#overdosecrisis — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #overdosecrisis, aggregated by home.social.
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Delaware’s opioid fund differs from any other state
"The state has already awarded $15 million of its expected $250 million in an effort to save lives in a state that ranked fourth in the nation in per-capita overdose deaths in 2022. Last year, 527 people died from drug overdoses – a 2% decrease from the prior year.
But while other states left funding questions to individual jurisdictions – including counties, cities and even small towns – Delaware pooled all of its funding together in a statewide program, hoping to maximize its effect in a small state."
#delaware #opiods #overdosecrisis
https://spotlightdelaware.org/2024/10/22/delaware-opioid-fund-part-1/ -
City officials have gone silent on whether #SF will pursue opening safe-consumption sites — even as sites prevent drug-use deaths in NYC. #OverdoseCrisis https://www.sfpublicpress.org/overdose-prevention-centers-nonstarter-in-sf-despite-success-in-nyc/
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When it comes to #reporting on #NorthAmerica’s #OverdoseCrisis — the worst in our history — #misleading articles can increase #stigma against people who use #drugs, skew the public’s understanding of the issue, inspire #BadFaith policy and make it more difficult for other #journalists to gain the trust and respect of #MarginalizedCommunities.
Which brings me to a splashy, new piece of drug #journalism from U.K.-based newspaper the Telegraph, falsely claiming that #decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of drugs “made #Vancouver the #fentanyl capital of the world.”
The Telegraph’s story, like others before it, makes a number of other #misleading claims, including stating that #SafeSupply programs, which provide pharmaceutical alternatives to street drugs, are making the situation worse because that supply is being sold to street users, including young people. Some safe supply is being diverted, but there is no evidence that it’s led to more deaths or teens forming new addictions.
Reporting like this misses important context about the #DrugCrisis, allowing #politicians to drum up fear about #HarmReduction rather than confront how decades of #prohibition have impacted the current #FentanylCrisis. After the 2010s crackdown on prescription pain pills, many people dependent on #opioids turned to heroin instead. Eventually, #DrugTraffickers began cutting heroin with fentanyl, a synthetic opioid 50 times stronger, that is also cheaper and simpler to make and smuggle.
#CDNpoli #BCpoli #BreakTheStigma #AddictionEducation #Fearmongering #StopStigmatizingAddiction #Health #Medical #HealthPolicies #MediaManipulation #BreakStatusQuo #FundTreatmentServices #FundHealthCare #FundMedicalServices #CommunityHealth
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When it comes to #reporting on #NorthAmerica’s #OverdoseCrisis — the worst in our history — #misleading articles can increase #stigma against people who use #drugs, skew the public’s understanding of the issue, inspire #BadFaith policy and make it more difficult for other #journalists to gain the trust and respect of #MarginalizedCommunities.
Which brings me to a splashy, new piece of drug #journalism from U.K.-based newspaper the Telegraph, falsely claiming that #decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of drugs “made #Vancouver the #fentanyl capital of the world.”
The Telegraph’s story, like others before it, makes a number of other #misleading claims, including stating that #SafeSupply programs, which provide pharmaceutical alternatives to street drugs, are making the situation worse because that supply is being sold to street users, including young people. Some safe supply is being diverted, but there is no evidence that it’s led to more deaths or teens forming new addictions.
Reporting like this misses important context about the #DrugCrisis, allowing #politicians to drum up fear about #HarmReduction rather than confront how decades of #prohibition have impacted the current #FentanylCrisis. After the 2010s crackdown on prescription pain pills, many people dependent on #opioids turned to heroin instead. Eventually, #DrugTraffickers began cutting heroin with fentanyl, a synthetic opioid 50 times stronger, that is also cheaper and simpler to make and smuggle.
#CDNpoli #BCpoli #BreakTheStigma #AddictionEducation #Fearmongering #StopStigmatizingAddiction #Health #Medical #HealthPolicies #MediaManipulation #BreakStatusQuo #FundTreatmentServices #FundHealthCare #FundMedicalServices #CommunityHealth
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When it comes to #reporting on #NorthAmerica’s #OverdoseCrisis — the worst in our history — #misleading articles can increase #stigma against people who use #drugs, skew the public’s understanding of the issue, inspire #BadFaith policy and make it more difficult for other #journalists to gain the trust and respect of #MarginalizedCommunities.
