U.S. FDA to issue a rule requiring #tobacco companies to reduce nicotine levels in cigarettes sold in the U.S. to minimally or nonaddictive levels, by Laurie McGinley washingtonpost.com/health/2022/06… via The Washington Post #smoking

Following the release of the latest national data on substance-related harms, Minister Bennett issued this statement on the overdose crisis: ow.ly/C6Qu103LoYY

B.C. reaches $150-million settlement with Purdue Pharma over health-care costs related to opioid crisis dlvr.it/ST3vjY

Public Statement Safe Supply Committee Final Report assembly.ab.ca/docs/default-s… We do not endorse this report. We are disappointed its recommendations directly contrast our written submission to the committee. #ableg #abpoli #safesupply View here albertazmsa.com/ezmsa 1/2

THREAD🧵 What the hell is 'scromiting'? After this Eve Simmons tweet went nuclear I had a few calls about it - so did a bit of research, since, id never encountered the term in 20years or so of cannabis policy work.... 1/

“the lower income a neighbourhood was, the more opioid deaths, hospitalizations and emergency department visits there were. Experts say we can help mitigate these risks by targeting policies and support systems to lower income areas, such as safe injection sites.” #yegcc #ableg

“Based on this data, they should immediately reopen the closed supervised consumption site, enlarge and enhance it, open more supervised consumption sites, ensure a safe supply of drugs, and end the punitive approach to drug use." Read more here: thetyee.ca/News/2022/07/0…

British Columbians are being urged to contribute to a government consultation on the toxic drug emergency, which continues to see an average of more than six residents die of an overdose every day. buff.ly/3PdWEH9

#nowhiring 2 part-time research assistants (RA's) to support a study to evaluate safer #opioid supply pilot programs implemented across #Canada. #remotework #harmreduction #jobsearch Deadline: Aug 2 Qualitative RA: recruitingsite.com/csbsites/unity… Quantitative RA: recruitingsite.com/csbsites/unity…

[NEW REPORT] The Drug Checking Project has released a new report looking at trends in the drug checking data collected from community partner sites across BC in 2021. 🧵 Read the full report here: drugcheckingbc.ca/reports/

"In other words, the FDA is approving combustible cigarettes it helped develop while rejecting more than 99 percent of vapor products from the market it did not." insidesources.com/the-fda-is-fun…

accidentally did some reporting at ness creek, the first festival in Saskatchewan to formerly offer illicit drug testing Notably, the province denied their application to do this. They ended up going to the feds, who said yes after the festival started thestarphoenix.com/news/saskatche…

An Edmonton mother fighting the opioid crisis performs a remarkable rescue - The Globe and Mail #yeg #ableg theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

The 🇨🇦 Drug Policy Coalition is looking for an Executive Director. Application deadline: September 10 Canadian Association of People Who Use Drugs Canadian SSDP @HRNA_AIIRM momsstoptheharm HIV Legal Network drugpolicy.ca/executive-dire…

What a grim statistic. As director of the BCCDC in 2016, we knew that a drug policy based on prohibition, criminal punishment, abstinence-based treatment and indifference to human suffering was killing people. But 10,000 was unimaginable. @MySafeSociety cbc.ca/news/canada/br…

New: Colombia, the world’s largest producer of cocaine, wants to lead a global experiment: decriminalizing the drug. In his first interview since being named Petro’s drug czar, ⁦Felipe Tascón Recio⁩ told us about his bold plans. ⁦⁦.:Diana.C.Durán:.⁩ washingtonpost.com/world/2022/08/…

Pondoland: South Africa's cannabis growers left behind by legalisation plans bbc.in/3c4zyEI