I co-facilitated a training program for un- & under-housed people on OW to find meaningful employment in social service. It was defunded this year. Homeless people — whom Ford calls "lazy" — have been deprived of opportunity so that Ford can enrich insiders. www.thestar.com/politics/pro...

I connected with @drdagly.bsky.social and he allowed me to share his story as a physician working the front lines with patients and families of overdose victims as a blog post for @momsstoptheharm.bsky.social www.momsstoptheharm.com/blog/2024/11...

On Sunday night, Cobourg Police Service was very quick to put out a release announcing that while arresting a community member an officer overdosed from contact with fentanyl. Our few local media immediately published this nearly verbatim - they didn’t name the accused, thankfully, unlike police.

This is day 3,148 of B.C.’s declared public health emergency. That’s 104 months and 4 weeks. Nearly 9 years now. At least 15,602 people have died from the toxic unregulated supply in that time. At least 6 more will die today. The carnage has become the norm. We must find our outrage. #bcpoli

Crime reporting be like

We need to be very clear about this. The drug overdose death crisis is not happening DESPITE drug prohibition. The drug overdose death crisis is happening BECAUSE OF drug prohibition. The war on drugs is the problem. Ending prohibition is the only solution.

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The big Haymarket all-bangers free ebook stock-up is on until tomorrow: www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/517-te...

I recall another big bust a few yrs ago. On the 300 block, all debts called. Nobody was fronted. Dopesickness rippled out. Down got more contaminated, more lethal. Dealers fought over who'd fill the gap. Bullets flew. But drugs were still available without pause. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I do think many Americans misunderstand what democratic (small ‘d’) backsliding looks like. We tend to imagine the midnight knock at the door, etc. - and that’s one version. But in reality, even in some fairly heavy-handed places, it’s surprisingly easy for people to acquiesce.

The past 2 years, inside town hall, Healing Hearts Northumberland has put up a beautiful memorial tree for loved ones lost to toxic drugs. Grieving families find comfort in seeing their people remembered and honoured this way during the holidays. Today the Town of Cobourg denied the request for 2024

Did you know the 1981 Canada Post worker strike is why access to longer parental leave became standard across Canada? definingmomentscanada.ca/all-for-9/hi...

"The [Addictions] ministry didn't really have any policy-making power or budget," Mullins said. "It was to put up a nice face, sort of like a paid mourner at a graveside or a sin-eater. You know, something so the voters would think things were happening." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Because maybe you need this poem as much as I do.

As someone who works in direct service harm reduction, it’s worth repeating that the majority of the harms we reduce are the harms of criminalization, isolation, and homelessness. Volatile supply, lack of access to healthcare and support, and conditions on the street are what are killing people.

These brave doctors are following history. We have always been forced to use civil disobedience to save lives: supervised injection, narcan, needle, distribution, safe supply. Unjust laws are meant to be broken. Respect. www.timescolonist.com/local-news/v...

Hot Topic Webinar: Rebuilding Workplace Substance Use Policy Using a Harm Reduction Lens Thurs Nov 22nd at 2 pm ET More info and registration: ca01web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @byronwood.bsky.social @nurseranger.bsky.social @wesup.bsky.social

This button is the single greatest present I have ever received. It was handmade. If you want one of your own, you have to make it yourself. I recommend that you do.

At a time that I’m bearing witness to so many PWUD in my community being denied the healthcare they need and deserve when in hospital, this action by B.C doctors is bringing me to tears. Anyone know if there are colleagues in Ontario organizing a similar action?

In the words of @garthmullins.bsky.social : Then you shall have corpses. #necropolitics #fuckyourdrugwar

Sylvia Jones is an evil POS

The decision to close Supervised Consumption Sites (SCS) is not rooted in evidence — it is a form of social eugenics. Closing SCS will lead to increased harm, including increased drug poisonings, overdoses and deaths among people who use drugs who rely on these services for survival.

She loses her shit in the most logical, compelling, thoughtful, critical, articulate, epic way.

As a mother who lost a child to our country's failed war on drugs my heart is breaking right now 💔 for all the families who will come to know my pain. The Ford government has blood on their hands! Looking forward to voting them all out in the next election! #4Ryan #MSTH #onpoli #drugsky

Something I’m curious about and would like to hear from encampment residents and other unhoused community members in more detail: who actually spoke with staff from the shelter or County about their experience accessing shelter and what they’d like to see done differently at 310 Division?

And here we go… folks are being discharged en mass from hotel shelter rooms. Multiple discharges from warming room last night for use OUTSIDE. Strict one bag policy. What remains of the main encampment is shambles. Where are people to go? A new camp feels imminent out of necessity.

#JustSayNo to radical, fact-free drug policies. #YesToCTS #SCS #HarmReduction #ONpoli #ONhealth

If encampments for the unhoused upset you, direct the blame where it belongs. The stigma and exclusion experienced by people suffering from #homelessness and drug #addiction are very real, by @mtltoula.bsky.social montrealgazette.com/opinion/colu... via @mtlgazette.bsky.social #ToxicDrugCrisis

This is horrifying, but it isn’t new. It’s an extension of the war on drugs. If a drug is legal in California, but illegal in Texas, then logically how we define “harmful drugs” is arbitrary. Allowing state persecution along this hazy line is the issue. futurism.com/neoscope/rfk...

Not every drug makes sense for every person at every point in time. Banned drugs, just like pharmaceuticals, are tools in a kit. What works for you may not work for others, and that’s fine. And banned drugs are frequently cited as life-saving by folks. People tend to be shocked by this…

The assumptions people make in these streets astonish me.

involuntary treatment is one facet of an extensive system that criminalizes, incarcerates, and generates profit off of the surplus population, ie. the disabled, the disposable, the dangerous, the deviant, the defective. and under capitalism, everyone has proximity to becoming surplus.

Random things I’m into PT 2: a Dolly Parton-James Patterson collab mass market paperback thriller! Saw it in the drugstore tonight and obv had to get it.

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Okay where is the bookmark function on here?

I REALLY hope people read this. Re: how do we *** allocate our resources and time strategically *** but *** Not obey in advance *** ? A lot of analysis, thought, and reflection are required of us heading into the even-more-challenging times ahead. This essay is a great start

If you're not caught up on Movement Memos, this weekend is a great time to listen to this episode about navigating complex trauma and how activists and organizers can heal.

My book, "Crackdown: Surviving & Resisting the Drug War", part manifesto, part memoir. Out in April 2025. Avail for preorder now. www.amazon.ca/Crackdown-Su...

Think I’m finally ready to resign from drug strategy tables in Northumberland County and HKPR region. These are not generative or safe spaces. A treasured mentor encouraged me to step away from these table months ago but I always like to push the self-flagellation just a little bit further…