@AddorisioSindi
 Vancouver, British Columbia
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On #WorldDrugDay & #SupportDontPunish Day, we call on @UNODC & @CND_tweets to: ❗️End the death penalty for drug offences. ❗️Uphold international law. Read our statement: hri.global/publications/unod…

UNODC and CND should take urgent action against death penalty for drugs - Harm Reduction Internat...

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PHS@PHScss18 Nov 2024
“There is a high risk that reducing access to harm reduction and overdose support services will result in increased emergency department visits, health impacts, overdose and death” - confidential Ontario government briefing. globalnews.ca/news/10868065/…

Hospitalizations and death: Ontario’s internal warnings over supervised consumption site ban |...

The government is set to table new legislation that would prevent a supervised consumption site from operating within a 200-metre radius of a school or child care centre.

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Garth Mullins@garthmullins19 Nov 2024
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. timescolonist.com/local-news…

Unsanctioned overdose-prevention sites rebuffed at Island hospitals

Organizers were forced to move overdose prevention sites from hospital property in Victoria and Nanaimo after Island Health shut them down

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PHS@PHScss3 Nov 2024
One supervised consumption site can prevent 83 new cases of HIV in a single year, saving more than $17 million in future healthcare costs - Canadian Public Health Association. Harm reduction saves lives and money. sudbury.com/local-news/exper…

Experts say consumption site closure will raise rates of HIV/Hep C

In an open letter to the ministry of health, experts state that one supervised consumption site can prevent up to 83 new cases of HIV in a single year, saving more than $17M in future health care...

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Insiteful Vancouver@InsiteVan1 Nov 2024
Experts say consumption site closure will raise rates of HIV/Hep C sudbury.com/local-news/exper… via @sudburydotcom

Experts say consumption site closure will raise rates of HIV/Hep C

In an open letter to the ministry of health, experts state that one supervised consumption site can prevent up to 83 new cases of HIV in a single year, saving more than $17M in future health care...

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Marliss Taylor@MarlissT31 Oct 2024
Hey folks - there has been a big spike in ODs across Edmonton this week. Don’t use alone, stay visible, have naloxone, take turns, use a SCS, start small, check on your buddies. Stay safe! We 💜 you!
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Hate homelessness, not the people experiencing it‼️ #HousingForAll
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Jim Gurnett@Jimgurnett21 Oct 2024
Today #yegcc holds public hearing on several land use bylaws. @ECOHH_ will present to urge priority with surplus school sites for non-market #housing a desperate need to end catastrophe of #homelessness hurting thousands
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I feel this statement 100% “Supervised consumption sites are "an area of drug policy that has been grossly politicized and that politicization has fueled the dissemination of misinformation. It's ignored science," he added. “ thinkglobalhealth.org/articl…

How Overdose Prevention Centers Became Political Scapegoats | Think Global Health

Although some politicians blame harm reduction efforts for societal problems, others view them as lifesaving solutions

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Mel@melbee44448 Oct 2024
“Methadone clinics are predicated on the idea that the medication they dispense is a privilege, not a right. There is no other area of healthcare where patients are required to demonstrate, on an almost daily basis, that they deserve their medicine.”
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Kora DeBeck@KDeBeck2 Oct 2024
It was an honour to be a guest on The Early Edition with Stephen Quinn to discuss my concerns with B.C. plans to expand involuntary care for people with addictions. cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-9… @SFUSPP @CIHR_IRSC @KillamTrusts @BCCSU
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“There are no provincial treatment standards, and no provincial requirements for reporting results.” Again. “There are no provincial treatment standards, and no provincial requirements for reporting results.” timescolonist.com/opinion/co…

Comment: Involuntary care will not end the drug crisis

It is concerning that our government is seeking to remove a person’s most basic rights to liberty and security of the person in order to impose care with no evidentiary basis, says former chief...

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RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT - Oct 1st at 12 pm Safer Supply Ottawa Evaluation - Summer 2024 Report Join Dr. Marlene Haines and Athena Tafoglou discuss findings about safer stimulant supply clients' experiences. Register: ca01web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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“I feel confused as to how that’s going to work and why we haven’t been able to address the needs of folks who want care,” Eng said. bc.ctvnews.ca/critics-slam-b…
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Peter Krykant@PeteKrykant_OPC4 Sep 2024
In 1986 Switzerland opened it's first drug consumption room 1986 - that's 38 years ago Let that sink in, 38 years ago Meanwhile in October 2024 the first official one in the UK will open Lot of pain and tears along the way but it's happening, it's finally happening
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Russell Maynard@rusmaynard2 Sep 2024
Amplify: “A direct line can be drawn from homelessness to problematic drug use and back again. Homelessness is a policy failure. Toxic drugs are a policy failure. Toxic drug overdoses are a policy failure.”
Marlo Van Marck
@MarloVanMarck1 Sep 2024
A direct line can be drawn from homelessness to problematic drug use and back again. Homelessness is a policy failure. Toxic drugs are a policy failure. Toxic drug overdoses are a policy failure.
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