Clinicians: Should patients at high risk of alcohol harm use no and low-alcohol drinks? New research highlights the need for nuanced guidance beyond zero-tolerance, considering non-abstinence goals and harm reduction:

The Erosion of Harm Reduction | New England Journal of Medicine www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

They say baseball breaks your heart, and the Blue Jays are a Hall of Fame what if team, now. So what does it mean to watch your team lose the World Series in one of the greatest games ever played? It means you got to feel something; you just didn’t get to choose what. www.thestar.com/sports/blue-...

CPA/OPA joint letter to Ontario College of Psychologists and Behavioural Analysts re: proposed regulatory changes in Ontario:

At least 13 people have been wounded, five critically, in two shootings that erupted over a span of 12 hours at homeless encampments in Minneapolis with the city's mayor saying he wouldn't be surprised if they are connected. abcnews.go.com/US/people-hu...

💬 Viewpoint: The Housing First model effectively addresses #homelessness and improves health outcomes, but potential funding cuts risk worsening health crises and straining the health care system. ja.ma/4fMhiMK

Can a city as creative as San Francisco actually solve the enduring problems of homelessness and addiction? Listen to Episode 1 of “No Easy Fix,” the new miniseries from "Radio Atlantic," wherever you find your podcasts: https://theatln.tc/qLUPKHTn

Today’s EO on homelessness is shocking in its cruelty (even for this administration). Cutting funding for housing and health while criminalizing homelessness & mental health and substance use problems will lead to endless suffering and worsen homelessness.

Coercion continuing to have a moment. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

This is an executive order that lays the groundwork for sending homeless people and people with mental illness to concentration camps to be "civilly committed." It was never going to stop with immigrants. This is horrifying beyond words. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

🚨 Hiring! My lab, the Everyday Ethics Lab at @camhnews.bsky.social is recruiting a postdoc to conduct empirical bioethics research in mental health, substance use health, and chronic pain. Join us for critical, collaborative, impactful work. Details here: bit.ly/4eRc4if Please share! #Bioethics

Breaking news: Staff at the National Institutes of Health have issued a declaration calling on their director to depoliticize the agency and reverse spending cuts.

Homelessness is rising among older adults, driven by lack of affordable housing paired with a late Baby Boom cohort effect (entire generation coming of age amidst recession and poor job opportunities). Good deep dive in @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...

New from my PhD student Colleen and crew: "Rethinking homelessness: a scoping review of social constructions and meanings" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Cheque week is associated with greater overdose risks, but changing monthly income support payment structures has produced mixed results. Another study from the B.C. trial on this finds no significant effects on medications for opioid use disorder adherence (www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...).

Encampments are complex and diverse, and offer a highly contrasting living experience to shelters (www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...). The housing solutions remain the same (no need to reinvent the wheel here), but there is utility in redesigning shelters to offer more community and safety.

It’s a mistake to outsource most writing to AI. Even if the output is accurate and engaging, something valuable is lost in the process. Jotting down intuitions and spelling out hunches is how we develop and refine our ideas. Writing is where we do our best thinking.

A reminder from a 2019 publication to always review your article proofs: “This study was reviewed and approved by the Quality Improvement Assessment Board of (redacted).”

Advocating for cash incentives instead of gift cards in public health research: Dollars over donuts #bioethics #researchethics #publichealth link.springer.com/article/10.1...

📖 New open access article by our team on staff views on overdose prevention in permanent supportive housing — partnered research w/Corporation for Supportive Housing. rdcu.be/eik9I (1/) @springernature.com

An incredibly honest, nuanced, and person-centred photo essay on life in permanent supportive housing that is well-aligned with decades of evidence on the intervention (www.nytimes.com/interactive/...).

New paper outlines a theoretical model attempting to explain the positive association between police drug seizures and overdose mortality. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New pub alert 🚨 Out now in the @SpringerNature Journal of Urban Health is our latest paper entitled “Improving Cross-Sector Collaborations between Healthcare and Housing: Challenges and Strategies Identified by Unhoused People with Complex Health Needs” Open access free at this link rdcu.be/eeVTP

New report estimates that it would cost $9.6 billion to house every person experiencing homelessness in the United States using a Housing First approach for one year (endhomelessness.org/resource/how...). That's one-third of the money that Elon Musk reportedly lost yesterday.

