#toxicdrugcrisis — Public Fediverse posts
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Hundreds of patients are having non-fatal overdoses at Surrey Memorial Hospital every year, according to data obtained through an #FOI request. But fatal overdoses are rare. Michelle Gamage reports. #bcpoli #ToxicDrugCrisis
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It’s been four and a half years since Jane McCormick’s son, Jeff, was killed by unregulated drugs.
Were he alive, he would have just celebrated his 40th birthday with his two kids.
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“We will emerge into a landscape of rational drug policy, even if it remains pretty dark until we get there.”
Victoria-based addiction medicine specialist Dr. Ryan Herriot writes. #ToxicDrugCrisis #bcpoli
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After seven months, seven #FOI requests and two Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner complaints, The Tyee is no closer to a strong understanding of how many people are surviving overdoses as patients in B.C. hospitals.
Michelle Gamage reports. #bcpoli #ToxicDrugCrisis
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Former chief coroner Lisa Lapointe recently criticized B.C.’s drug policies, saying the province’s approach to the ongoing #ToxicDrugCrisis is not evidence-based. Michelle Gamage reports. #bcpoli https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/02/03/BC-Drug-Response-Former-Coroner/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial
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Saving a life is more important than policing small amounts of drug use, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled last month.
Michelle Gamage reports. #ToxicDrugCrisis #canpoli
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At least a third of the publicly funded #AddictionTreatment beds #BCgovernment claims are available for drug users across #BritishColumbia do not actually offer treatment, the #IJF has learned.
“B.C. now has 3,645 publicly funded substance-use treatment beds, including 659 beds opened since 2017 with more to come,” the Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions announced in an Aug. 27 press release.
But a breakdown of the available types of adult and youth treatment options provided by the ministry shows that its tally includes 1,232 low-barrier housing beds, accounting for about 34 per cent of the total.
#Addictions treatment is not directly provided in low-barrier housing in B.C., but is part of “a full continuum of support services,” the ministry said in an email to the IJF. This type of facility simply makes shelter available to people who use drugs, without requiring them to abstain or be in treatment.
The news comes as both the #BCConservatives and the #BCNDP government are touting #involuntary addiction care as a solution to the province’s ongoing #ToxicDrugCrisis.
That #political focus is deeply frustrating for Correne Antrobus of #MomsStopTheHarm, an advocacy group led by families affected by tainted illegal drugs.
https://theijf.org/bc-publicly-funded-addiction-treatment-low-barrier-housing
#BCpoli #Medical #PublicHealth #HarmfulPolicy #Cruelty #HumanRights #MentalHealth #AddictionsStigma #MentalIllnessStigma #BreakTheSitgmas #HelpNotHarm #BCNewDeathParty #BCNDPLegacyoOfDeath #FundMentalWellness #FundSocialHousing #NeverVoteConservative #NeverVoteNeoliberal #BCElection2024 #BCVotes2024 #BCelection #CDNpoli
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School-based interventions hold the potential to save lives from the #ToxicDrugCrisis, researchers say. 🎒
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Lawyers for the Vancouver-based compassion club @DULFBC argued last week why Health Canada should have helped it save lives during the ongoing #ToxicDrugCrisis.
Michelle Gamage reports the day in court.
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This is not ‘overdose’ it is poisoning, call it what it is.
The solution to a poisoning crisis is safe supply.
#overdose #poisoning #DrugCrisis #ToxicDrugCrisis #ABPoli #CdnPoli
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I'm really proud that our community, the entire community, is taking action and proposing solutions to the toxic drug crisis. I feel very grateful that we have Tseshaht First Nation leading us in many ways in this effort.
#ToxicDrugCrisis #PortAlberni #Tseshaht #Hupacasath #Nuuchanulth #Drugs #LegalizeAllDrugs #HelpPeople
https://www.hashilthsa.com/news/2024-02-02/tseshaht-and-alberni-valley-advocate-fully-funded-detox-centre-new-strategy -
I'm really proud that our community, the entire community, is taking action and proposing solutions to the toxic drug crisis. I feel very grateful that we have Tseshaht First Nation leading us in many ways in this effort.
#ToxicDrugCrisis #PortAlberni #Tseshaht #Hupacasath #Nuuchanulth #Drugs #LegalizeAllDrugs #HelpPeople
https://www.hashilthsa.com/news/2024-02-02/tseshaht-and-alberni-valley-advocate-fully-funded-detox-centre-new-strategy -
I'm really proud that our community, the entire community, is taking action and proposing solutions to the toxic drug crisis. I feel very grateful that we have Tseshaht First Nation leading us in many ways in this effort.
