Thanks to the Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine for singling out our team's (trainee-led!) paper on caring for patients with opioid use disorder in during COVID as a strong example of theory-guided qualitative research. 🧪 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Special episode! On March 10th, CoRE published a paper that the UCP then used to justify shuttering Supervised Consumption Sites. But there's some big problems with that paper & how it was spun. We sat down with 3 experts to get to the bottom of it! youtu.be/mRtvTHcDR6g

On the 42nd anniversary of the Canada Health Act, it's in danger from AB's Bill 11. FOM & 50+ orgs across Canada sent a letter to PM @mark-carney.bsky.social & Health Minister Marjorie Michel urging them to enforce the Act to protect our public health care! www.friendsofmedicare.org/50_orgs_cana...

“Bill 11… allows physicians to treat patients in the public health care system while also charging them fees, creating a two-tiered system for those who can pay and those who cannot.” Over 50 organizations have written to Ottawa to urge enforcement of the Canada Health Act.

Unfortunately not that uncommon to see people misrepresenting their credentials or academic affiliations in the addiction and mental health space in Canada. www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...

This is a major line being crossed by Alberta's UCP government. Throwing out the work of an independent boundaries committee is authoritarian and extremely anti-democratic.

First, their health minister used confidential info to intimidate a critic. Then another accessed a recall proponent's voting records. Now another wants to know what Albertans are reading in public libraries. When will UCP libertarians stand up? www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...

“The report said that in VCH drug-related overdose is now the leading cause of maternal death.” Let that sink in and ask why this happens. Do the lives of these moms and their kids not matter? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

“treatment and related services should be offered in the least-restrictive manner and environment possible, with the goal of having the person continue to live in the community...." UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRDP).

BREAKING!!! In what appears to be a completely unprecedented move, the UCP appear to be getting ready to toss all of the work of the electoral boundaries commission… So they can draw the maps themselves! Gerrymandering has arrived! #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

“I absolutely believe there was political pressure, and it disturbs me immensely to see some of the political rhetoric that was used to demonize people who are most marginalized in our community.” Dr. Bonnie Henry

BC Health Experts Say the Province Has Solutions to the Toxic Drug Crisis. 10 Years In, Policies Still Ignore The Evidence. pressprogress.ca/bc-health-ex...

“We have this bizarre dichotomy where everybody agrees that this is a health issue, but the majority of the resources, the financing, the attention, goes to law enforcement...” Lisa Lapointe

Quiet part out loud 👀

In case you missed one of the many town hall gatherings across the province, this is a great opportunity to hear Dr. Parks and get important information about our public heath care system. #Bill11 #abhealth #NoToPrivatization #ableg

Let’s be clear: Harm reduction saves lives. Toxic drug supply takes them. Everything else is spin. I said it straight in today’s radio interview 👇 Link: www.am1150.ca/podcast/is-h...

I heard rumours about who the Breakdown's guests are tonight and if true, it's not to be missed. Then tomorrow morning, I'll drop another scoop involving CoRE that Alberta's forced abstinence proponents will not be happy about.

Tune into @thebreakdownab.bsky.social tonight 8pm mountain. And please follow @heartsalberta.bsky.social 💜

Tune in tonight! A flawed Alberta study is being weaponized to undermine consumption services nationwide. This goes beyond one province—it’s about the integrity of evidence itself. If you care about facts being twisted to drive policy, this should concern you. 8pm mountain time.

“Data released through an access to information request shows that overtime as a percentage of hours worked is significantly higher than the figures quoted by Buick” The premiers office actively tried to kill a story by journalists. theijf.org/article/stat...

And people were worried about electing UCP lapdogs to municipal councils because they would just carry water for the province and not actually advocate for their constituents… Imagine! #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #yyc #yyccc

"4,000 oil and gas wells just became orphans — nearly doubling Alberta’s total" #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli thenarwhal.ca/alberta-orph...

There's never been a more important time to stay informed & involved in defending Alberta's public health care. And now's your chance! Join FOM & Dr. Parks at our virtual townhall this April 19 for an Urgent Conversation on OUR public health care: www.friendsofmedicare.org/virtualtownh...

harm reduction entirely relegated to an afterthought, not one mention of safe supply or prescribed alternatives. it's hard to distinguish this opinion from the BCNDP party line

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Wednesday at 8! Special Episode! The UCP’s “Centre of Recovery Excellence” (CoRE) published a paper that’s being used to justify shuttering Supervised Consumption Sites in Alberta. But the quality of the paper is dubious at best & we’ve got three expert professors to explain!

