Why are we suing the Calgary Police? Featuring full video of the courageous speech given by Raheleh Tarani at our press briefing this week: drugdatadecoded.ca/the-sarlacc/

Deaths of people experiencing homelessness on rise for 5th year, B.C. Coroner data shows 'These are all preventable deaths,' says founder of Victoria outreach group #bcpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Ford and Smith show a total disregard for the lives of people who use drugs. You can only die once.

Really really gross for politicians to exploit the drug crisis by making shit up when there are real emerging dangers in the drug supply that actually need people’s attention.

Hepatitis A outbreak 'absolutely preventable,' Winnipeg doctor says as cases surge. 601 hepatitis A cases have been reported since an outbreak began in northern Manitoba last year, with 131 of them in Winnipeg, by Arturo Chang www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... via @cbcnews.ca

Alcohol is wreaking havoc on U.S. public health. American society looks the other way www.statnews.com/2026/05/12/a... via @statnews.com "It is a drug that kills nearly 500 Americans every day, and causes more deaths in a typical year than every infectious disease combined."

Alberta: where drug houses are the new supervised consumption sites that deserve your protection from SCAN Act narcs. Don’t like what poverty causes inside? Tax the oilmen.

This makes unwanted "connection" with carceral logics all the more chilling. calgary.citynews.ca/2026/05/13/c...

www.readthemaple.com/carney-doubl... “Packages of the size that they’re talking about are not really large enough to be taking on the people they’re implying it for, but they are the size of people who are just trying to get access to the safest supply that they can."

"The implementation of OPS has been associated with either declines or no changes in public disorder, typically measured by counts of discarded syringes and the number of people observed consuming drugs in public." Read the full article here: vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...

At a press conference on May 8, 2026, EPS announced it would begin a campaign targeting what it describes as “crime hotspots.” This approach further drives unhoused community members underground and creates additional safety risks. substack.com/home/post/p-...

“A celebrated harm reduction and recovery advocate is rejecting an honour given to him by Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim because the mayor is trying to prevent a new harm reduction location from opening.” Thank you @guyfelicella.bsky.social 💜

Edmonton already has the highest toxic drug deaths in the country. This will drive people further underground and away from services. Cracking down does not end drug use, homelessness, prostitution or whetever @edmontonpolice.bsky.social considers to be “social disorder”.

Supervised consumption sites not only save lives and build community. They also keep that extra burden off of first responders like fire fighters.

I applaud this MLA for taking a stand and sm tired of provincial NDP positions on drug policy more focused on electability than the evidence and saving lives.

Eugenicists don’t want safe supply because they want drug toxicity deaths.

Today, on International Harm Reduction Day, we honour everyone working to keep people alive, safe, connected, and cared for. This work is hard. Many are carrying grief, exhaustion, and uncertainty. But we are stronger together, and none of us do this work alone. #harmreduction

I fucking *knew it* but just wait til I show the records they withheld 🙄 drugdatadecoded.ca/alberta-pres...

“When you think of grief in terms of Canada — over 55,000 people killed, multiply that by 10 for all the people who have now lost a loved one, and you’ve got half a million people in grief,” says Leslie McBain, a founder of @momsstoptheharm.bsky.social “What does that do to the fabric of society?”

“Government will swear up and down they’ve got more beds, a new phone line, whatever. They tell us all the things they’re doing. And I tell them that whatever it is that they’re doing, it’s not stopping the deaths.” www.timescolonist.com/islander/an-...

The @heartsalberta.bsky.social take on Rick Wilson. He needs to resign. edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...

@heartsalberta.bsky.social is calling for a public apology and the minister’s resignation edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...

Just exactly like Red Deer. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I won’t be used as a political prop. If you say you support the work I do both harm reduction and recovery then stand on it when it matters. I don’t need awards or photo ops for doing this work. I do it because I care vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/05/06/a...

Rather than preventing and responding to drug poisoning in safe clean healthcare facilities with trained staff, we let people go down in public places, sending out fire crews and ambulances, too often too late. All in the name of ideology, because it’s neither science nor good economics.

Same story, three provinces, same cause: Each one signed on to the Alberta Recovery Model in 2024. Why do we accept eugenic public policy in 2026?

