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We’re already seeing increased public drug consumption after the closure of Somerset West SCS in Ottawa & several deaths of people connected to the South Riverdale site in Toronto, two sites that have already been forced to close by the Ford government’s disastrous policy change. #ONpoli #SCS

#CND #CND68

Thanks to @godfrey.bsky.social for this interview and no nonsense reporting :) #fentanyl #bordersecurity #tarrifs #cdnpoli

Canada’s 3 minute statement during the General Debate in the plenary. 😕 Canada was 54th on the list and spoke in the afternoon session at 5:10pm. Scroll to 02:34: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1b...

International Drug Policy Consortium member meeting ahead of the 68th Commission on Narcotic Drugs. Always good to start the week with forward thinking and lovely people. @idpc.bsky.social @candrugpolicy.bsky.social #CND68 #CND2025

fentanyl as pretext for annexing canada is peak drug war

Recent Federal announcements of $1.3billion for border security & $200million for RCMP; Alberta spending $23million on drones and sniffer dogs; Ontario investing in "Operation Deterrence"... #Canada #CDNpoli #CanadaNews #border #bordersecurity #borders #USA #tariffs #fentanyl #drugpolicy

Last fall [Alberta] announced $29million to buy drones & narcotic detection equipment & drug dogs for the newly created unit... plan was already being developed BEFORE border security became an apparent issue underlying trade action by the U.S. 👮🐕 medicinehatnews.com/news/local-n... #CDNpoli

RCMP Commissioner Michael Duheme: “We don’t have any data that suggests that there’s that number of fentanyl pills or products going south of the border" Government of Canada: Here’s an extra $200million and a fentanyl czar. #cdnpoli #fentanyl www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

2023 Health Canada report: federal government spent $433M on drug-related law enforcement (2017-2022) but $175M on prevention, treatment & harm-reduction initiatives combined. Recent $1.3B on border security & $200M for RCMP dwarf previous amounts. www.canadianaffairs.news/2025/02/27/h... #cdnpoli

With the increasing visibility of poverty across Canada and a toxic drug crisis that shows no signs of ending, several provincial legislatures are resorting to policies like forced treatment to deflect attention away from their own failures that created these crises in the first place. #cdnpoli

We all deserve to know what the human and financial costs of such performative tough-on-crime policies will be and how they will be funded. What will be cut to produce the billions of taxpayer dollars required to jail those who are poor and homeless? #cndpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

@ottawapolice.bsky.social please read this: #fentanyl #methamphetamine #fearmongering #warondrugs #fentanylczar pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

The rhetoric and actions coming out of the Prime Minister's Office are deeply disturbing. Total ramping up of the "war on drugs" - the very thing that has created the "unregulated/toxic drug/fentanyl crisis". #fenatnylczar #cdnpoli #drugpolicy www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

The mess & toxicity of the unregulated drug supply, driven by scheduling & enforcement. But spending $1.3B over 5yrs on border security+$200M for RCMP & a "FENTANYL czar", on top of Budget 2023 allocation to Canadian Drugs & Substances Strategy ($358.6M over 5rs) will fix it! Federal spending...1/2

We are scapegoating drugs, and right now the drug of the day is fentanyl. We’re using that as a scapegoat and not talking about real issues such as housing, people’s well-being, environmental and climate justice [and the] racist, colonial and classist roots of drug policy. #fentanyl #cdnpoli

🔊8min30sec Petra Schulz co-founded Moms Stop the Harm after her son died of an accidental fentanyl overdose. She weighs in on the government's plan to create a fentanyl czar @msthpetra.bsky.social @momsstoptheharm.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...

Sturko plays on fear and misinformation again. “Last year, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents intercepted about 19 kilograms of fentanyl at the northern border, compared with almost 9,600 kilograms at the border with Mexico” www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/w...

My comments on @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social about recent police drug “busts” in Newfoundland Canada (12 minutes) www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... #cdnpoli

Canada’s public safety minister said less than 1% of illegal immigration & less than 1% of #fentanyl entering the United States comes from #Canada yet Canada is spending $1.3 billion including two helicopters and 60 drones to increase “border security” due to Trump’s tariff threats. 🙄😡 #cdnpoli

[WEBINAR] Decriminalization Across Movements: explore the history of criminalization faced by various communities, hear firsthand accounts from those directly affected by these policies & examine how grassroots movements and coalitions have worked together. Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

The Supreme Court of Canada hearing Tuesday will hear arguments on the powers of police to arrest people at the scene of a drug overdose, and whether a 2017 law, known as the Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act, is clear about those powers. www.richmond-news.com/national-new...

