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Private org has control of Alberta recovery patients’ health info

August 21, 2024 oceansidecat 0

by Euan Thomson, Drug Data Decoded – The My Recovery Plan App was implemented to evaluate and manage substance use treatment waitlists across Alberta. Documents reveal how it denies patients informed consent and control of their personal health information. Read the full original article https://drugdatadecoded.ca/documents-reveal-chaos-in-my-recovery-plan-implementation/?ref=drug-data-decoded-newsletter In her August 2023 mandate […]

August OCAT Meeting

August 19, 2024 oceansidecat 0

Join us for the OCAT zoom meeting Tuesday, August 20, 1:00 pm. Agenda; We’ll have updates on the Parksville treatment center, as well as reports on Oceanside’s extreme weather response, plus plans for the August 31 Moms Stop The Harm toxic drug poisoning awareness event. All are welcome. https://us05web.zoom.us/j/87312437957?pwd=vabwaNLBANkzVQ2lFPYr7vde0aOsTD.1

The Opioid Crisis Is Surging. We’re Still Ignoring Experts

August 17, 2024 oceansidecat 0

The perils of prioritizing politics over public health From The Walrus – by Taylor C. Noakes Published 6:30, Aug. 15, 2024 In late February, Andrea Sereda addressed the parliamentary health committee and spoke about her work as the lead physician directing a safer supply program in London, Ontario. Safer supply […]

Case Study on DULF – Compassion Club and Fulfillment Centre model

August 12, 2024 oceansidecat 0

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 […]

Canada’s Alcohol Deficit – 2007-2020

August 8, 2024 oceansidecat 0

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 […]

International Toxic Drug Poisoning Awareness Day, August 31, 2024

August 7, 2024 oceansidecat 0

Presentations, Naloxone Training, Harm Reduction Education, Refreshments, Musical Performance Candlelight Vigil of Remembrance at 7pm.Bring a framed photo of your loved one to place on our purple memorial chairs. #TogetherWeCan highlighting the power of community when we all stand together.

Money is being wasted on ‘managing’ homelessness; build housing instead

August 5, 2024 oceansidecat 0

From the Times Colonist – It is estimated that each unhoused person costs the system upwards of $100,000 a year in services. Transitional, supportive and affordable housing would be a far better and less costly alternative. Bishop Anna Greenwood-Lee Jul 25, 2024 12:53 AM A commentary by the 14th Bishop […]

Canada’s response to toxic drug crisis needs to include housing as a key pillar.

August 4, 2024 oceansidecat 0

from the Regina Leader Post, By Angela Amato – ‘Nobody likes to be forced’: Sask. addictions advocate skeptical of complex care facility When individuals are forced into treatment unwillingly, whether court-ordered or otherwise, relapses are frequent upon release as well as suicides, said Prairie Harm Reduction’s executive director, Kayla DeMong. […]

Fearmongering about ‘drug dens’ is making Canada’s crisis worse

July 22, 2024 oceansidecat 0

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 […]

PHO recommends prescribed safer supply policy continue

July 12, 2024 oceansidecat 0

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