"The government knows it needs to regulate the drug supply and is choosing to not do it", said Leslie McBain of @momsstoptheharm.bsky.social. Since 2016 more than 18,000 people have died a preventable death! Must read article on the 10th anniversary of the public health declaration in BC.

share this GIF by searching "not dying safe supply" PEOPLE AREN'T DYING FROM ADDICTION PEOPLE ARE DYING FROM THE UNREGULATED DRUG SUPPLY #bcpoli

You can’t find the right solution if you don’t understand the problem, as evidenced by comments of the BC minister of health. The BC NDP has abandoned the measures that are shown to save lives, like safe supply. The blood of YOUR loved ones is on THEIR hands. #bcpoli

this absolutely deranged statement of statements which includes a revisionist history of this government's commitment to mass social murder was released this morning, a day early its not a "toxic-drug crisis," its a PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY this is disinformation news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...

This first line in this article "It was 2014 when I first heard of fentanyl entering the unregulated drug supply." feels like a stab in my heart. It was in 2014 that I learned about the contaminated supply by losing my youngest son Danny to it. The day that made me an accidental advocate.

“We will emerge into a landscape of rational drug policy, even if it remains pretty dark until we get there.” Victoria-based addiction medicine specialist Dr. Ryan Herriot writes. #ToxicDrugCrisis #bcpoli

“Premier Eby built his career as a human rights lawyer advocating for the most vulnerable. Yet, as he is confronted by the hard work of governing the province, he has abandoned the people he used to serve and the principles that his party holds dear.” The First Nations Leadership Council writes.

It’s been four and a half years since Jane McCormick’s son, Jeff, was killed by unregulated drugs. Were he alive, he would have just celebrated his 40th birthday with his two kids. #ToxicDrugCrisis #bcpoli

sharing a short reflection I wrote about working in the toxic drug crisis—which was formally declared 10 years ago today in BC. see those who can make it at Oppenheimer this evening themainlander.com/2026/04/14/e...

It's been almost 4 months since the tragic WR death at the GNH, and over a week since a stabbing in the RAH WR... and nothing is improving. There has been a lot of talk, but no action. A thread🧵: 1/10

April 13, 2026 With more than 18,000 lives lost over the 10 years of the toxic drug crisis, we check in with @lesliemsth.bsky.social from Moms Stop the Harm to evaluate whether enough steps are being taken to stop the ongoing tragedy. @msthpetra.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

“I don’t think Danielle Smith is going to stand up and voice support for Alberta separatism, but we’re not going to hear a full-throated rejection of it from her. And by not rejecting it, Smith is giving license to her voters to vote to separate.” #abpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/04/13/o...

PM @mark-carney.bsky.social — we demand housing, healthcare, fair wages, education, and a livable planet for all. Regulate AI now: protect jobs, defend civil liberties, and stop misinformation and plagiarism. Scrap AI for all! #cndpoli

“unpaid care and domestic work are often overlooked in health risk assessments, yet they carry significant consequences for wellbeing.” Relevant for families who support loved ones using substances @hollymathias.bsky.social

thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026... Ten years that they count. More that they don’t. #bcpoli

Loved ones like Christopher …. are deeply loved people whose lives mattered, whose struggles mattered, and whose dignity should never have been negotiable.“ From @heartsalberta.bsky.social

Alberta Won’t Detain Itself Out of a Drug Crisis “Because the victims are largely invisible to those in power, the UCP has no problem systematically ripping apart the public health resources that are their first line of defence.” Feature and in “Forward Weekly” archive.forwardweekly.ca?issue=03

“Danielle Smith’s twin policies of attacking essential health care for people who use drugs and tasking police with solving addiction through confinement are Dickensian throwbacks poised to make a bad situation worse.” Must read in Forward Weekly, great new AB weekly by @omarmouallem.bsky.social

SCOOP! Former AHS CEO Athana Mentzelopolous takes legal action against two podcasters after an alleged campaign of harassment, and intimidation over the course of a year. This is tied directly to the “Corrupt Care” scandal. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli open.substack.com/pub/thebreak...

This Methodist is highly impressed by the three cardinals who took on Trump on 60 Minutes tonight--they were focused, tough, straightforward. The Catholic church is emerging as a potent center of resistance. As one said, "We're better than this." www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/were-bette...

If harm reduction feels “dangerous” but you use seatbelts, smoke detectors, sunscreen, and helmets—that’s not a moral stance, it’s stigma. We reduce risk everywhere else. Why expect perfection with substance use? Harm reduction saves lives. Period. -risk redux meggz

Powerful piece in the new Forward Weekly summarizing the Alberta govt’s unspoken aim with its involuntary treatment laws: shoring up profitable, anti-Indigenous corporate interests while expanding the carceral state. How many times is too many in Canada? archive.forwardweekly.ca?issue=03