MENANPUD Dr Rose Crossin Helen Clark NZ Drug Foundation @NZNEP Dr Fiona Hutton KnowYourStuffNZ Yes - HRCA believes we should legalise all drug possession and responsibly regulate the commercial supply of all drugs👇

×tH1S×P̵̮̹̥͇̘̽̂̈́͛̒͑́͗̇̽͗͐̍͝o̴̼̩͇͒̄̾͜s̴̎͌̆͌̐̍̀̂͊͑͠t SquireKnut Are you seriously suggesting people who use drugs -other than alcohol, caffeine & tobacco - are splayed out on the streets, dying in droves, festering wounds destroying their battered bodies & spending whatever they can beg borrow or steal on one more hit? That's ridiculous.

So tragic. So sad. So many deaths could be avoided if we adopted evidence based drug policies.

×tH1S×P̵̮̹̥͇̘̽̂̈́͛̒͑́͗̇̽͗͐̍͝o̴̼̩͇͒̄̾͜s̴̎͌̆͌̐̍̀̂͊͑͠t SquireKnut Then you are blatently misleading people because the people who develop issues are a v small minority as indicated by the UN below: And the homeless, dislocated people with complex unmet needs you see on the streets use drugs incl alcohol to mask & cope with life. It's naive and

We can save lives with better drug policies!

This is what a well run Overdose Prevention Centre looks like for ethanol users. A place where people use drugs, in a hygenic and supervised space. *Photo thx to Luca Bravo on Unsplash

As we’ve just marked #OverdoseAwareness we’d like to highlight the work being done across the United States by an array of amazing people, organizations, and collectives, all of whom are trying to save the lives of those around them. Just take a look at this…! #Naloxone

Jim Thomson 💜 Steve Rolles No the problem is prohibition. Coca used by the indigenous peoples and initially in western civilization it was celebrated. It was a tea, a food, used in a famous wine and even a more famous soft drink. Its only once prohibition started and the only way to use it was in powdered

Although the message is powerful and delivers evidence based alternatives to save lives - someone was offended by the term 'they' - so I've reworked the poster and think this version works even better. Feel free to adopt and use:

We have a drug prohibition problem... SquireKnut nails it👇

A coffe bar is a drug conumption room! *Photo thanks to Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash