My personal favourite findings from the National #DrugStrategy Household Survey are that 5 x more Australians used #cocaine last year than #meth /ice and more people used #ketamine and #LSD than #chalk or #pills sold as #ecstasy . Is expanding consciousness back en vogue? #Auspol

The drug poisoning crisis in Ontario is a pressing issue that demands attention. Learn more about the unregulated drug market and it’s impacts by accessing the new DSNO factsheets, here -drugstrategy.ca #dsnofactsheets #toxicityofunregulatedsupply #drugpoisoningcrisis

Your feedback is essential to our work on exploring alternatives to criminalization. We invite you to share your thoughts on decriminalization of drugs by May 15, 2023 through an online survey: queensu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9Q…

#decriminalization #harmreduction #opioidcrisis #drugstrategy

What headlines on the #DrugStrategy household survey don't say about the rise in #vaping
- 8.3% of people said they were DAILY smokers
- 7.0% of people admitted to #vaping DAILY, WEEKLY or MONTHLY
- Of the 14 - 17 year olds who had tried #vaping , 80% don't do it regularly #Auspol

#EndOverdose #WeSeeYou

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New report from Peterborough Drug Strategy (Peterborough Drug Strategy) -

'From Onus to Action in the Housing and Homelessness Crisis: Exploring Government Responsibilities and Innovative Approaches by Mid-Sized Ontario Cities'

Read below...
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#amyotrophiclateralsclerosis #burden #drugstrategy
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis disease burden: doing better at getting better
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The Drug Strategy Network of Ontario (DSNO) has put out a letter advocating for prescribed safer supply program expansion.

WRCLS stands with the DSNO in support of this cause.

For more information on the DSNO, check out their website:
drugstrategy.ca

1/4 🧵
Last year, we proposed 4 priority solutions to mitigate the dire impacts of the worst drug poisoning tragedy in Ontario’s history.

Thousands of people have since died.

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In case you missed it, check out these highlights from a panel discussion at the 2024 Community Symposium on Housing and Homelessness, recorded and shared by Peterborough Currents: peterboroughcurrents.ca/housing/housin…

There are still spots available in Creativity and Connection: Expressive Arts for Mental Health with Lindsay Dixon, happening next week on May 14th. Claim yours today: eventbrite.ca/e/creativity-a…

#drugstrategy #drugpolicy

#Prohibition never works... #drugstrategy

Printing zines for next week's Research for Social Change Lab and Peterborough Drug Strategy community forum on homelessness. Issue One focuses on how incarceration destabilizes lives and often leads to homelessness.

A lot of people have been asking me recently if they should carry naloxone, and if so how to get it.
See great resources from @ptbohealth and Peterborough Drug Strategy
peterboroughpublichealth.ca/your-health/dr…

Housing Symposium Training Recap: A thread🧵 about working with the Peterborough Drug Strategy Lived Experience Advisory Panel...

Free Training Opportunity!
Queering the Compass: Improving Pathways to 2S/LGBTQIA+ Health
Register here:
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#drugstrategy ... it's time to end #Prohibition . End the #WarOnDrugs . It's time.

The Loop finds that >95% of our service users haven’t previously discussed their alcohol or other drug use with a health professional.
#drugchecking is an #innovativeintervention which can engage directly with young people, reduce harm & promote wellbeing.
#drugstrategy

Check out the Understanding Opioids page on our website, which was recently updated with new opioid poisoning response training links and other opioid-related resources, here: peterboroughdrugstrategy.com/understanding-…