“Drug deaths rise sharply in Scotland as figures remain worst in Europe.” As long as pushers make profits illegal and uncontrolled drug use will continue. We need a serious rethink including decriminalisation. #Drugs #DrugDeaths
#drugdeaths — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #drugdeaths, aggregated by home.social.
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Thoroughly enjoyed Radical:Legalisation, echoing as it does my own long held views on the subject. Well worth a listen on why prohibition has failed, and besides all the other points, the argument that it is MORALLY wrong to continue when it causes so much harm, particularly coming from someone with as much insight as an ex-undercover narcotics cop.
#legaliseit
#warondrugs
#prohibition
#sensibledrugpolicy
#justice4all
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https://www.europesays.com/people/25921/ Eric Trump Congratulates His Father for a Drop in Fentanyl Deaths That Happened Before He Took Office #DrugDeaths #EricTrump #JoeBiden #NickGillespie #Trump
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Scottish Greens want to blight more communities with drug consumption rooms despite Glasgow issues
The Hunter Street facility in Glasgow has failed to result in less drug deaths and has led to…
#Glasgow #UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #Scotland #Headlines #News #Europe #EU #AnnieWells #Britain #drugdeaths #Drugs #Dundee #Edinburgh #GillianMackay #GreatBritain #Health #Publicmoney #scottishconservatives #ScottishGovernment #ScottishGreens #SNP
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/889737/ Scottish Greens want to blight more communities with drug consumption rooms despite Glasgow issues #AnnieWells #Britain #DrugDeaths #Drugs #Dundee #Edinburgh #GillianMackay #Glasgow #GreatBritain #Health #PublicMoney #Scotland #ScottishConservatives #ScottishGovernment #ScottishGreens #SNP #UK #UnitedKingdom
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Record Cocaine Supply Linked to U.S. Overdose Deaths and International Actions
Record cocaine supply from Colombia is linked to more overdose deaths in the US. International efforts to stop drug gangs are increasing.
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A lot more cocaine is being made, especially in Colombia. This seems to be causing more people to die from overdoses in the United States. At the same time, countries are working harder to stop drug gangs and are seizing large amounts of drugs.
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/782184/ Police Scotland seized twice as many killer benzo pills last year as cops in whole of England and Wales #Britain #DorothyBain #DrugDeaths #Drugs #DrugsCrime #England #GreatBritain #OrganisedCrime #PoliceScotland #Scotland #UK #UnitedKingdom #Wales
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/470329/ Scotland ‘can learn a lot from Inverclyde’ in bid to cut drug deaths, says minister #Britain #DrugDeath #DrugDeathToll #DrugDeaths #DrugMisuse #GeorgeMunro #GlasgowCity #GreatBritain #Inverclyde #MareeTodd #Scotland #StatisticsAgency #StuartMcMillan #UK #UnitedKingdom
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9 Out of 10 Americans Died Last Year From Drugs
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B.C. Coroners Service reports ’significant decline’ in #drugdeaths | Vancouver Sun https://vancouversun.com/news/bc-drug-deaths-decline “B.C. has recorded its lowest monthly number of illicit #drugoverdose deaths in more than four years, part of what the #BCCoronersService says is a “significant decline” in fatalities this year.
.unregulated toxic drugs remain the leading cause of unnatural death in B.C. for those ages 10 to 59, and account for more deaths than homicides, suicides, accidents and natural disease combined” -
A new report states fatalities had decreased by 10% as of April 2024 while 911 first-responder calls were 16.7% lower.
‘Unprecedented’ decline in US drug overdose deaths gives experts hope
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/04/overdose-deaths-decline#DrugDeaths #Overdose #Fentanyl #HarrisWalz2024 #KamalaBringsUsJoy #NeverAgainTrump #VoteBlue #TrumpWillLose2024 #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol
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From 2019 to 2021, premature deaths due to opioid overdoses doubled across Canada and accounted for one in four deaths among people aged 20 to 39
“That, to me, is staggering. Think about the degree to which these accidental deaths, these preventable deaths, are shortening people’s lives,” said Tara Gomes, a scientist at Unity Health Toronto and senior author of the study
#drugs #DrugDeaths #opioid #overdose #prevention #health #cdnpoli #bcpoli
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British Columbia Moves Ahead with a National Opioid Damages Lawsuit
Purdue Pharma has settled for $150 million. The province’s attorney general says ‘dozens’ more companies are named in the class action
https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/11/28/BC-National-Opioid-Damages-Lawsuit
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Global News BC: Machines dispensing harm-reduction supplies installed on Vancouver Island https://globalnews.ca/news/10037189/harm-reduction-vending-machines/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #VancouverIsland #harmreduction #drugdeaths #toxicdrugs #Health
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Global News BC: B.C. coroner says fentanyl the main culprit as 184 people died of toxic drugs in June https://globalnews.ca/news/9842676/bc-coroner-june-drug-deaths-fentanyl/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #bctoxicdrugcrisis #BCoverdosecrisis #toxicdrugcrisis #DrugdeathsJune #OverdoseCrisis #DrugCrisis #drugdeaths #Fentanyl #Justice #Health #Social
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Scottish Government calls for decriminalisation of drugs for personal use and for supervised drug consumption rooms.
"We want to create a society where problematic drug use is treated as a health, not a criminal matter, reducing stigma and discrimination and enabling the person to recover and contribute positively to society." - @scotgov Minister Elena Whitham.
UK Government said an emphatic "no" within the hour.
#Scotland #ScotPol #Devolution #Health #Drugs #DrugDeaths
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Global News BC: Safe supply: Are prescribed opioids being sold on B.C.’s streets, and if so, is it a problem? https://globalnews.ca/news/9691790/bc-safe-supply-opioids-diversion-concern/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #opioiddiversion #drugdiversion #hydromorphone #safersupply #drugdeaths #DrugPolicy #safesupply #Diversion #Dilaudid #druguse #Opioids #Health #Crime #Drugs
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Global News BC: B.C. toxic drug deaths in 2023 approach record numbers https://globalnews.ca/news/9632469/bc-toxic-drug-deaths-2023-record/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #Unregulateddrugdeaths #Overdosedrugdeaths #BCoverdosecrisis #Toxicdrugdeaths #BCdrugdeaths #DrugdeathsBC #OverdoseDrug #drugdeaths #Politics #Overdose #Health
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Global News BC: Island Health testing overdose detecting sensors in select washrooms https://globalnews.ca/news/9561362/island-health-overdose-detector-trial/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #overdisedetector #OverdoseCrisis #OverdoseSensor #toxicdrugdeath #drugtoxicity #IslandHealth #OpioidCrisis #drugdeaths #toxicdrugs #Overdose #Health
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Global News BC: 2,300 British Columbians died from toxic drug supply in 2022 https://globalnews.ca/news/9448976/british-columbia-toxic-drug-deaths-2022/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #decriminalization #DrugdeathsinBC #OVERDOSEDEATHS #Illicitdrugs #drugdeaths #toxicdrugs #Overdoses #Health