Which brings me to a splashy, new piece of drug #journalism from U.K.-based newspaper the Telegraph, falsely claiming that #decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of drugs “made #Vancouver the #fentanyl capital of the world.”
The Telegraph’s story, like others before it, makes a number of other #misleading claims, including stating that #SafeSupply programs, which provide pharmaceutical alternatives to street drugs, are making the situation worse because that supply is being sold to street users, including young people. Some safe supply is being diverted, but there is no evidence that it’s led to more deaths or teens forming new addictions.
Reporting like this misses important context about the #DrugCrisis, allowing #politicians to drum up fear about #HarmReduction rather than confront how decades of #prohibition have impacted the current #FentanylCrisis. After the 2010s crackdown on prescription pain pills, many people dependent on #opioids turned to heroin instead. Eventually, #DrugTraffickers began cutting heroin with fentanyl, a synthetic opioid 50 times stronger, that is also cheaper and simpler to make and smuggle.
#CDNpoli #BCpoli #BreakTheStigma #AddictionEducation #Fearmongering #StopStigmatizingAddiction #Health #Medical #HealthPolicies #MediaManipulation #BreakStatusQuo #FundTreatmentServices #FundHealthCare #FundMedicalServices #CommunityHealth
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When it comes to #reporting on #NorthAmerica’s #OverdoseCrisis — the worst in our history — #misleading articles can increase #stigma against people who use #drugs, skew the public’s understanding of the issue, inspire #BadFaith policy and make it more difficult for other #journalists to gain the trust and respect of #MarginalizedCommunities.
Which brings me to a splashy, new piece of drug #journalism from U.K.-based newspaper the Telegraph, falsely claiming that #decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of drugs “made #Vancouver the #fentanyl capital of the world.”
The Telegraph’s story, like others before it, makes a number of other #misleading claims, including stating that #SafeSupply programs, which provide pharmaceutical alternatives to street drugs, are making the situation worse because that supply is being sold to street users, including young people. Some safe supply is being diverted, but there is no evidence that it’s led to more deaths or teens forming new addictions.
Reporting like this misses important context about the #DrugCrisis, allowing #politicians to drum up fear about #HarmReduction rather than confront how decades of #prohibition have impacted the current #FentanylCrisis. After the 2010s crackdown on prescription pain pills, many people dependent on #opioids turned to heroin instead. Eventually, #DrugTraffickers began cutting heroin with fentanyl, a synthetic opioid 50 times stronger, that is also cheaper and simpler to make and smuggle.
#CDNpoli #BCpoli #BreakTheStigma #AddictionEducation #Fearmongering #StopStigmatizingAddiction #Health #Medical #HealthPolicies #MediaManipulation #BreakStatusQuo #FundTreatmentServices #FundHealthCare #FundMedicalServices #CommunityHealth
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When it comes to #reporting on #NorthAmerica’s #OverdoseCrisis — the worst in our history — #misleading articles can increase #stigma against people who use #drugs, skew the public’s understanding of the issue, inspire #BadFaith policy and make it more difficult for other #journalists to gain the trust and respect of #MarginalizedCommunities.
Which brings me to a splashy, new piece of drug #journalism from U.K.-based newspaper the Telegraph, falsely claiming that #decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of drugs “made #Vancouver the #fentanyl capital of the world.”
The Telegraph’s story, like others before it, makes a number of other #misleading claims, including stating that #SafeSupply programs, which provide pharmaceutical alternatives to street drugs, are making the situation worse because that supply is being sold to street users, including young people. Some safe supply is being diverted, but there is no evidence that it’s led to more deaths or teens forming new addictions.
Reporting like this misses important context about the #DrugCrisis, allowing #politicians to drum up fear about #HarmReduction rather than confront how decades of #prohibition have impacted the current #FentanylCrisis. After the 2010s crackdown on prescription pain pills, many people dependent on #opioids turned to heroin instead. Eventually, #DrugTraffickers began cutting heroin with fentanyl, a synthetic opioid 50 times stronger, that is also cheaper and simpler to make and smuggle.
