Statement and call to action from members of our Beyond Do No Harm Network—as they point out, coercion and involuntary treatment for substance use disorders violates the ethical obligations of their role as health care workers, "undermines human rights, and will increase, not reduce, harm":

NEW analysis in The Mainlander: The politics of the Mental Health Act amendments in Bill 32 reflect a trend of the BC NDP circumventing court rulings under Premier Eby’s leadership. themainlander.com/2025/12/05/b...

We must subject these policies to critical scrutiny: Who benefits from involuntary drug treatment? Not the patients. Not the nurses, doctors, or other allied healthcare professionals. Do you feel safer knowing the gov is changing laws to protect care providers so they can violate patient rights?

There are many reasons oppose BC’s plan to expand involuntary drug treatment. Not everything could be covered in a single statement. Today, let’s talk about some of the evidence + ethical implications of co-opting caring professionals + requiring them to violate their professional ethics. #bcpoli

When nurses and other caring professionals are required to violate their own code of ethics, they face a heightened risk of moral injury. In 2024, the @hrna.bsky.social and @canadanurses.bsky.social wrote an open letter to then-Federal Health Minister Mark Holland.

Read the statement from @hrna.bsky.social and @dsdp.ca here 👇 www.policeoversight.ca/p/harm-reduc... Healthcare workers can sign this community petition launched in 2024: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Say no to involuntary treatment—say yes to human rights, evidence, and compassion. #bcpoli

care is not forced. read the full statement from @hrna.bsky.social & Doctors for Safer Drug Policy here: www.policeoversight.ca/p/harm-reduc... bsky.app/profile/dsdp...

Sign the community-led petition here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Please join our campaign with @power1312.bsky.social, CSSDP, and @hrna.bsky.social to push back on the dark direction the BC government is taking substance use policy and mental health care. Read the statement here: www.policeoversight.ca/p/harm-reduc...

Thank you @robbotterell.bsky.social for bringing @hrna.bsky.social and our words to the heart of the debate on @davidebybc.bsky.social's plans to expand involuntary treatment and pre-empt the results of a longstanding charter challenge by disability rights groups and others. #harmreduction #bcpoli

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... The predictable, ongoing result of a total failure to replace the unregulated supply with a regulated one.

Vancouver Fire Rescue Services responded to 54 overdoses last Friday - the most in a single day in the department's history. Averaged 16 per day in May. There has been a surge in ODs reported all across the province in the past few weeks.

We are calling on colleagues, health-care associations, unions, regulatory bodies, and public health leaders to endorse the statement, share it widely, and join us in demanding voluntary, evidence-based, rights-affirming responses to the toxic drug crisis. #WeRefuse #bcpoli #harmreduction

We honour people with lived and living experience who have long resisted coercive drug policy, including those who launched last year’s petition opposing involuntary care. Their leadership continues to guide this work. Statement: www.policeoversight.ca/p/harm-reduc... Petition: shorturl.at/ZHh2E

We Refuse: Health Workers Against Involuntary Care is now public. @hrna.bsky.social and DSDP are circulating a joint statement opposing BC’s plan to expand involuntary drug treatment. This approach is ineffective, increases overdose risk, violates autonomy, and harms marginalized communities.

In case you missed this webinar hosted by @hrna.bsky.social, you can check out the recording here! youtu.be/5_eu8Je7WDU?...

NURSES ACROSS CANADA SUPPORT DULF The Harm Reduction Nurses Association stands in unwavering solidarity with the Drug User Liberation Front (DULF) as they launch their constitutional challenge of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) in BC Supreme Court. #bcpoli #cdnpoli

You really have to read both of @kwardvancouver.bsky.social’s skeet’s to get how fucked up this is. I’ll just put the headlines side by side. Displacement and evictions are forms of violence. They result in very observable harms including death and irreparable injury. #bcpoli

”…this continually unfolding tragedy is a violation of human rights and the result of systemic discrimination…” B.C. Human Rights Commissioner’s Statement on the Toxic Drug Crisis bchumanrights.ca/resources/pu...

“Government's obligation is to save lives, reduce harm and improve quality of life for those who have been marginalized, while working toward greater equity for everyone.” Everyone should take a moment to read this statement from the BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner. #bcpoli

A human rights-based approach to the toxic drug crisis would require public policy that recognizes the full humanity of people who use unregulated drugs which would be a whole new thing

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DULF co-founders Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum were each found guilty of three counts of trafficking meth, heroin and cocaine this morning. The pair are launching a constitutional challenge later this month of the CDSA and their convictions won't be entered until then. Story up shortly on @thetyee.ca

Webinar Alert 🚨 Protecting Life, Not Punishing Help: Understanding the Supreme Court’s Good Samaritan Ruling in R v Wilson. Presented in partnership with @pivotlegalsociety.bsky.social. When: November 18 at 12pm PST Who: Open to Public How: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

martlet.ca/potent-synth... "Government intervention in medical decision-making has limited access to pharmaceutical-grade opioid tablets, [so] 'It’s not surprising that people are going to seek those tablets elsewhere.'"

