Two land defenders, including Skyler Williams of Six Nations of the Grand River, were granted an absolute discharge for criminal charges related to the nearly three-year-old 1492 Land Back Lane occupation on Haudenosaunee territory in southern Ontario. thenarwhal.ca/1492-land-back…

I can think of multiple government facilities that could be opened to support people - in Niagara, its been 3 weeks since we've had a free shelter bed. Leave IPV? Streets Done detox or treatment? Streets Can't afford muni tax ⬆️? Streets Released from prison or hospital? Streets

Still as relevant - even with most recent attacks on #safesupply Great thread:

VCHs annual budget is over $4 billion, today is the 2,651st day of this provincial public health emergency, the overdose mortality rate in the neighborhood is 587.7/100K this year, and VCH is the agency in charge that can't be bothered to respond to this request.

"The Court of Appeal ruled that "the insurers properly denied coverage because Mr. Jantzen died as a result of committing the crime of possession of the cocaine that he consumed." #decrimdoneright #decriminalize #supportdontpunish cbc.ca/news/canada/sa…

improve people's material conditions

Deprescribing forced people to the illicit supply and killed them. Prescribing saves people’s lives. The safe supply programs are not for everyone but they work for the people who need & use them. If funding is cut, people will die. And again we learned nothing from the oxy era

Rob Shaw David Eby The Orca Glacier Media Inc. “BC will keep letting people die unnecessary deaths, as their core public health policy”

If Safe Supply funding is not renewed, many programs will have to close We KNOW de-prescribing kills ~ 150 people in KW at high risk of death if their Safe Supply program closes Health Canada and PHAC Minister of Health Ya'ara Saks יערה זקס we need your intervention & help to save these lives

Whenever I submit a freedom of information request, I picture the clerk on the government side of the internet going "oooooh that's a juuuuicy one!"

2023: 2,000++ dead of toxic drugs in BC. DULF defunded & busted. 100s cut off Dilaudid scripts. Premier signals no expansion of prescribed alternatives. 2024: Another 2,000++ souls will die from unregulated drugs. "More Beds" won't solve this.

History, like music, is not something that “happens”. It’s something you MAKE:

I watched all 10+ minutes of this interview with #PortCoquitlam mayor Brad West - the misinfo made me SO MAD I had to do an extra intense workout this morning. Here’s an incomplete list of the things he’s wrong about: #1. It is still illegal to do drugs at playgrounds &

The OPCs are working.

“There is minimal evidence for the outdated, profit driven, unregulated drug treatment system, which fails us and fails to produce positive outcomes. For those of us interested in decreasing or quitting our drug use, we are rarely granted entry due to capacity issues or the cost”

Hey look at that! An anti-stigma message that both challenges stereotypes associating substance use with certain groups only AND acknowledges substance use health inequities! (this is surprisingly rare...)

Fascinating thread on the process of criminalization of a relatively harmless, apparently useful, culturally important, and plant-based "drug". Thanks for teaching me something new Dana Larsen !

Some shameful shit right here.