#CDNpoli #BCpoli #BreakTheStigma #AddictionEducation #Fearmongering #StopStigmatizingAddiction #Health #Medical #HealthPolicies #MediaManipulation #BreakStatusQuo #FundTreatmentServices #FundHealthCare #FundMedicalServices #CommunityHealth
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DRUG USER LIBERATION FRONT TO PURSUE CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGE, ANNOUNCES FUNDRAISER
https://themainlander.com/2024/06/09/dulfaid/
#DULF #SAFESUPPLY #overdosecrisis #vancouver #fentanyl.#drugusers #liberation #mutualaid #MutualAidRequest #canada #homeless #DTES #freethem #Druguserliberationfront
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A man who was filmed overdosing without his consent is speaking out after going viral in a video by a YouTuber.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/3ak4x8/its-disgusting-viral-overdose-videos-are-hurting-people-at-their-lowest-moments?at_medium=Social%20media&at_campaign=Mastodon
#News #Drugs #overdosecrisis #vancouver #sanfrancisco -
Global News BC: Protest held after raid, arrests at Vancouver hard drug ‘compassion club’ https://globalnews.ca/news/10069801/dulf-protest-arrests-compassion-club-drugs/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #compassionclub #OverdoseCrisis #toxicdrugs #Canada #dulf
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Global News BC: Vancouver police conduct search warrants into operations of drug advocacy group https://globalnews.ca/news/10050990/vancouver-search-warrants-drug-advocacy-group/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #vancouverpolice #OverdoseCrisis #Crime #dulf
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The Tyee: Changing ‘Welfare Wednesday’ Could Save Lives. Why Haven’t We Done It? https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/10/16/Changing-Welfare-Wednesday-Could-Save-Lives/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #BCMinistryofSocialDevelopmentandPovertyReduction #LindseyRichardson,UBCprof #incomeassistancepayments #BCCentreonSubstanceUse #disabilitybenefits #BCCoronersService #BCtoxicdrugdeaths #PigeonParkSavings #DowntownEastside #WelfareWednesday #benzodiazepines #chequedaystudy #overdosecrisis #KarenWard
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The Tyee: Changing ‘Welfare Wednesday’ Could Save Lives. Why Haven’t We Done It? https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/10/16/Changing-Welfare-Wednesday-Could-Save-Lives/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #BCMinistryofSocialDevelopmentandPovertyReduction #LindseyRichardson,UBCprof #incomeassistancepayments #BCCentreonSubstanceUse #disabilitybenefits #BCCoronersService #BCtoxicdrugdeaths #PigeonParkSavings #DowntownEastside #WelfareWednesday #benzodiazepines #chequedaystudy #overdosecrisis #KarenWard
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Governor Gavin Newsom signed a pair of bills that will make it easier to force people into treatment. Experts say it could make the overdose crisis worse.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7bpw4/california-drug-rehab-newsom?at_medium=Social%20media&at_campaign=Mastodon
#overdosecrisis #Drugs #DRUGADDICTION #California #Conservatorship #GavinNewsom -
Global News BC: ‘He was on the brink of death’: B.C. dog survives fentanyl overdose https://globalnews.ca/news/9971713/surrey-dog-fentanyl-overdose-naloxone/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #DogOpioidOverdose #Dogdrugoverdose #OverdoseCrisis #DrugOverdose #OpioidCrisis #DogOverdose #petoverdose #Petwarning #petopioid #Fentanyl #Naloxone #Overdose #Health #Opioid #Dog
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@likewise @bookstodon
Maybe you‘d like to watch this documentary https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/all_the_beauty_and_the_bloodshed directed by Laura Poitras.All the Beauty and the Bloodshed is about internationally renowned artist and activist Nan Goldin and her personal fight to hold the Sackler family accountable for the overdose crisis, told through her slideshows, intimate interviews and ground-breaking photography.
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@likewise @bookstodon
Maybe you‘d like to watch this documentary https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/all_the_beauty_and_the_bloodshed directed by Laura Poitras.All the Beauty and the Bloodshed is about internationally renowned artist and activist Nan Goldin and her personal fight to hold the Sackler family accountable for the overdose crisis, told through her slideshows, intimate interviews and ground-breaking photography.
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@likewise @bookstodon
Maybe you‘d like to watch this documentary https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/all_the_beauty_and_the_bloodshed directed by Laura Poitras.All the Beauty and the Bloodshed is about internationally renowned artist and activist Nan Goldin and her personal fight to hold the Sackler family accountable for the overdose crisis, told through her slideshows, intimate interviews and ground-breaking photography.
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@likewise @bookstodon
Maybe you‘d like to watch this documentary https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/all_the_beauty_and_the_bloodshed directed by Laura Poitras.All the Beauty and the Bloodshed is about internationally renowned artist and activist Nan Goldin and her personal fight to hold the Sackler family accountable for the overdose crisis, told through her slideshows, intimate interviews and ground-breaking photography.
