@sevansnyc.bsky.social
Harm reduction and drug policy. From Vancouver and Edmonton, living in Brooklyn.
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🚨 Ghada Waly, UNODC Executive Director, has resigned. 🚨
The UN's drugs agency stands at a crossroads, and Secretary-General António Guterres now has a rare opportunity to appoint a champion of human rights-based drug policies.
Ann Fordham - @idpc.net, explains in our blog: idpc.net/blog/2025/06...
The UN's drugs agency stands at a crossroads, and Secretary-General António Guterres now has a rare opportunity to appoint a champion of human rights-based drug policies.
Ann Fordham - @idpc.net, explains in our blog: idpc.net/blog/2025/06...
'When the going gets tough’: Leadership change at UNODC amidst global turmoil, UN reforms and drug policy opportunities
Ghada Waly’s resignation offers the UN Secretary-General a chance to appoint a leader who will align UNODC with human rights-based drug policies and the broader UN system.
idpc.net
June 5, 2025 at 7:08 PM
🚨 Ghada Waly, UNODC Executive Director, has resigned. 🚨
The UN's drugs agency stands at a crossroads, and Secretary-General António Guterres now has a rare opportunity to appoint a champion of human rights-based drug policies.
Ann Fordham - @idpc.net, explains in our blog: idpc.net/blog/2025/06...
The UN's drugs agency stands at a crossroads, and Secretary-General António Guterres now has a rare opportunity to appoint a champion of human rights-based drug policies.
Ann Fordham - @idpc.net, explains in our blog: idpc.net/blog/2025/06...
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🚨 We are not in a theoretical crisis—our American democracy is on its last breath.
But from coast to coast, city to city—the people are uniting.
Join our nonviolent resistance at www.FiftyFifty.one 🤝
#FiftyFiftyOne #50501Movement #PeoplesMovement #MayDay #May1 #ImpeachTrump
But from coast to coast, city to city—the people are uniting.
Join our nonviolent resistance at www.FiftyFifty.one 🤝
#FiftyFiftyOne #50501Movement #PeoplesMovement #MayDay #May1 #ImpeachTrump
April 21, 2025 at 6:27 AM
🚨 We are not in a theoretical crisis—our American democracy is on its last breath.
But from coast to coast, city to city—the people are uniting.
Join our nonviolent resistance at www.FiftyFifty.one 🤝
#FiftyFiftyOne #50501Movement #PeoplesMovement #MayDay #May1 #ImpeachTrump
But from coast to coast, city to city—the people are uniting.
Join our nonviolent resistance at www.FiftyFifty.one 🤝
#FiftyFiftyOne #50501Movement #PeoplesMovement #MayDay #May1 #ImpeachTrump
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“But what has gone under the radar is that Witkoff has personal stakes at play, as he has business ties to Leonard (‘Len’) Blavatnik, an influential businessman with significant relationships in Kremlin circles – and was sanctioned by Ukraine in 2023.“
Trump's Ukraine envoy is making piles of cash with a pro-Putin oligarch.
Great scoop from @timkmak.bsky.social and the team. open.substack.com/pub/countero...
Great scoop from @timkmak.bsky.social and the team. open.substack.com/pub/countero...
Scoop: Trump envoy’s conflict of interest: a Russia-linked business partner
Steve Witkoff, Trump's Special Envoy, has a serious and unreported conflict of interest in Russia-Ukraine negotiations: his relationship with Ukraine-sanctioned businessman Len Blavatnik.
open.substack.com
April 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
“But what has gone under the radar is that Witkoff has personal stakes at play, as he has business ties to Leonard (‘Len’) Blavatnik, an influential businessman with significant relationships in Kremlin circles – and was sanctioned by Ukraine in 2023.“
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Going through US citizens’ phones at the border with no warrant and no probable cause
April 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Going through US citizens’ phones at the border with no warrant and no probable cause
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We the people are PISSED!📍NYC / April 19
Join the People’s Movement at www.FiftyFifty.one.
#PeoplesMovement #FiftyFiftyOne #50501Movement #April19 #NYC @polrev.bsky.social @meidastouch.com
Join the People’s Movement at www.FiftyFifty.one.
#PeoplesMovement #FiftyFiftyOne #50501Movement #April19 #NYC @polrev.bsky.social @meidastouch.com
April 19, 2025 at 9:23 PM
We the people are PISSED!📍NYC / April 19
Join the People’s Movement at www.FiftyFifty.one.
#PeoplesMovement #FiftyFiftyOne #50501Movement #April19 #NYC @polrev.bsky.social @meidastouch.com
Join the People’s Movement at www.FiftyFifty.one.
