Influence of #cannabis use on incidence of psychosis 🪴“There was no significant association between any measure of cannabis use at baseline and either transition to psychosis, the persistence of symptoms, or functional outcome.” pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37070555/

ICYMI - My interview with Harrison Mooney 🫥 about his book "Invisible Boy: A Memoir of Self-Discovery." Thanks for talking with me, Harrison! globalnews.ca/video/9811459/…

I never know if this is the right place to be real. It doesn’t really feel it. Yet here I am, shouting my feelings into the void like I’ve never seen the void shout back, showing all its teeth. There should be a Twitter for big feelings. Maybe it’s books? It’s probably books.

North America's first supervised consumption site in Vancouver will be celebrating its 20th anniversary this September and yours truly will be the MC of this incredible event! I signed up in 2003. I used the facility over 4000 times, being brought back to life there multiple

This is simply an extraordinary study. Researchers gave $7,500 (CAD) to homeless people in Vancouver. The result? The program *saved* money. It helped many of them to move into housing faster, which saved the shelter system $8,277 per person. 🧵👇

Today the Govt launches their Ask, Don't Assume campaign, which is about changing attitudes to disabled people In typical gov style, this is fluffy PR diverting away from the real issues disabled people face and who created the narrative 🧵

We are proud to announce that IN THE UPPER COUNTRY by Kai Thomas, WE SPREAD by Iain Reid UNBROKEN by Angela Sterritt 📘 and INVISIBLE BOY by Harrison Mooney 🫥 are finalists for the prestigious 2023 Governor General’s Literary Awards! [1/2]

Starting a new gig today as a columnist for The Tyee. This first essay is about my efforts to give my kids better books than the ones I grew up with. thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/1…

When the Diamonds of the Season Are Duds via The Tyee thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/0…

First recorded instance of trick-or-treating in North America: The Vancouver Daily World, 1898. "The habit, if properly followed out and observed, is a harmless one." thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/1…

I kept holding out hope that we would stick it out, weather the storm, and eventually start to rebuild, but this platform will never be what it once was