Trauma is one of the biggest risk factors for addiction — but trauma-centered treatments are lacking By Elizabeth Hlavinka from Salon Magazine. Read the source article here. Therapy appointment with a teenage patient (Getty Images/fotostorm) The fourth step in Alcoholics Anonymous requires participants to take a “moral inventory” of the […]
Reposted from the Union Gospel Mission, read the original article here There are a lot of stereotypes out there about people who are experiencing homelessness. You’ve probably heard some of them: statements like “People just need to get a job” or “They wouldn’t be outside if they didn’t want to […]
There are multiple organizations launching cold weather responses for the coming weekend in the Oceanside area. ICCS will run an overnight warming shelter from Saturday Feb 1 through Tuesday Feb 4 from 7 pm to 7 am at the Christian Fellowship Centre, 825 Village Way in Qualicum Beach. There will […]
From Filter Magazine, by Sydney Sauer Compared to the media spotlight on urban homelessness and drug use, rural areas have received far less attention. While this media coverage is often stigmatizing and problematic, the imbalance reflects how rural populations are largely overlooked, and their unique needs neglected. A study recently […]
Reposted from Nanaimo News Now NANAIMO — A group of Island doctors and volunteers pushing for governments and health authorities to provide overdose prevention sites at hospitals continues gaining traction. Doctors for Safer Drug Policy has continued operating their unsanctioned pop-up overdose prevention site (OPS) across from the Nanaimo Regional […]
Experts are looking at changes to the drug supply and drug use for clues to why drug deaths in B.C. are dropping. By Glenda Luymes, Vancouver Sun Deaths related to drug overdoses have declined nine per cent in B.C. over the past year. But experts says it’s unclear whether the […]
This month, December’s meeting, Erica Williamson. Island Health, Discovery Youth & Family Substance Use Services will talk about the services they offer. Read more about their organization and services here Join this month’s Zoom Meeting Agenda Oceanside Community Action Team (OCAT) Meeting Tuesday , 2024, December 17, 1 to 3 pm by […]
B.C. communities participated in the report by the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition by Tyler Harper -from Vancouver Island Free Daily. Read the Source Article A new report made in consultation with people who use drugs calls for federal decriminalization, expanded access to overdose prevention sites and several other measures designed […]
From the Wellesley Institute. Read the source study here The number of people living in encampments across the province has been growing in recent years. At least 1,400 encampments were reported across Ontario in 2023. The growth demonstrates how current social and economic policy is failing more and more people. […]
No. by dustin godfrey – The Bind – Read the original source article here Dec 06, 2024 VPD displace people living in the Downtown Eastside in April 2023. Police chiefs in Canada say they no longer support decriminalization, but a longtime Vancouver drug policy analyst says we shouldn’t take them […]
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