academicsky #drugsky #qualitativeresesrch
August 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I'm officially one month away from starting my PhD in Medicine (specifically Population Health and Applied Health Science) to finally dig deeper into substance use research. Any advice for a nervous doctoral student heading into a med school?
#academicsky #drugsky #qualitativeresesrch
#academicsky #drugsky #qualitativeresesrch
Wednesday's stigma webinar was a success! Over 230 people attended throughout Newfoundland and Labrador and beyond! I saw more than a few Maritimers present.
Anyone interested in some handouts or slides? I'll post the recording here as well once it becomes available.
#drugsky #addictionresearch
Anyone interested in some handouts or slides? I'll post the recording here as well once it becomes available.
#drugsky #addictionresearch
July 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Wednesday's stigma webinar was a success! Over 230 people attended throughout Newfoundland and Labrador and beyond! I saw more than a few Maritimers present.
Anyone interested in some handouts or slides? I'll post the recording here as well once it becomes available.
#drugsky #addictionresearch
Anyone interested in some handouts or slides? I'll post the recording here as well once it becomes available.
#drugsky #addictionresearch
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San Francisco has spent the last 3 years undoing any evidence-based drug policy in order to appease a very vocal group of uneducated but rich, fascist, right-wing losers (Sacks, Tan, Tandler, Shellenberger, etc). As everyone with understanding of this topic warned, San Franciscans are dying bc of it
San Francisco’s overdose deaths are rising — because
Mayor Daniel Lurie is repeating failed strategies.
The data is clear: Policing won’t solve a public health crisis.
Handcuffs make for good headlines, temporarily.
But these deaths are Lurie's legacy.
www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/w...
Mayor Daniel Lurie is repeating failed strategies.
The data is clear: Policing won’t solve a public health crisis.
Handcuffs make for good headlines, temporarily.
But these deaths are Lurie's legacy.
www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/w...
Why S.F.’s ‘remarkable’ drop in fatal drug overdoses has proved to be short-lived
After a promising decline in overdose deaths across the nation last year, fatalities are back on the rise in San Francisco. Experts say the supply chain for drugs has “reconfigured” itself.
www.sfchronicle.com
July 7, 2025 at 2:25 AM
San Francisco has spent the last 3 years undoing any evidence-based drug policy in order to appease a very vocal group of uneducated but rich, fascist, right-wing losers (Sacks, Tan, Tandler, Shellenberger, etc). As everyone with understanding of this topic warned, San Franciscans are dying bc of it
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Greetings #drugsky ! I'm doing a webinar on stigma (related to drug use and addiction) for the NL Centre on Substance Use this Wednesday at 12:00 PM Newfoundland time (10:30 AM EST) via Zoom. Sign up with the link below-- anyone is welcome to register!
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: NLCSU 2025 Summer Webinar Sessions - Understanding and Addressing Stigma: Substance Use & Addiction. After registering, you will receive a confirmation emai...
Speaker: Ann Marie Kieley, PhD Student, MHKR, BRec (Hons)
Session Description:
Stigma surrounding substance use remains a significant barrier to compassionate and effective care. This webinar examine...
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July 4, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Greetings #drugsky ! I'm doing a webinar on stigma (related to drug use and addiction) for the NL Centre on Substance Use this Wednesday at 12:00 PM Newfoundland time (10:30 AM EST) via Zoom. Sign up with the link below-- anyone is welcome to register!
nlchi-nl-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
nlchi-nl-ca.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
That's a wrap on Toronto '25! Great time at #Congressh followed by meeting some interesting people like the very cool @unfinishedlines.club, people from Homes First and Parkdale Queen West Community Health. Thank you all for giving me knowledge to being back to NL
#drugsky #academicsky
#drugsky #academicsky
June 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
That's a wrap on Toronto '25! Great time at #Congressh followed by meeting some interesting people like the very cool @unfinishedlines.club, people from Homes First and Parkdale Queen West Community Health. Thank you all for giving me knowledge to being back to NL
#drugsky #academicsky
#drugsky #academicsky
Very excited to come to Toronto to present my autoethnography this coming Monday afternoon! Thanks to the FHSS Congress and the Canadian Association of Leisure Studies (CALS) for this opportunity!
#congressh at @gbcollege.bsky.social is fast approaching!
