A logical step forward in harm reduction. From the International Journal of Drug Policy, Sept 2024 – Click to read the Original Article Abstract In 2022, the Drug User Liberation Frontʼs Compassion Club and Fulfillment Centre emerged as a groundbreaking initiative and research endeavor aimed at addressing the alarming rise […]
From the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. In 2020, Canada had an alcohol deficit of $6.4 billion, despite 100 years of harm reduction measures and a regulated safer supply. Canada’s Alcohol Deficit, 2007–2020: Social Cost, Public Revenue, Magnitudes of Alcohol Use, and the Per-Drink Net Deficit for a […]
From The Star, by Manisha Krishnan Read the full story In an ideal world, drug policy would be decided by public health experts rather than politicians and cops. But that’s not the reality we live in. On the contrary, we’re at a point in time where misinformation has never been more […]
A report released by Dr. Bonnie Henry, British Columbia’s provincial health officer (PHO), provides a review of the provincial prescribed safer supply (PSS) policy and makes recommendations aimed at improving the lives of people who use drugs in B.C. and supporting clinicians in this work. https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024HLTH0011-000122
Dr. Andrea Sereda of London Intercommunity Health Centre, one of the leading safe supply advocates in the country, joins the Craig Needles podcast. Note, this podcast led the Conservative Party of Canada to call for the cancelling of her medical licence. Listen to the podcast here. https://www.podbean.com/ep/pb-2xysv-16441d1 https://londonnewstoday.ca/London/news/2024/06/18/episode-277-dr-andrea-sereda-shares-her-side-of-safe-supply-debate
From Peterborough Currents by Will Pearson Participants’ lives are stabilizing and improving thanks to safer supply prescriptions, clinic researchers find. Participants of a safer supply program in downtown Peterborough have experienced positive changes in their lives — including reduced use of fentanyl and fewer overdoses — since enrolling in the […]
Check out this podcast with Guy from Peoples First Radio https://vancouverislandmentalhealthsociety.org/podcast/guy-felicella-headlines-speakers-at-community-dialogue-in-nanaimo
From The Globe and Mail In late March, Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer published his annual report to the province’s legislature. Its focus was drugs, from tobacco to opioids. One line in the report stood out: “When thousands of people are dying from preventable opioid overdoses each year, the system must […]
In commemoration of the 8th anniversary of the declaration of the Public Health Emergency of toxic drug poisonings, Mom’s Stop The Harm invites you to gather at Memorial Plaza on Sunday April 14th from 11:30 – 2:30 PM. Alberni Hwy & Memorial Avenue, Parksville BC Free Naloxone training and kits by OCAT […]
From the Vancouver Sun Farnworth has spoken to the RCMP’s commanding officer about the seizure in Prince George and was told that the idea that there is widespread diversion is “simply not true.” There is no evidence of widespread diversion of safe-supply drugs, British Columbia’s solicitor general and the RCMP […]
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