Sadly, it’s likely going to take another 1000 people to be charged & found guilty of trafficking before anything changes. I really thought with decriminalization we’d get somewhere but instead we have lies and deception clouding any progress! #EndTheDrugWar #NicePeopleUseDrugs (like Alcohol) #DULF❤️

‘I'm concerned at the number of people who are homeless and the rising issues around mental health,' says Sen. Kim Pate. "I want to see the resources go into housing, health care and supports.’

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As a person helping those deemed incapable of managing their finances, I can confirm that there are many of them in shelters or hospitals bc they have no home & are unable to access care facilities bc they don’t qualify or have capacity to pay for their costs of care.

This includes my parents who are 85 and 78. They leave today to Asia and only managed to get the flu shot. Neither of them have had COVID unlike me. I still have heart issues as a result. If they get it, I suspect they won’t do very well. But hey who cares right? It’s just the flu (no it’s not!!)

Jeremy and Erys kept people safe with their actions. Politicians who prevent access to safe alternatives to toxic drugs are the ones who should be charged. #DULF founders are heroes to me and many other moms!

Don't worry if people call you a "radical leftist" Radical leftist simply means you care, and that is normal!

#EndtheWarOnDrugs #NicePeopleUseDrugs #WeAreAllDrugUsers #NoKings #WhatIsHappening #NoMoreDrugWar

It seems to me that helping people with mental health issues is often ineffective and doesn’t get to the root issue. However, cutting programs is not the answer. It always feels like what needs to be done is the exact opposite of what actually happens. #Mentalhealth

Before we panic about government spending, @iglikaivanova.bsky.social examines what really created BC’s current fiscal challenge. The numbers tell a clear story she says. #bcpoli

I am begging Canadians to understand that Canada Post, like public transit, should not be a business - it's a service. Canada Post is a lifeline for rural, remote and Northern communities and overall, we need to re-evaluate why people think they "need" random shit delivered ASAP.

Sent my MLA an explanation of why we have been left with no option except to take job action. @bcgeu.bsky.social #BCGEU #WeAreWorthIt

Why do we look at people differently based entirely on what type of #drug they use?

#DrugSky #Druguse #EndtheWaronDrugs #NicePeopleUseDrugs #NoMoreDrugWar

“More than 5 decades ago, Richard Nixon launched a “war on drugs”. The drugs won!” Does anybody else see an issue with this statement? How can an inanimate object win a war? The #WarOnDrugs is a war on people not drugs. There is no winner for any war that has no end! #NoMoreDrugWar #DrugSky

My little #ghosthunter is hiding as there are too many. He needs to get some help. He misses #SamWinchester. #Huntingthings #SavingPeople. One of the good ones! Am I trying to distract from current world events, you bet!

"It calls on us to respond with compassion, with urgency, and with the resolve to keep building a system of care that prevents deaths and supports recovery," she said. It seems that this compassion & system of care includes everything except ending the war against drug users! #DrugSky

My new consulting venture! #DrugSky

This article is quite the follow-up from the previously posted article by @cbcnewz.bsky.social that essentially further demonstrates that misperceptions are being fuelled all over. It seems we are in the midst of a misinformation pandemic and it is only getting worse. Are we in the age of ignore?

I started smoking cigarettes when I was 12 years old. Yes, I could buy them myself. I have quit cigarettes many times. The first time was almost 20 years ago. I quit for 6 years but started again after a period of high stress! It was in 2012 that I was introduced to e-cigarettes. 1/3

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In 1992, I made a complaint to the labour board that I was working unpaid. This was deemed illegal & the company was ordered to not only pay for all hours of unpaid work but they also had to provide back-pay to employees who had been there for years. This bankrupted the company! 1/

Sadly I can’t read this article but if it’s by @maiasz.bsky.social it will be bang on!!