#ToxicDrugCrisis #PortAlberni #Tseshaht #Hupacasath #Nuuchanulth #Drugs #LegalizeAllDrugs #HelpPeople
https://www.hashilthsa.com/news/2024-02-02/tseshaht-and-alberni-valley-advocate-fully-funded-detox-centre-new-strategy -
I'm really proud that our community, the entire community, is taking action and proposing solutions to the toxic drug crisis. I feel very grateful that we have Tseshaht First Nation leading us in many ways in this effort.
#ToxicDrugCrisis #PortAlberni #Tseshaht #Hupacasath #Nuuchanulth #Drugs #LegalizeAllDrugs #HelpPeople
https://www.hashilthsa.com/news/2024-02-02/tseshaht-and-alberni-valley-advocate-fully-funded-detox-centre-new-strategy -
I'm really proud that our community, the entire community, is taking action and proposing solutions to the toxic drug crisis. I feel very grateful that we have Tseshaht First Nation leading us in many ways in this effort.
#ToxicDrugCrisis #PortAlberni #Tseshaht #Hupacasath #Nuuchanulth #Drugs #LegalizeAllDrugs #HelpPeople
https://www.hashilthsa.com/news/2024-02-02/tseshaht-and-alberni-valley-advocate-fully-funded-detox-centre-new-strategy -
DULF, the Vancouver compassion club providing tested drugs, was denied its day in court. But global rallies showed up to support. Michelle Gamage reports. #ToxicDrugCrisis #VanPoli #BCPoli
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The Tyee: Union Drive Backfires for Some PHS Peer Workers https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/12/05/Union-Drive-Backfires-PHS-Peer-Workers/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #PortlandHotelSocietypeerworkers #CanadianUnionofPublicEmployees #MolsonOverdosePreventionSite #BCLabourrelationsboard #PortlandHotelSociety #DowntownEastside #TheCanadianPress #toxicdrugcrisis #SpikesonBikes #MichealVonn #AndyHealey #DaveApsey #IanMcleod #CUPE1004 #CUPE5536 #Insite
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The Tyee: Union Drive Backfires for Some PHS Peer Workers https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/12/05/Union-Drive-Backfires-PHS-Peer-Workers/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #PortlandHotelSocietypeerworkers #CanadianUnionofPublicEmployees #MolsonOverdosePreventionSite #BCLabourrelationsboard #PortlandHotelSociety #DowntownEastside #TheCanadianPress #toxicdrugcrisis #SpikesonBikes #MichealVonn #AndyHealey #DaveApsey #IanMcleod #CUPE1004 #CUPE5536 #Insite
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The Tyee: Union Drive Backfires for Some PHS Peer Workers https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/12/05/Union-Drive-Backfires-PHS-Peer-Workers/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #PortlandHotelSocietypeerworkers #CanadianUnionofPublicEmployees #MolsonOverdosePreventionSite #BCLabourrelationsboard #PortlandHotelSociety #DowntownEastside #TheCanadianPress #toxicdrugcrisis #SpikesonBikes #MichealVonn #AndyHealey #DaveApsey #IanMcleod #CUPE1004 #CUPE5536 #Insite
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The Tyee: Union Drive Backfires for Some PHS Peer Workers https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/12/05/Union-Drive-Backfires-PHS-Peer-Workers/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #PortlandHotelSocietypeerworkers #CanadianUnionofPublicEmployees #MolsonOverdosePreventionSite #BCLabourrelationsboard #PortlandHotelSociety #DowntownEastside #TheCanadianPress #toxicdrugcrisis #SpikesonBikes #MichealVonn #AndyHealey #DaveApsey #IanMcleod #CUPE1004 #CUPE5536 #Insite
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The Tyee: Union Drive Backfires for Some PHS Peer Workers https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/12/05/Union-Drive-Backfires-PHS-Peer-Workers/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #PortlandHotelSocietypeerworkers #CanadianUnionofPublicEmployees #MolsonOverdosePreventionSite #BCLabourrelationsboard #PortlandHotelSociety #DowntownEastside #TheCanadianPress #toxicdrugcrisis #SpikesonBikes #MichealVonn #AndyHealey #DaveApsey #IanMcleod #CUPE1004 #CUPE5536 #Insite
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Global News BC: More than 2,000 people in B.C. have died from toxic drugs for the 3rd year in a row https://globalnews.ca/news/10140903/toxic-drug-deaths-bc-october-2023/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #BCoverdosecrisis #toxicdrugcrisis #OpioidCrisis #Fentanyl #Health
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Global News BC: More than 2,000 people in B.C. have died from toxic drugs for the 3rd year in a row https://globalnews.ca/news/10140903/toxic-drug-deaths-bc-october-2023/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #BCoverdosecrisis #toxicdrugcrisis #OpioidCrisis #Fentanyl #Health
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Global News BC: More than 2,000 people in B.C. have died from toxic drugs for the 3rd year in a row https://globalnews.ca/news/10140903/toxic-drug-deaths-bc-october-2023/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #BCoverdosecrisis #toxicdrugcrisis #OpioidCrisis #Fentanyl #Health
