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filtermag.org/2020-wins-loss… “To advocates in the US, it may sometimes seem like we have drug policy up here in Canada all figured out. And yes, some of our policies are comparatively progressive. But this year has shown us how much more radical activism is still needed.” - @CSSDP

She believed in me until I believed in myself. She has supported me from the moment she met me and has sacrificed everything so I could do what I do today. Happy Anniversary! I wouldn't be where I am today without you! #HappyAnniversary

filtermag.org/halifax-safe-s… “We were seeing firsthand the positive outcomes when people have safe housing, they have their substance-related needs met.” - Quote from @tdbrothers in my new @Filtermag_org piece…photo cred @tdbrothers.

🚨Drug Policy Researchers this is a MUST read 🚨 “Building New Approaches to Risk Reduction With Social Networks and People Who Smoke Illegal Drugs From Participatory Community-Based Research” by Jozaghi et al (2018). journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/16… #DailyDrugPolicy

@tdbrothers @danlewer @mikegniewek @MOSHHalifax Amazing work team! Love the graphs, i suspect that was a collab between @tdbrothers & @danlewer! This study SHOWS how effective safe supply is and should be widely available for everyone and anyone!

We generally followed @BCCSU "risk mitigation" guidelines for safe supply with OAT, hydromorphone, methylphenidate, and dextroamephatmine + added lisdexamfetamine & nabilone and @MOSHHalifax MAP approach for managed alcohol, mostly with strong beer (6% ABV) 2/

We have a new preprint describing our emergency safe supply & managed alcohol program in COVID-19 isolation hotel shelters, incl. outcomes & dosage information for Spring 2021 wave w/ @matthew__bonn @danlewer @mikegniewek @MOSHHalifax & large team! medrxiv.org/content/10.110… 1/

An emergency safe supply and managed alcohol program, paired with housing, was associated with low rates of adverse events and high rates of successful completion of the 14 day isolation period in COVID19 isolation hotel shelters. By @tdbrothers et al via medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

Housing is a human right. Housing is harm reduction.

theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl… Great read by @BonnieraeLarson, Ginette Salvalaggio, & @healthinthehmmr via the @globeandmail.

filtermag.org/cdc-overdose-d… “I think about people who didn’t overdose but who were also absolutely killed by the drug war. The people we lost to incarceration; treatable disease; medical racism; the cold. State violence and disinterest.” By @kastaliamedrano via @Filtermag_org.

“We don’t have time to wait months and years to continue to look for evidence that #SafeSupply will work,” Ms. Lapointe said. “We know from studies it does work.” @s_malcolmson @adriandix @cpsbc_ca @BCPharmacists nytimes.com/2021/12/10/wor…

🗣Urgent public health needs: compassion clubs and safer supply ft. @VANDUpeople @DULFBC

Thank you to @tim__rhodes @ijdrugpolicy for encouraging an issue authored by people who use drugs & @nicolemluongo for providing the impetus & inspiration to make it happen. An honour to work with contributing authors, showcased here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

@BCCSU @HIVlegal @VANDUpeople @CANdrugpolicy Many dedicated individuals, organizations, agencies PWUD came together, to collectively design a human rights-based path forward that reflects the voices of PWUD. #DrugDecrimCanada

"#DecrimDoneRight: A Rights-Based Path for Drug Policy" A call to put health & human rights first and end the criminalization of people who use drugs, from @HIVlegal @CAPUDofficial @VANDUpeople @CANdrugpolicy & others. Read it here: hivlegalnetwork.ca/site/decrimina…

Ending the war on drugs requires a plan. ⚖️ ‘#DecrimDoneRight: A Rights-Based Path for Drug Policy’ is that vision forward—a future free from criminalization and stigma against people who use drugs [Read Platform] 🔗 drugpolicy.ca/decrim-done-ri… #DrugDecrimCanada

🗺 A roadmap for reform—'#DecrimDoneRight: A Rights-Based Path for Drug Policy’ ends the criminalization of people who use drugs and moves Canada forward towards a human rights and public health approach [Read Platform] 🔗 drugpolicy.ca/decrim-done-ri… #DrugDecrimCanada

vice.com/en/article/k7w… “The opening of legally sanctioned supervised injection sites comes at a time when overdoses in New York and the country at large are at record highs. According to provisional data from the CDC 100K Americans died of an overdose in a 12-month period.”