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Medical colleges should do more to support physicians who provide ethical care in these times of political interference with clinical practice. ⁦CPSA⁩ ⁦CPSO⁩ Ford wants to stop doctors from handing out clean needles thestar.com/opinion/contri…

CMA Apology to Indigenous Peoples youtube.com/live/L-0v3sbwE… via YouTube

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@DanWilliamsALTA @DanWilliamsALTA Detox beds are great, but last I checked, they don’t save lives during an overdose. Calgarians know we need BOTH. 294 signatures say you're missing the point. Sign here: forms.gle/thJn62ijK4bJ34… #ableg #yyccc #abpoli

New Perspectives piece: Barriers to supervised consumption sites have been erected by all levels of government since 2020. "None are blameless," writes Dr. Bonnie Larson. #yyc #calgary #yyccc #ableg livewirecalgary.com/2024/10/03/opi…

This is how I remember things (and yes including the greyhound building) livewirecalgary.com/2024/10/03/opi…

Spoke the Calgary Eyeopener this morning about the potential closure of #yyc's lone supervised consumption site at the Sheldon Chumir Centre. 🧵 #ableg Closing this site is likely to 1) ⬆️ risk of death 2) ⬆️ not ⬇️ issues related to public drug use cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…

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"I miss a deadline near the end of medical school because of an unconfessed passion to die, and am thus commanded to complete a remedial project on professionalism," writes Shane Neilson in CMAJ. Are we still treating learners in #MedEd this way? cmaj.ca/content/196/34… #ICPH2024

Amazing to see this in Toronto! The only thing preventing similar models from success (in past and present) in AB is jurisdictional hot potato. 🥔 Andrew Boozary MD torontolife.com/city/ive-seen-…

Really want to highlight this takeaway: 550 people used the supervised consumption site in Q1 2024. Close the SCS and suddenly that's 550 drug users on the street. It would be great if they could all get treatment but that capacity just doesn't exist. #yyc #ableg

This is not a good look, Alberta Legislative Assembly of Alberta @DanWilliamsALTA Especially since #harmreduction is under attack in our province. Alberta reports record increase of HIV cases stalbertgazette.com/local-news/alb… via St Albert Gazette

Over 400,000 Canadians used life-saving supervised consumption services (2017-2024). Staff responded to 55,693 overdoses. Not a single person died as a result. Over 470,000 referrals were made at these sites to health and social support services. #abpoli x.com/JanetEremenko/…

Opinion: Closing safe consumption site won't stop addiction calgaryherald.com/opinion/column… via Calgary Herald