#PeoplesMovement #FiftyFiftyOne #50501Movement #April19 #NYC @polrev.bsky.social @meidastouch.com
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Sign of the day…
April 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Sign of the day…
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#CND68 #CND2025 makes a turning point in history by deciding to create a panel of independent experts to review the global drug policy 'machinery'. Read our analysis of what this truly means!
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...
idpc.net
March 18, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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“Trying drugs, and pursuing pleasure... is a feminist act."
Judy Chang has led @inpud.bsky.social since 2017, and been at the forefront of the narcofeminist movement. As she prepares for a new role, she discusses achievements and challenges ahead with @carrielouhamilton.bsky.social:
Judy Chang has led @inpud.bsky.social since 2017, and been at the forefront of the narcofeminist movement. As she prepares for a new role, she discusses achievements and challenges ahead with @carrielouhamilton.bsky.social:
Activist Judy Chang Talks Narcofeminism and Drug-User Rights
For years, Judy Chang has been a leader in the movement for drug-user rights. Since 2017, she’s served as executive ...
filtermag.org
January 29, 2025 at 3:25 PM
“Trying drugs, and pursuing pleasure... is a feminist act."
Judy Chang has led @inpud.bsky.social since 2017, and been at the forefront of the narcofeminist movement. As she prepares for a new role, she discusses achievements and challenges ahead with @carrielouhamilton.bsky.social:
Judy Chang has led @inpud.bsky.social since 2017, and been at the forefront of the narcofeminist movement. As she prepares for a new role, she discusses achievements and challenges ahead with @carrielouhamilton.bsky.social:
Pay attention to how disinformation, and the networks that sustain it, prop up Trump. That’s "the belly of the beast." Even the worst policies can be made right in a world of manufactured fake news. Instead, we need to surface "islands of hope." -- Glenda Gloria, Rappler
January 20, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Pay attention to how disinformation, and the networks that sustain it, prop up Trump. That’s "the belly of the beast." Even the worst policies can be made right in a world of manufactured fake news. Instead, we need to surface "islands of hope." -- Glenda Gloria, Rappler
I have joined the exodus ahead of the inaugrrration. "Mark Zuckerberg’s #maga conversion is now so thorough that he has added Trump’s friend Dana White, the CEO of Ultimate Fighting Championship, to the board of #Meta." - david remnick, @thenewyorker.bsky.social
Meta’s Facebook, Instagram are witnessing a user exodus. Here’s why
The company’s move to the right spearheaded by CEO Mark Zuckerberg ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump is causing a user exodus from many of Meta’s platforms. But what do we know...
www.firstpost.com
January 19, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I have joined the exodus ahead of the inaugrrration. "Mark Zuckerberg’s #maga conversion is now so thorough that he has added Trump’s friend Dana White, the CEO of Ultimate Fighting Championship, to the board of #Meta." - david remnick, @thenewyorker.bsky.social
Unjust laws are meant to be broken ✊🏾
These brave doctors are following history. We have always been forced to use civil disobedience to save lives: supervised injection, narcan, needle, distribution, safe supply. Unjust laws are meant to be broken. Respect. www.timescolonist.com/local-news/v...
Vancouver Island doctors set up overdose prevention sites without government blessing
The sites are being set up at Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria and Nanaimo General Hospital, and organizers plan to run them all through this week.
www.timescolonist.com
November 18, 2024 at 10:25 PM
Unjust laws are meant to be broken ✊🏾
Cool job alert 😎
📣 Release is recruiting a research lead for a new 4 yr project (Seriously thrilled about this).
Working with unhoused folks we want to explore how housing policies must be inclusive of people who use drugs.
www.release.org.uk/vacancy-rese...
Deadline 25 Nov (excited this is my first post here)
Working with unhoused folks we want to explore how housing policies must be inclusive of people who use drugs.
www.release.org.uk/vacancy-rese...
Deadline 25 Nov (excited this is my first post here)
Vacancy - Research Lead
This 4-year funded project aims to challenge and reduce the structural violence and stigma faced by unhoused people who use drugs face significant barriers to stable housing due to current policies. T...
www.release.org.uk
November 18, 2024 at 10:24 PM
Cool job alert 😎
Doctors are opening safe drug consumption sites 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
A solid move! Doctors are now opening supervised consumption sites!
www.timescolonist.com/local-news/v...
www.timescolonist.com/local-news/v...
Vancouver Island doctors set up overdose prevention sites without government blessing
The sites are being set up at Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria and Nanaimo General Hospital, and organizers plan to run them all through this week.
www.timescolonist.com
November 18, 2024 at 10:23 PM
Doctors are opening safe drug consumption sites 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