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 […]
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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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
From the Times Colonist. Tsakwa’lutan Healing Centre will have 40 adult treatment beds for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous people, with half expected to be open by fall https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/first-nations-resort-on-quadra-island-to-become-addictions-treatment-facility-9229870by Jeff Bell Listen to this article 00:02:39 An Indigenous-operated resort on Quadra Island is being turned into a mental-health and addictions treatment […]
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 […]
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