BC gov repealed Bill 34, a small but hard-fought victory against politically-driven laws and policies that inflict harm upon those made most vulnerable by oppressive systems. #BCpoli @pivotlegalsociety.bsky.social @hrna.bsky.social Read the full joint statement: drugpolicy.ca/for-immediat...

RCMP Inspector James Cooke: “That's a constant game of trying to catch up with new and emerging drugs.” So what brings this game to an end? Hint: Not more scheduling and more toys for police ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/news/...

Edit: Canada chooses not to invest 1.3 billion in housing and social supports; favours scaling up “war on drugs” www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Readers of Poz (@pozmagazine.bsky.social) have voted Alexander McClelland’s Criminalized Lives as Best in Literature for 2024! Congratulations @alexmcclelland.bsky.social! See all the winners here: www.poz.com/article/poz-... Find Criminalized Lives here: www.ubcpress.ca/criminalized...

Concerned about #homelessness, #encampments and public drug use? Under #DougFord in #Ontario, the “solution” is getting scary. Check out a short video on instagram from Shane… www.instagram.com/reel/DDfoBWk...

Doug Ford government lies: “The federal government’s approach of legalizing dangerous drugs for use in our communities has failed and it needs to end.” There’s no legalization; only partial decriminalization for <2yrs only in BC. This is unethical in so many ways. news.ontario.ca/en/release/1...

Watch today’s legal challenge to Ontario’s hostile and harmful legislation prohibiting #CTS sites and more, hosted by @tngcommunityto.bsky.social with @hivlegalnetwork.bsky.social ++ (13min) www.cp24.com/video/2024/1...

Meet Harold, the leader of his local Community Watch, whose views on drugs are rooted in moralising and ignorance just like the UK’s drug policy. (3m40s) youtu.be/-l3BZ2aqjLM?...

#Naloxone, #Narcan is an effective antidote to #opioid poisoning or #overdose. It is NOT an antidote to Canada's toxic drug crisis - that would be a legal, regulated supply. Marcus Gee has been reporting on the "toxic drug crisis" for years but often misses the mark.

Ontario government was/is aware of the massive harms, including the deaths of Ontario residents, arising from their radical, fact-free zest for defunding #CTS sites as per Ontario Auditor General. Full report: www.auditor.on.ca/en/content/a...

Excellent interview with @lorrainelamchops.bsky.social about posters that have gone up on bus shelters and the side of buildings in Toronto, regarding the future closure of Safe Consumption Sites. ~7min www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

Statement from @candrugpolicy.bsky.social, Drug Strategy Network of Ontario, @hivlegalnetwork.bsky.social

Ontario fast-tracking drug consumption site bill, skipping public hearings. Because they already know there is ZERO justification and that their decision will increase deaths, public drug use and health system strains and costs. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

“Police should instead support things like compassion clubs, where members can get reliable drugs, and advocate for drug law reform.” - DJ Larkin @candrugpolicy.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

But I thought diverted safer supply prescription hydromorphone was the problem.

Beeta Senedjani of @candrugpolicy.bsky.social on Newstalk 1010 talking about Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones who claims that no one will die when the Ford Government closes Supervised Consumption Sites in Ontario. Tune in at the ~22 min mark. www.iheart.com/podcast/962-...

Great piece from @dianacmcnally.bsky.social www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

The calling out of Doug Ford’s deadly policy decision continues to mount, like the bodies have under his watch. opseu.org/news/save-ou...

“The recent attacks on @DULFBC are political.” www.drugdatadecoded.ca/p/letter-fro...

January to July 2023: 1,104 Albertans died. Suing pharma won’t stop these deaths. Commentary in this piece from @mbellefontaine.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Article fails to mention: Vast majority of “opioid deaths” are from illicit unregulated drugs. Prohibition not pharma is kills people. Just distraction from not supporting harm reduction, evidence-based treatment, safe supply, decriminalization www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...

Proposed new limitations to the decriminalization pilot launched just 8 months ago: prohibiting drug use in most public spaces, targeting people experiencing homelessness, hollowing out decriminalization’s intent & exacerbating many harms decriminalization aims to reduce thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023...

The truth about the response to the toxic drug crisis in Canada is that we’ve never scaled up any of the evidence-based interventions — harm reduction or treatment — to address the true level of need in our communities. nationalpost-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/national...

“The question is, who do you get mad at?” DJ Larkin, executive director of the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition on why a previously proposed Barrie bylaw amendment criminalizing the support of unhoused people is going to the United Nations. www.iheartradio.ca/newstalk-101...

The UN submission comes as Barrie city council considers next steps on the public space bylaw amendment. There is currently no public date for a council vote on the bylaw. www.barrietoday.com/local-news/o...