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@likewise @bookstodon
Maybe you‘d like to watch this documentary https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/all_the_beauty_and_the_bloodshed directed by Laura Poitras.All the Beauty and the Bloodshed is about internationally renowned artist and activist Nan Goldin and her personal fight to hold the Sackler family accountable for the overdose crisis, told through her slideshows, intimate interviews and ground-breaking photography.
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Global News BC: ‘People should be valued’: B.C. on pace for deadliest year in drug crisis https://globalnews.ca/news/9926906/july-2023-toxic-drug-deaths-bc/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #Julyoverdosenumbers #BCCoronersService #bctoxicdrugcrisis #BCoverdosecrisis #toxicdrugcrisis #OverdoseCrisis #OpioidCrisis #fentaly #Health #VANDU
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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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Global News BC: Lack of funding forces closure of Penticton’s Pathways Addictions Resource Centre https://globalnews.ca/news/9829449/lack-of-funding-forces-closure-of-pentictons-pathways-addictions-resource-centre/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #PathwaysAddictionsResourceCentre #IllicitDrugCrisis #PathwaysClosing #PathwaysProtest #InteriorHealth #OverdoseCrisis #Lackoffunding #southokanagan #penticton #Pathways #Health
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Global News BC: Illegal drug store selling heroin, meth, cocaine in downtown Vancouver for safe supply https://globalnews.ca/news/9673682/illegal-drug-store-vancouver-illicit-substances-safe-supply/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #Vancouverstoresellingdrugs #Vancouvermansellingdrugs #DowntownEastside #vancouverpolice #OverdoseCrisis #vancouverdrugs #TheDrugsStore #OpioidCrisis #JerryMartin #Vancouver #BCdrugs #Health
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Global News BC: First Nations drug users six times more likely to die of overdose in B.C., data finds https://globalnews.ca/news/9642625/first-nations-disproportionate-impact-bc-toxic-drug-crisis/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #FirstNationsHealthAuthority #FirstNationsHealth #BCoverdosecrisis #IndigenousHealth #toxicdrugcrisis #toxicdrugsupply #BCFirstNations #OverdoseCrisis #OpioidCrisis #Health
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Irvin Cartagena faced a potential life sentence for supplying drugs that caused “The Wire” actor’s overdose, but a guilty plea allows for less prison time.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgwz3j/michael-k-williams-drug-dealer-pleads-guilty
#News #MichaelK.Williams #homicide #fentanyl #deathbydealer #tranq #overdose #overdosecrisis #Drugs -
Global News BC: Penticton among B.C. cities looking to limit public drug use amid decriminalization https://globalnews.ca/news/9593691/penticton-public-drug-use-bylaw/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #b.c.decriminalization #pentictondrugbylaw #publicdrugusebylaw #decriminalization #pentictondruguse #opioidoverdose #OverdoseCrisis #PublicDrugUse #OpenDrugUse #penticton #Overdose #druguse #Health #Crime #Drug
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Global News BC: Growing concern as animal tranquilizer xylazine makes its way into B.C. drug supply https://globalnews.ca/news/9569187/xylazine-b-c-drug-warning-tranquilizer/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #animaltranquilizer #xylazineoverdose #xylazinewarning #OverdoseCrisis #OVERDOSEDEATHS #xylazinedeath #OpioidCrisis #toxicdrugs #Fentanyl #Overdose #Xylazine #Health #Crime #Drugs
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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: Interior Health raises concerns about Sicamous’ proposed park drug use ban https://globalnews.ca/news/9544276/interior-health-sicamous-proposed-park-drug-use-ban/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #DrugDecriminalization #SicamousDrugUseBylaw #SicamousPublicParks #DrugUseinPublic #toxicdrugcrisis #InteriorHealth #OverdoseCrisis #PublicDrugUse #Sicamous #druguse #Canada #Bylaw #IH
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Global News BC: Red tape delays construction of Vancouver detox, social housing project approved 4 years ago https://globalnews.ca/news/9535431/red-tape-delays-construction-of-vancouver-detox-social-housing-project-approved-4-years-ago/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #AffordableHousing #Vancouverhousing #toxicdrugcrisis #OverdoseCrisis #DrugTreatment #socialhousing #BCoverdose #toxicdrugs #BCHousing #Overdose #Housing #Health #Detox #Drugs