05May26 Update Alberta 16: 688 (NDP) 17: 862 (NDP) 18: 956 (NDP) 19: 800 (NDP/UCP) 20: 1413 (UCP-Lethbridge SCS closed) 21: 1889 (UCP) 22: 1778 (UCP) 23: 2141 (UCP-Red Deer SCS closed) 24: 1503 (UCP) 25: 1398 (UCP-RAH YEG SCS closed Dec) 26: 91 (JAN - UCP) Total 13,519 DRUG DEATHS SINCE 2016

Drug deaths are falling across much of Canada. So why are they on the rise in Edmonton? From @alannasmith.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Reminder to Ken Sim that nobody has ever died inside an OPS!

Vancouver Coastal Health secures new location for Thomus Donaghy Overdose Prevention Site at 900 Helmcken. Previous location at 1060 Howe responded to 480 ODs, closed Jan 31. Lease begins June 1. Mayor Ken Sim moving urgent motion today directing city staff to use all tools to prevent its opening.

www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... #yeg #ableg

Friday scoop! In stonewalling my request for information about its surveillance of nonprofits under the SCAN Act, the Ministry of Public Safety reveals that it may hold 300 pages of records on the topic. drugdatadecoded.ca/alberta-gove...

"If we are gutting all the things that work, when people seek help, they won't find any doors open. We're still in the midst of the OD crisis. Federal funding cuts, coupled w/taking away real tools to help people, could lead to more drug use harms, including overdose." -DPA's Maritza Perez Medina

Latest on SCAN Act surveillance of nonprofits by AB government: The Ministry of Public Safety reveals 300 pages of records exist while paywalling access to them at $2295. w/ new documents revealing the extent of political control over freedom of information: drugdatadecoded.ca/alberta-gove...

It is great to see Crackdown by @garthmullins.bsky.social of @crackdownpod.bsky.social among the books shortlisted. A book everyone should read to understand the toxic unregulated drug crisis from a deeply personal perspective. 💜

thetyee.ca/News/2026/05... More than once a day someone has a non-fatal overdose at B.C.'s busiest hospital. Health authorities say they can't or won't produce comprehensive numbers, but it is clear they could. How can you plug a leaky boat when you aren't allowed to know where the holes are?

Supervised consumption sites are being closed and defunded across Canada. Join HRNA for a critical conversation with Tara Gomes, Gillian Kolla & Elaine Hyshka on impacts, misinformation, and the risks of policy driven by flawed research. 🗓️ June 11 at 12pm PST us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

We would not need to know any of this if we legally regulated all drugs!

Lot of drama right now even by AB standards, but if you're connected to harm-reduction agencies I suggest you read these stories as they could implicate your org. So far just one mainstream outlet has picked it up: 1. drugdatadecoded.ca/alberta-gove... 2. drugdatadecoded.ca/alberta-gove...

“It used to be that I could go and give somebody one, maybe two doses, and 15 minutes later, they were up and walking away. I would say now, 80 per cent of the time, they are being transported with no level of consciousness,” @4bharmredux.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

@msthpetra.bsky.social has been an advocate for evidence-based drug policy in AB since her son Danny died in 2014 from the toxic drug supply. April 30th is the anniversary of Danny's passing. Fitting that this letter was published on the eve of this anniversary. edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...

“Supervised consumption sites don’t work.” 4.6 MILLION visits. 12,926 overdoses reversed. 75,103 referrals to care. 0 deaths. Yeah… totally “not working.” 🙄

“It is beyond irresponsible to mislead the public with statements like this. He needs to apologize immediately or the premier needs to boot him from cabinet.” @friendsofmedicare.bsky.social

Something the Advocate missed in its coverage is that this is the first known instance of a government using the SCAN Act to surveil / investigate a nonprofit, *across the country*. The story from last week: drugdatadecoded.ca/alberta-gove...

Glad to see the Red Deer Advocate run this. Would have been nice to cite my scoop from a week ago, but much more importantly – this will get in front of the Red Deerians who need to see it. reddeeradvocate.com/2026/04/30/r...

A blatant lie by the Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, Rick Wilson in the Alberta Legislature by @msthpetra.bsky.social for @heartsalberta.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/heartsal...

The story isn’t that an #Alberta minister “admitted he was wrong”. It’s that he spread a false claim about supervised consumption sites—despite zero recorded deaths at these facilities—manufacturing consent to shutter life-saving services. #abpoli #cdnpoli edmonton.citynews.ca/2026/04/28/a...