“Herriot said that nearly half of people who regularly access the unregulated drug supply do not have an opioid addiction, and access the market recreationally only a few times a year, while the other half accesses the market due to addiction.” everyone needs a safe supply

“Politicians need to do better, and this case is really, really clear on that.” Harm reductionists explain a key victory, as a Supreme Court of Canada ruling affirms protection from possession arrests for people at an OD scene. @maddidellplain.bsky.social reports:

“People who are getting clicks and likes online and [we have] a reactive government that is responding to the moral panic to avoid getting voted out … so we have policymakers with extremely liberal backgrounds doing extremely conservative things to retain their position of power,” Ranger said.

Saving a life is more important than policing small amounts of drug use, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled last month. @michellegamage.bsky.social reports. #canpoli #ToxicDrugCrisis

While the Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act ensures immunity from charges for simple drug possession during an overdose, the Supreme Court of Canada says that protection must also extend to arrests. www.nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articl...

Great news!

The Court confirmed that people who call 9‑1‑1 during an overdose will not face arrest for simple drug possession — a critical clarification during Canada’s ongoing toxic drug crisis. Read the press release: drugpolicy.ca/supreme-cour...

Canada's Supreme Court upholds capacious reading of a law exempting people who seek help or stay at the scene of an overdose from being charged with drug possession--if cops arrest you when they shouldn't and find other bad stuff while searching you, can't charge decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/scc-...

This is from Canada. We could do likewise here, United States. Instead of letting Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth use deaths from drug overdose as a pretext for ordering mass murder.

Today, the Supreme Court of Canada delivered a landmark ruling affirming that the Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act must be interpreted to fulfill its life-saving purpose. Read the press release: drugpolicy.ca/supreme-cour... @aidq.bsky.social @hrna.bsky.social

BREAKING WIN for PWUD: Supreme Court of Canada rules against the Saskatchewan government and police attempt to claw back the Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act in R v Wilson. Pivot argued, and the court agreed, the law protects against simple possession convictions, charges, AND arrests at ODs.

Today, the Supreme Court affirms that the Good Samaritan Overdose Act must be applied to protect people who call 9-1-1 in overdose emergencies from arrest for simple possession. A major step toward evidence-based, life-saving policy. #HarmReduction #cdnpoli www.drugpolicy.ca/supreme-cour...

“The US has decertified Colombia as a reliable partner in the War on Drugs for the 1st time in almost 30 years—though w/a waiver that suspends sanctions or cancels funding for bilateral anti-drug operations between the 2 countries.” Trump issues imperialist report cards while gutting harm reduction.

On the plus side, the USA is increasingly self-alienating and losing allies over its arrogance and threats. Read this 👇 UN Member States initiate an overdue review of the UN drug control “machinery” with a newly emerging political alliance idpc.net/blog/2025/03...

I must have missed this “Presidential Determination” piece of imperial American propaganda—it’s getting hard to keep up with the USA’s rapid descent into overt fascism. A short 🧵 www.state.gov/releases/off...

We at the @hrna.bsky.social denounced Bill C-2, calling it “an outdated, xenophobic drug interdiction policy that prioritizes border theatrics over evidence and human rights”. We, like many others, asked Prime Minister @mark-carney.bsky.social to rescind the Bill. www.hrna-aiirm.ca/2025/08/27/h...

More exciting news from @hrna.bsky.social! Check out our new website! www.hrna-aiirm.ca

HRNA’s 2025/2026 webinar season is going to be 🔥. Up first, “A Crisis of Disorder or a Crisis of Legitimacy? A Critical Discourse Analysis of B.C. Police Officers' Perspectives on Decriminalization” When: October 1st at 12pm PST. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

As the #WDR2025 acknowledges, poverty, inequality and stigma compound drug-related harm. Efforts to ensure non-discriminatory access to care are fundamental to saving lives. https://f.mtr.cool/bnqnvamupl  🧵3/6

The @hrna.bsky.social are still awaiting a response from @mark-carney.bsky.social. Wondering if the PM has any plans for #IOAD2025.

The question is not whether allowing access to regulated drugs is the right thing to do. The question is whether enough collective will can be mustered to overcome the carceral bureaucracy keeping regulated drugs out of reach. DULF can do it –– with your help. drugdatadecoded.ca/the-most-urg...

Read this 👇 “These deaths—so many of which could have been avoided if banned drugs were legally regulated—are better described as “prohibition-related deaths.”” Overdoses Should Be Termed “Prohibition-Related Deaths” #IOAD2025 filtermag.org/overdose-pro...