You can still register as an association conference attendee or a community member. Discover a multitude of exciting events and thought-provoking panels!
Join us from May 30 to June 6 👉 ow.ly/onwv50VrMNl
You can still register as an association conference attendee or a community member. Discover a multitude of exciting events and thought-provoking panels!
Join us from May 30 to June 6 👉 ow.ly/onwv50VrMNl
May 29, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Very excited to come to Toronto to present my autoethnography this coming Monday afternoon! Thanks to the FHSS Congress and the Canadian Association of Leisure Studies (CALS) for this opportunity!
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Involuntary drug or mental health "treatment" only causes harm to those it purports to help, to essentially disappear an undesirable group. It does not prevent public drug use, it does not cure mental illness.
#Canada #CdnPoli #Politics #HarmReduction #DrugPolicy #MentalHealth
#Canada #CdnPoli #Politics #HarmReduction #DrugPolicy #MentalHealth
May 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Involuntary drug or mental health "treatment" only causes harm to those it purports to help, to essentially disappear an undesirable group. It does not prevent public drug use, it does not cure mental illness.
#Canada #CdnPoli #Politics #HarmReduction #DrugPolicy #MentalHealth
#Canada #CdnPoli #Politics #HarmReduction #DrugPolicy #MentalHealth
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I have been in Mauritius for the last two weeks with my (Mauritian) partner to visit her family, but this time I was incredibly privileged to meet people whose work involved substance use and people who use drugs. I have learned more than I could have imagined (1/2) #drugsky
March 30, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I have been in Mauritius for the last two weeks with my (Mauritian) partner to visit her family, but this time I was incredibly privileged to meet people whose work involved substance use and people who use drugs. I have learned more than I could have imagined (1/2) #drugsky
More info to share! I've been invited to present at the 2025 Social Sciences and Humanities Congress for the Canadian Association of Leisure Studies. Remember that addiction autoethnography I'm trying to get published? I'm presenting it! See you in early June, Toronto! #drugsky #qualitativeresearch
March 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
More info to share! I've been invited to present at the 2025 Social Sciences and Humanities Congress for the Canadian Association of Leisure Studies. Remember that addiction autoethnography I'm trying to get published? I'm presenting it! See you in early June, Toronto! #drugsky #qualitativeresearch
Hellooooo #drugsky #academicsky! I am far from my Canadian home right now, and I am visiting Mauritius for in-law family reasons. I am going to be meeting with some cool researchers who are doing #harmreduction work in the next week or so. As an OAT patient at home, I have previously faced... (1/2)
March 16, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Hellooooo #drugsky #academicsky! I am far from my Canadian home right now, and I am visiting Mauritius for in-law family reasons. I am going to be meeting with some cool researchers who are doing #harmreduction work in the next week or so. As an OAT patient at home, I have previously faced... (1/2)
I am still new to Bluesky but excited to delve deeper and share more often here!
I hope to make a contribution in the near future with an autoethnographic work on opioid addiction in the wake of a career-ending injury, written as an interuppted body narrative 🤞 #AcademicSky #Qualitative #Drugsky
I hope to make a contribution in the near future with an autoethnographic work on opioid addiction in the wake of a career-ending injury, written as an interuppted body narrative 🤞 #AcademicSky #Qualitative #Drugsky
January 28, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I am still new to Bluesky but excited to delve deeper and share more often here!
I hope to make a contribution in the near future with an autoethnographic work on opioid addiction in the wake of a career-ending injury, written as an interuppted body narrative 🤞 #AcademicSky #Qualitative #Drugsky
I hope to make a contribution in the near future with an autoethnographic work on opioid addiction in the wake of a career-ending injury, written as an interuppted body narrative 🤞 #AcademicSky #Qualitative #Drugsky
Here in Canada, daily OD deaths decreased slightly (23 in 2023 vs 21 in 2024). We still have SO much work to do, but my recent experience attending a provincial MH&A conference seemed to show openness for collaboration, harm reduction, and listening to people with lived experience 🤞#drugsky
January 3, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Here in Canada, daily OD deaths decreased slightly (23 in 2023 vs 21 in 2024). We still have SO much work to do, but my recent experience attending a provincial MH&A conference seemed to show openness for collaboration, harm reduction, and listening to people with lived experience 🤞#drugsky