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Prospective graduate students interested in Drug Policy please check out this opportunity to work with me and receive 20k in funding over two years to focus your studies on substance use and drug policy at SFU! @BCCSU @SFUFASS
The Drug Policy Fellowship Program at #SFUSPP offers funding & support to MPP students who are strongly interested in & dedicated to substance use & drug policy issues.
Prospective students for the MPP program apply for the fellowship during admission.
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Kora DeBeck retweeted
Episode 7.17 - Calling Out CoRE! xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1aKbdbelW…
Honored to be interviewed alongside @Tara_Gomes and Rebecca Saah. Thanks to Nat at @TheBreakdownAB for the opportunity to help the public understand the strong current evidence base for supervised consumption
Decriminalizing drug possession was not a policy failure. Thank you to CBC Day 6 for the opportunity to articulate why Decrim wasn’t a failure and highlight why addressing the toxic drug supply is so important for all our communities cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-1…
Pleased to see BC's Office of the Human Rights Commissioner release a thoughful statement on the toxic drug crisis that includes support for expanding initiatives to provide regulated alternatives to the toxic drug supply in B.C. bchumanrights.ca/wp-content/…
Kora DeBeck retweeted
Watch Distinguished SFU Professor Kora DeBeck, who is now a member of the @src_rsc, speak about her research, which addresses the toxic drug crisis, now the leading cause of unnatural death in British Columbia.
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I almost spit out my coffee when I read the headline and premise of last week’s opinion column by Marshall Smith, the former chief of staff to the premier of Alberta: “Banning public drug use is bold, courageous and obvious.”
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Delighted to support AutismBC through their raffle and 50/50. In these times of misinformation and flawed claims about Autism it feels particularly timely to support an organization that celebrates and makes the world better for people on the ASD spectrum
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Kora DeBeck retweeted
We proudly present our newest #SFUSPP graduate students who had the opportunity to engage with faculty, staff, & the grad caucus during their orientation at SFU's Harbour Centre campus yesterday! Looking forward to continuing this journey with you.
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Happy to see Vancouver expanding drug inhalation sites! Well done! Thanks to CityNews for helping the public understand that this is an important part of a public health response to the toxic drug crisis vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/0…
Kora DeBeck retweeted
.@SFUSPP professor @KDeBeck leads the At-Risk Youth Study that's amplifying youth voices, advancing research and pushing for better drug policy and care. With support from @HlthResearchBC & @helpstpauls, read how she’s helping shift the narrative: healthresearchbc.ca/news_art…
Kora DeBeck retweeted
I don't know who needs to hear this ...
The healthiest and safest communities are ones with the most resources and services, not the most police and punishment.
We are never going to arrest our way out of poverty, homelessness, addiction, and people struggling with mental health issues. NEVER!
Kora DeBeck retweeted
My book is out now. Available anywhere. The audiobook too (which I read). It's part memoir, part manifesto and aims right at the heart of the current Trump / Poilievre right wing backlash against harm reduction. amazon.ca/Crackdown-Survivin…
“For academia, reducing diversity will limit the range of ideas that generate experiments and, therefore, what we can discover. This will lead to worse health outcomes for everybody.” By Attacking Science, Poilievre Takes a Page from Trump’s Playbook thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/04/1…
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Why is @PierrePoilievre importing failed U.S. policies to Canada?
"Three Strikes" laws are a discredited American criminal justice policy from the 1990s that INCREASE homicides, while failing to reduce crime.
Research shows: "It is likely that the laws increase homicides because a few criminals, fearing the enhanced penalties, murder victims and witnesses to limit resistance and identification.
"With a state‐level multiple‐time‐series design, we find that the laws are associated with 10–12 percent more homicides in the short run and 23–29 percent in the long run. The impact occurs in almost all 24 states with three‐strikes laws.
Furthermore, there is little evidence that the laws have any compensating crime reduction impact through deterrence or incapacitation."
Source: Marvell & Moody, "The Lethal Effects of Three‐Strikes Laws" 30(1) 2001 Journal of Legal Studies
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Community Conversations: Addiction & Mental Health — North Shore Unitarians —something to check out for people interested in meaningful conversations on substance use and drug policy! @guyfelicella northshoreunitarians.ca/blog…
Thank you for having us @SFUVan !! We had a great time 🙏🏻
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Thanks so much to everyone who joined us for yesterday's Lunch 'n' Learn, Untangling the Toxic Drug Crisis, with Guy Felicella & Prof. Kora DeBeck. 🙌
Stay updated on upcoming Lunch 'n' Learns by following us on social media or visiting our website!
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“The idea that law enforcement approaches will eliminate drugs from our communities is magical thinking, DeBeck said.”
For four consecutive months, the number of overdose deaths in BC has been below 160. Though this news is welcome, overdose deaths are still higher than they were before the pandemic began. The situation remains an emergency. @KDeBeck @ejoekes1 #overdose medscape.com/viewarticle/ove…
Kora DeBeck retweeted
#ICYMI, our next Lunch 'n' Learn is happening next Wednesday! Join us to learn about the toxic drug crisis, challenge misconceptions and explore solutions with @guyfelicella & @KDeBeck, blending lived experience, recovery and research.
Register Now: ow.ly/JVGH50Vp2vH
Hope those who are interested at @SFUSPP can join this session 😇
Why do we have a toxic drug crisis? Has harm reduction failed? Is a fentanyl tzar going to help? Join us to hear @guyfelicella & @KDeBeck explore these questions and more, as well as discuss policies & offer ways forward during these challenging times.
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