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Global News BC: More than 2,000 people in B.C. have died from toxic drugs for the 3rd year in a row https://globalnews.ca/news/10140903/toxic-drug-deaths-bc-october-2023/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #BCoverdosecrisis #toxicdrugcrisis #OpioidCrisis #Fentanyl #Health
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Global News BC: More than 2,000 people in B.C. have died from toxic drugs for the 3rd year in a row https://globalnews.ca/news/10140903/toxic-drug-deaths-bc-october-2023/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #BCoverdosecrisis #toxicdrugcrisis #OpioidCrisis #Fentanyl #Health
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The Tyee: BC Moves Ahead with a National Opioid Damages Lawsuit https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/11/28/BC-National-Opioid-Damages-Lawsuit/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #OpioidDamagesandHealthCareCostsRecoveryAct #BCclassactionpharmaceuticalcompanies #BCunregulateddrugsupply #BCopioiddamageslawsuit #toxicdrugcrisis #Sacklerfamily #PurduePharma #NikiSharma #KarenWard #OxyContin
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The Tyee: BC Moves Ahead with a National Opioid Damages Lawsuit https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/11/28/BC-National-Opioid-Damages-Lawsuit/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #OpioidDamagesandHealthCareCostsRecoveryAct #BCclassactionpharmaceuticalcompanies #BCunregulateddrugsupply #BCopioiddamageslawsuit #toxicdrugcrisis #Sacklerfamily #PurduePharma #NikiSharma #KarenWard #OxyContin
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The Tyee: BC Moves Ahead with a National Opioid Damages Lawsuit https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/11/28/BC-National-Opioid-Damages-Lawsuit/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #OpioidDamagesandHealthCareCostsRecoveryAct #BCclassactionpharmaceuticalcompanies #BCunregulateddrugsupply #BCopioiddamageslawsuit #toxicdrugcrisis #Sacklerfamily #PurduePharma #NikiSharma #KarenWard #OxyContin
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Global News BC: B.C.’s proposed class-action lawsuit against opioid makers, marketers takes next step https://globalnews.ca/news/10116672/bc-class-action-pharmaceuticals-opioid-crisis/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #BCoverdosecrisis #toxicdrugcrisis #OpioidCrisis #Opioids #Health
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Global News BC: B.C.’s proposed class-action lawsuit against opioid makers, marketers takes next step https://globalnews.ca/news/10116672/bc-class-action-pharmaceuticals-opioid-crisis/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #BCoverdosecrisis #toxicdrugcrisis #OpioidCrisis #Opioids #Health
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Global News BC: B.C.’s proposed class-action lawsuit against opioid makers, marketers takes next step https://globalnews.ca/news/10116672/bc-class-action-pharmaceuticals-opioid-crisis/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #BCoverdosecrisis #toxicdrugcrisis #OpioidCrisis #Opioids #Health
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Global News BC: B.C.’s proposed class-action lawsuit against opioid makers, marketers takes next step https://globalnews.ca/news/10116672/bc-class-action-pharmaceuticals-opioid-crisis/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #BCoverdosecrisis #toxicdrugcrisis #OpioidCrisis #Opioids #Health
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Global News BC: B.C.’s proposed class-action lawsuit against opioid makers, marketers takes next step https://globalnews.ca/news/10116672/bc-class-action-pharmaceuticals-opioid-crisis/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #BCoverdosecrisis #toxicdrugcrisis #OpioidCrisis #Opioids #Health
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Today in The Tyee, four Order of Canada recipients and drug policy veterans on why they denounce politically driven police action. #ToxicDrugCrisis
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“DULF as we knew it is dead”: A raid at a Vancouver compassion club cut 47 people off from safer, reliable drugs, pushing them to the deadly street supply. Michelle Gamage reports. #ToxicDrugCrisis
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Global News BC: Increased safer supply fastest way to reduce toxic drug deaths: B.C. expert panel https://globalnews.ca/news/10064006/panel-urges-safer-supply-expansion-bc/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #mentalhealthandaddictions #BCoverdosecrisis #toxicdrugcrisis #BCOpioidCrisis #Health
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Global News BC: Increased safer supply fastest way to reduce toxic drug deaths: B.C. expert panel https://globalnews.ca/news/10064006/panel-urges-safer-supply-expansion-bc/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #mentalhealthandaddictions #BCoverdosecrisis #toxicdrugcrisis #BCOpioidCrisis #Health