It’s been almost three decades since I tested people’s drugs at parties. How is this still being discussed? Why can’t we just have a regulated drug market? None of this would be needed. Imagine going to a bar and needing to test your drink to determine if it is actually alcohol?

Someone should arrest Putin the war criminal. Take him to the international Criminal Court in the Hague!!

@cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social Hi Stephen! I listen to you every morning. However, saying alcohol and drugs is like saying oranges and fruit. Drugs including alcohol works. Even alcohol and other drugs is fine. But alcohol and drugs implies alcohol is not a drug but it certainly is! Thanks!

15% of all 911 calls in this province last year were for overdose response. we need to address the cause to stop overdoses from happening – we need to regulate the drug supply. www.bcehs.ca/about/accoun...

A lot could be done to reduce ambulance calls, and the trauma, paramedics experience attending to the toxic drug crisis, by providing people safe regulated alternatives to the street supply. It’s not simple. What’s missing is political will. BCpoli

This is a terrible decision. It’s pretty obvious that people who have no idea what they are doing! This is really a no brainer! #NoMoreDrugWar #LegalizeandRegulate

Hunter Dean is on the prowl. Surprised this was caught on video. #Supernatural

I’ve never done anything for 1000 days before! However I might be able to take 1000 pictures of my Dean! #CatGhostHunter #Supernaturalcat

“The normalization of illicit drugs is harmful to individuals, who fall victim to drug addiction,” she said. “It’s harmful to their families, and it’s harmful to society at large.” Again, describing drug use as being drastically different from alcohol use. Alcohol causes the most harm to society!

As I’ve been listening to US news more than Canadian, I keep screaming “that is not socialism!” I guess I am not the only one who realizes that!

Awesome interview but I think that’s only because I agree! Everyday I think thank goodness I’m not 20. Even in 2030, what is the world going to look like? I’ve been thinking a lot about getting something organized with the strata in case of emergency bc it’s only a matter of time!

Excellent article! I’ve long believed this will be the only way to make progress. Showing the world that it can be done and the sky doesn’t fall but it will with the continued #drugsky #NoMoreDrugWar #NicePeopleUseDrugs because #WeAreAllDrugUsers

WTF???

What is happening in the United States made me think of this album. Even in this Pink got a trial!!

One step forward, 6 steps backward! I used to think that the #WarOnDrugs would end during my lifetime, but not anymore. If women’s and LGTBQ+ rights are being taken away why would the system do anything to help PWUD which is everyone!!

“My advice is never take hostility personally; it’s often a reflection of fear, ignorance or vested interests,” Leiva said. “—that’s how we shift the narrative.” This is how I’ve managed talking about the #WarOnDrugs for three decades. I also learned which fights to put my energy into!

Dean is taking a much needed break from cat ghost hunting! He’s exhausted as so many cat ghosts. #Supernatural

A million times over!! We are all human. I don’t understand the increasing discrimination that now seems to be ‘justified’! Why is this belief so prevalent? Can’t we all just say “you be you?” I love you no matter what. #NicePeopleUseDrugs

Excellent article! We are going backwards in so many ways all due to disinformation created by so many. Nobody seems able to fact check anymore. It doesn’t matter if it’s about the war on PWUD, climate change or immigration. Everything in this article is factual.

For so many years we were moving forward with recognizing drug users have rights but all that work appears to be erased. Drug users (which includes 90-99% of the world population) deserve rights like any other human.

If long-term consumption caused brain damage I would be in a long-term care facility already!

Yes the stove was on. He seems to love it along with water, the vacuum and he plays fetch. I’m not sure what kind of cat he is but regardless he’s amazing! Dean the cat ghost hunter! He’s also apparently the very definition of DEI! He thinks he’s a dog. Nobody is forcing him! It’s just who he is!

This is why I left healthcare and I wasn’t responding to ODs. In fact, I’ve never had to reverse an OD. Instead I was asked the impossible! I need housing, food, my medications. None of them could be provided! Moral injury 150%.

Enough said!