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U.S. products have been removed from the weekly grocery shopping list in my home. From today's trip: No more popcorn, no more Tabasco, no more Frank's RedHot Sauce. C'est la vie. #Trumptradewar

📣 Will be presenting with @laurenevelez.bsky.social about our work on overdose prevention in supportive housing at this March 19 webinar hosted by the Canadian HF Network, HF Europe Hub, and the Evidence Exchange Network. More info & register here: kmb.camh.ca/eenet/events...

I just saw a post on Reddit from someone upset that there were people using drugs the Scotiabank ATM at Somerset and Bronson. The Somerset West Community Health Centre just closed its supervised consumption site on Friday, after being forced to by the Ford government. Decisions have consequences.

Multi-country study examined mediating role of school suspension by 15 years of age on later homelessness in young adulthood, finding a positive correlation and concluding that alternative discipline that does not disrupt school environment connections is needed (link.springer.com/content/pdf/...).

The 401 tunnel is the type of policy I would expect to see from Mayor Humdinger and should be a political shot in the foot with the electorate in Ontario, but here we are asking: With the tunnel costs, how will we fund the worsening problem of homelessness (www.thestar.com/news/doug-fo...)?

"The dedicated staff in supportive housing deserve tremendous respect and gratitude. "Yet increasingly, they are vilified by media outlets looking for a salacious headline." Open letter from the PHS Board.

Journal editors need to stop sending me peer review requests that are a perfect match to my research interests; it's too hard to decline these intriguing manuscripts.

"In a two-hour shift, we can bake 300 muffins or cookies": The inspiring work of street outreach teams in helping people experiencing unsheltered homelessness with everyday essentials needed to survive and feel a small sense of comfort (www.thestar.com/news/gta/thi...).

Canada is a country worth fighting for against anyone who’d roll up and sock us in the kisser, goddamn them. I will still stand up for my country and our right to decide for ourselves how we want to live. www.davidmoscrop.com/p/confession...

If the major grocers in Canada don’t immediately add tags about the nationality of all products in the store, they’re not doing enough in this trade war. Make it easy for consumers to buy Canadian.

The toxic drug crisis is causing preventable deaths daily. CPHA's new position statement urges unified, evidence-based actions to save lives, reduce harms, and uphold dignity across Canada. Let’s prioritize solutions over stigma. Read more at: www.cpha.ca/toxic-drug-c...

The follow-up article: Social capital and luck are powerful forces in facilitating exits out of homelessness. Unfortunately, both are rare and/or limited for people experiencing homelessness. Nevertheless, what can be efficiently done for one could be done for more (www.thestar.com/news/gta/i-c...).

Interesting (albeit a little complicated) new study finds that workers who have spent more time in unionized jobs (one standard deviation about the mean) had reduced odds of mortality by about 15% (www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...).

“The impact of the collective executive orders and directives appears devastating.” scim.ag/40ureTO

Important day for Toronto Public Health and healthcare services around the city to remind people to carry naloxone, test their drugs, and use a supervised consumption site.

Powerful first person story of a life transformed, beginning with a pregnancy and an incredible resolve to return to school and graduate (www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...).

Toronto Public Health report indicates that Toronto Paramedic Services are expecting to see increased overdose-related calls and more transports to hospital from the upcoming closure of supervised consumption sites; unknown effects on other emergency services (www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis...).

SENS WIN!!

Hospital-community collaboration in Hamilton provides low-barrier, overnight site for people experiencing homelessness to reduce burden on emergency departments and connect people to supports (www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...).

Hi Apple, I have a device to trade in. I’ve put it in carbonite to keep it quite well-protected.

Safe harbour homeless shelter residents recognized as heroes for pulling workers out of a burning building following bus terminal explosion in Red Deer. #ableg www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...