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Global News BC: Increased safer supply fastest way to reduce toxic drug deaths: B.C. expert panel https://globalnews.ca/news/10064006/panel-urges-safer-supply-expansion-bc/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #mentalhealthandaddictions #BCoverdosecrisis #toxicdrugcrisis #BCOpioidCrisis #Health
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Global News BC: Increased safer supply fastest way to reduce toxic drug deaths: B.C. expert panel https://globalnews.ca/news/10064006/panel-urges-safer-supply-expansion-bc/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #mentalhealthandaddictions #BCoverdosecrisis #toxicdrugcrisis #BCOpioidCrisis #Health
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Global News BC: Increased safer supply fastest way to reduce toxic drug deaths: B.C. expert panel https://globalnews.ca/news/10064006/panel-urges-safer-supply-expansion-bc/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #mentalhealthandaddictions #BCoverdosecrisis #toxicdrugcrisis #BCOpioidCrisis #Health
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Global News BC: B.C. lost 174 people to toxic drugs in August, 2023 death toll tops 1,600 https://globalnews.ca/news/9984055/august-deaths-toxic-drug-crisis-bc/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #liveslostBCtoxicdrugcrisis #BCCoronersService #decriminalization #JenniferWhiteside #BCoverdosecrisis #toxicdrugcrisis #toxicdrugsupply #BCOpioidCrisis #toxicdrugs #BCdruguse #Health
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Global News BC: B.C. lost 174 people to toxic drugs in August, 2023 death toll tops 1,600 https://globalnews.ca/news/9984055/august-deaths-toxic-drug-crisis-bc/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #liveslostBCtoxicdrugcrisis #BCCoronersService #decriminalization #JenniferWhiteside #BCoverdosecrisis #toxicdrugcrisis #toxicdrugsupply #BCOpioidCrisis #toxicdrugs #BCdruguse #Health
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Global News BC: B.C. lost 174 people to toxic drugs in August, 2023 death toll tops 1,600 https://globalnews.ca/news/9984055/august-deaths-toxic-drug-crisis-bc/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #liveslostBCtoxicdrugcrisis #BCCoronersService #decriminalization #JenniferWhiteside #BCoverdosecrisis #toxicdrugcrisis #toxicdrugsupply #BCOpioidCrisis #toxicdrugs #BCdruguse #Health
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Global News BC: B.C. lost 174 people to toxic drugs in August, 2023 death toll tops 1,600 https://globalnews.ca/news/9984055/august-deaths-toxic-drug-crisis-bc/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #liveslostBCtoxicdrugcrisis #BCCoronersService #decriminalization #JenniferWhiteside #BCoverdosecrisis #toxicdrugcrisis #toxicdrugsupply #BCOpioidCrisis #toxicdrugs #BCdruguse #Health
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Global News BC: B.C. lost 174 people to toxic drugs in August, 2023 death toll tops 1,600 https://globalnews.ca/news/9984055/august-deaths-toxic-drug-crisis-bc/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #liveslostBCtoxicdrugcrisis #BCCoronersService #decriminalization #JenniferWhiteside #BCoverdosecrisis #toxicdrugcrisis #toxicdrugsupply #BCOpioidCrisis #toxicdrugs #BCdruguse #Health
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Global News BC: B.C. local governments to ask province for more support over drug decriminalization https://globalnews.ca/news/9974442/bc-politicians-want-more-drug-crisis-support/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #mentalhealthandaddiction #UnionofBCMunicipalities #decriminalization #BCoverdosecrisis #toxicdrugcrisis #toxicdrugsupply #BCOpioidCrisis #Dr.BonnieHenry #LangleyCity #Politics #BCMayors #Health #UBCM
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Global News BC: B.C. local governments to ask province for more support over drug decriminalization https://globalnews.ca/news/9974442/bc-politicians-want-more-drug-crisis-support/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #mentalhealthandaddiction #UnionofBCMunicipalities #decriminalization #BCoverdosecrisis #toxicdrugcrisis #toxicdrugsupply #BCOpioidCrisis #Dr.BonnieHenry #LangleyCity #Politics #BCMayors #Health #UBCM
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Global News BC: B.C. local governments to ask province for more support over drug decriminalization https://globalnews.ca/news/9974442/bc-politicians-want-more-drug-crisis-support/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #mentalhealthandaddiction #UnionofBCMunicipalities #decriminalization #BCoverdosecrisis #toxicdrugcrisis #toxicdrugsupply #BCOpioidCrisis #Dr.BonnieHenry #LangleyCity #Politics #BCMayors #Health #UBCM
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Global News BC: B.C. local governments to ask province for more support over drug decriminalization https://globalnews.ca/news/9974442/bc-politicians-want-more-drug-crisis-support/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #mentalhealthandaddiction #UnionofBCMunicipalities #decriminalization #BCoverdosecrisis #toxicdrugcrisis #toxicdrugsupply #BCOpioidCrisis #Dr.BonnieHenry #LangleyCity #Politics #BCMayors #Health #UBCM