All of the nurses, nursing students and nursing faculty from AB I’ve met with during the past 4 days in Calgary are despairing about the rising overdose deaths in this province. The curve is definitely going in the wrong direction. These deaths are entirely preventable.

. BCRCMP also said diversion is with all Rx drugs, isn't in all communities, no evidence leaving BC. Unregulated opioids & counterfeit Rx pills are the concern. OPS need scaling & inhalation. #Decrim needs tweaking but won't address toxic supply
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In Committee

Great to see this and other businesses support harm reduction. Means a lot to families fighting to protect our loved ones from toxic drugs
To get on board join EACH+EVERY, businesses for harm reduction.
Thanks for this White Coat Black Art!

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Our weekly report is out for the week of April 8th showing results from our #drugchecking project in Victoria, BC ( #yyj ). To learn more about our project and to access our monthly and yearly reports, please visit substance.uvic.ca #bcpoli #safesupplyNOW #harmreduction

“drug policy often assumes drug use involves inherent risks in ways that ignore how policies contribute to those risks...(including) the way drug laws criminalize ppl who use drugs & the impacts of drug laws are concentrated on the socially disadvantaged” sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

'Think about the degree to which these accidental deaths, these preventable deaths, are shortening people’s lives' - Tara Gomes

Research highlighted in this article can be found at odprn.ca/research/publi…

NEW ODPRN study finds years of life lost to opioid-related deaths doubled between 2019-2021 across Canada, representing more than 1 in 4 of all deaths among younger adults (aged 20-39). odprn.ca/research/publi…
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📽️VIDEO: Check out this quick 6-minute primer on #decriminalization in BC, Canada from CDPC's Senior Policy Analyst Nicholas Boyce.

Nick presented in Vienna at #CND67 as part of a side event co-sponsored by CDPC drugpolicy.ca/about/publicat…

Drug Policy Alliance International Network of People who Use Drugs UN Human Rights

My 6-min talk & slides on #decriminalization in B.C. Canada at #CND67 is now here:

International Network of People who Use Drugs UN Human Rights Drug Policy Alliance
Canadian Drug Policy Coalition IDPC Centre on Drug Policy Evaluation
Release Drugs UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health

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After so much media media hype, the Dilly vending machines are quietly going dark. After 4 years, Health Canada grant is over. “My Safe” machines - that dispensed Dillies (after yer ID is biometrically confirmed) are going to be put in storage.

New zine drop! National Safer Supply Community of Practice has been busy! Very awesome guide to safer supply
#canpoli nss-aps.ca/zine

📢Last Thursday, National Safer Supply Community of Practice members gathered together to celebrate and reflect on our work and the relationships we are growing🌳

🎶We sang, laughed, cried, celebrated our victories & made plans for the future❤️‍🔥

🔗Recording & graphic illustration⤵️
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Since 2018, more than 20,000 people have died prematurely from unregulated, untaxed, toxic drug markets. Life-saving SCS applications from desperate communities have been drowning in red tape for years.
#Priorities #SaveOnSCS #overdose #Onpoli #OnBudget

“Ultimately, for decrim to effectively reduce harm we must focus on reducing overall police involvement & interactions. Any outreach & referral related to substance use should be the purview of health & social systems— not police.” via @howellings vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/van… #bcpoli

UPDATED: The COVID-19 Ontario Prescription Drug Utilization Tool 

This tool provides public access to interactive data on drug utilization in Ontario during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Data now available up to December 2023.

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