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In March, I wrote that YEG was setting records for EMS dispatches to ODs. Opening sentence: this is "a pattern that has tracked closely with fatalities for many years."

Alberta press should use the link b/w dispatches & deaths while the govt keeps hiding bodies.
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87 people died of drug poisoning in #yeg in March 2025. The highest monthly total recorded. Although we saw a early spike in EMS calls at the end of February there were no efforts to warn the public or put in place any additional preventative measures. #ableg

If it took 8 days to build a massive concentration camp in Florida then it means they could build and house the homeless at any point but choose not to

Tragic!! The March overdose fatality numbers have been released, and Edmonton set an all time record for deaths.
Silence reigns.
Take care of each other my friends, because nobody official gives a crap.

Thank you - Marliss Taylor After three decades of dedicated service, Marliss Taylor, Director of Health Services, is retiring - leaving behind a legacy that has shaped the way we provide health care and services to those we ser...

It's the end of an era for #yeg and for #harmreduction in Canada. Congratulations to @marlisst.bsky.social on your retirement and a truly impactful career. Looking forward to your next chapter!

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Welcome to the Not a Narc project. We are healthcare professionals against the Compassionate Intervention Act (Bill 53) in Alberta. We are committed to providing education, support, and resources so we can better care for patients, each other, and community.

Canada’s sovereignty is facing an existential threat over disproven allegations that illicit fentanyl, originating from Canada, is significantly contributing the American drug poisoning emergency.

This Bill is a dangerous and unfounded admission of guilt

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#cdnpoli

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Look, we’ve all had a girlfriend who’s been there.

Here's some advice:

1: Don’t date a walking red flag

2: Don’t vote for Pierre Poilievre

youtu.be/16izj-bcT1E

Remove Aaron Gunn for his residential school denialism I just signed a petition started by a North Island community member, calling on Pierre Poilievre to remove Aaron Gunn as a candidate in the federal election. Will you join me here: https://you.leadnow...

I just signed a petition started by a North Island community member, calling on Pierre Poilievre to remove Aaron Gunn as a candidate in the federal election. Will you join me here: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/pi... you.leadnow.ca/petitions/pi...

Conclusion: Existing evidence suggests that risks to healthcare professionals from secondary illicit drug exposure can be mitigated. Rigorous research and evaluations on exposure risks would bolster the current literature and inform decision makers. Punishing PWUD fails to address stigma, fails to mitigate safety risks, and is ultimately a barrier to accessing healthcare. Instead of focusing on criminalization and compounding surveillance measures, there is an urgent need to embrace evidence-informed policies that foster collective safety for patients and providers. By shifting away from punitive policies and aligning with a harm reduction approach and evidence-informed practices, a healthcare system that upholds all individuals' dignity, safety, and well-being regardless of their substance use status or professional roles can exist. Harm reduction is healthcare.

By shifting away from punitive policies and aligning with a harm reduction approach and evidence-informed practices, a healthcare system that upholds all individuals' dignity, safety, and well-being regardless of their substance use status or professional roles can exist.

#harmreduction #drugsky

YouTube video by HRNA AIIRM Up in Smoke: Analyzing the risk of illicit drug exposure and the harms of exposure misinformation

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New webinar now available on the @hrna.bsky.social YouTube channel.

Up in smoke: analyzing the risk of illicit drug exposure and the harms of exposure misinformation.

#harmreduction #drugsky

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“Overdose deaths declined by 67% in areas close to sites after they were opened. Crime around sites is no higher, and in some cases lower, than in the rest of the city. Only someone unwilling to look at the evidence would call this a failed experiment.”

More: www.hivlegalnetwork.ca/site/no-fail...

Trump is shifting into Duterte mode — an autocrat he has admired for years. He killed up to 30,000 Filipinos during his term and they’re still flush with drugs.

this decision will be disastrous

Donate to Legal Defense Fund, organized by Nate Pike Hi, my name is Nate Pike and I host the Alberta Politics Podcast, The Breakdown. And I need your help… Nate Pike needs your support for Legal Defense Fund

Please support the breakdown if you can. One of the best political podcasts in #abpoli, holding the powerful to account. Now they’re trying to shut him down. He will be off the air, hopefully temporarily.
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This is horrible! The bullies may have won this battle, but they will not win the war. Justice will prevail. Corruption will not stand.

Donate to Legal Defense Fund, organized by Nate Pike Hi, my name is Nate Pike and I host the Alberta Politics Podcast, The Breakdown. And I need your help… Nate Pike needs your support for Legal Defense Fund

F🤬 the UCP! They are trying to shut down @thebreakdownab.bsky.social.

Why is that? Because Nate has presented the truth.

If you are able, give to Nate & his partner. If you already have, 🙏 do it again.

Don’t let these f🔥cking traitors win. 😤

💰 gofund.me/67d2fc62

👉Also, join the abresistance.ca

Edmonton - please be careful. The extreme cold and risk of OD are a horrendous combo. Let’s take care of each other.

Two officers end up in the hospital after accidental drug exposure

Fentanyl cannot get into your system unless you ingest it. “Fentanyl exposure” is not a thing. If the police don’t know basic chemistry or physics then they probably should stop cosplaying as experts on toxicology

Statement of Claim (Mentzelopoulos) [FILED] Statement of Claim (Mentzelopoulos) 2025.02.12

For those interested in the full statement of claim submitted by Mentzelopoulos, City News (Toronto) has published it in entirety here:

Substance Use Disorder and Harm Reduction Curriculum in United States and Canadian Undergraduate Medical Education: An Online Survey - Tucker Avra, Andrew Nelson, Joseph Friedman, Willow Limbach, Mary... Background: Substance use disorders (SUD) are a significant public health challenge, necessitating that clinicians are trained in SUD treatment and harm reducti...

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and I think that we have to acknowledge that we failed to take care of each other in a time of pandemic and crisis and that we are not okay

and people are trying to be okay
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AISH Town Hall

Signifiant and widespread changes are coming to AISH eligibility.

The UCP announcement was primarily spin, we need to understand what’s coming and what wasn’t said.

Join us online Wednesday at 7pm.
#alberta #disability #AISH

Graph showing divergence of life expectancy amongst First Nations and non-First Nations people in Alberta between 1999 and 2023.

The gap between First Nations and non-First Nations life expectancy in Alberta is 19 years, and wider now than any other point on record. This is a provincial and national emergency. #ableg

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First Nations life expectancy 19 years lower than other Albertans Read the full story and comment on stalbertgazette.com

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Certain people get so wrapped up with regulated opioids reaching the illegal market, they forget the point of introducing them: reduce people's exposure to unregulated drugs.

Not surprising it's ex-cop Elenore Sturko still driving this.

Opinion | The World’s Richest Men Take On the World’s Poorest Children I’ve seen U.S.A.I.D. operate around the world, and it’s not woke — it’s lifesaving.

now that's how you write a headline

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...

File this one under “bet this ages well”…

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

The Western Standard is taking banner ad money from an avowed anti-Canada/pro-separatist group.