Spokesman for Pierre Poilievre ridicules Doris Grinspun RN, PhD LLD(hon),Dr(hc), FAAN,O.ONT, CEO of the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario. I feel like pointing out that it is possible to disagree with someone respectfully.

In Queen's Park Observer, Sabrina Nanji writes that RNAO CEO Doris Grinspun RN, PhD LLD(hon),Dr(hc), FAAN,O.ONT isn’t pulling punches. Grinspun says that not everybody is "ready for treatment" and warned that those people will be "using substances in the streets." #OnPoli Read (paywalled): qpobserver.ca/p/why-fords-ow…

“I think the neighbourhood is better off now than before it opened.” - Manager of the YW child-care centre, across the street from #CTS - No complaints to city - No complaints to Mayor therecord.com/opinion/column…

Respectfully, factually, Premier, Minister: Crimes have declined since CTS sites opened in Kitchener and Guelph. "The claim that these sites exacerbate crime is completely untrue. It's fiction, and it's just political gamesmanship." cbc.ca/news/canada/ki…

"The claim that these sites exacerbate crime is completely untrue... It's fiction, and it's just political gamesmanship." #ONpoli Read more: cbc.ca/news/canada/ki…

More excellent reporting by Jon Woodward, this time citing research by Dan Werb showing LOWER crime in Toronto neighbourhoods w/ supervised consumption sites vs those without. toronto.ctvnews.ca/toronto-neighb…

"They see firsthand the lives they save every day, the people they help, the harm they prevent... With this new policy, thousands of people in Toronto will die." #ONpoli Read more: cbc.ca/news/canada/to…

“Zoë Dodd, a co-organizer with the Toronto Overdose Prevention Society, says people will use drugs with or without supervised sites, but the risk of fatal overdoses goes up without them.” #harmreduction #saveoursites #kmops

TODAY - 2pm, Aug 28th! Film screening with guyfelicella! VGH Paetzold Auditorium Vancouver Coastal Health Fraser Health Provincial Health Services Authority City of Vancouver Canadian Drug Policy Coalition PHS Insite #IOAD eventbrite.com/e/overdose-awa…

🚨 New Podcast Alert! 🚨 This episode discusses DULF's safer supply project and how grassroots harm reduction efforts can challenge and influence current laws. 🎧 Listen now: thebigstorypodcast.ca/2024/08/27/whe…

Excellent podcast on the history, practice, politics, and prosecution of #SafeSupply in Canada.

International Overdose Awareness Day is here! Make sure you tag us when you share all your #IOAD2024 activities – we love seeing all the amazing things our community is doing💜 Check out our global event map here: bit.ly/4dHbh1x #TogetherWeCan #IOAD #EndOverdose

Today (August 31) is International Overdose Awareness Day – the world’s largest annual campaign to #EndOverdose Share this video and help us make an impact 💜💜💜 #IOAD2024 #TogetherWeCan #OverdoseAwarenessMonth #OverdoseAwareness #OverdoseAwarenessWeek #OverdoseAware

RNAO's RNAO KingstonChapter chapter president & #RN Andrea Keller lost her son to toxic drug poisoning. She shares her story below. #IOAD2024 Sign our #ActionAlert about #SCSs: RNAO.ca/policy/action-… @dorisgrinspun @lhamodolkar2023 @claudettehollow Doug Ford

"By denying access to these life-saving services, the government is abandoning PWUD, pushing them further into the margins, and setting them up for preventable harm and death. This is not just a policy failure, but a fundamental human rights violation." wellandtribune.ca/opinion/contri…

The decision to close SCS is not rooted in evidence — it is a form of social eugenics. Closing SCS will lead to increased harm, including increased drug poisonings, overdoses and deaths among vulnerable populations who rely on these services for survival. This will

"we are letting people die who don’t need to, and we’re losing the idea that these are human beings. More and more, they’re turning into statistics, and nobody seems to care.” Read more: paherald.sk.ca/too-many-to-co…

“Toxic drugs are taking so many more lives every year... It’s more and more people that we’re losing.” Read more: peterboroughcurrents.ca/community/ioad…

Recovery plays a big role at Vancouver’s Overdose Prevention Society. When someone is ready to detox, OPS does everything to help them. It’s hard to share these stories but Al’s is one that we’ve been able to cover. Full version coming #HarmReduction #Recovery #DTES