Angela Welz
@heartforward.bsky.social
#harmreduction #careisnotforced
#careisnotcoerced
Supporting others grieving a toxic drug poisoning loss, like me.
Treat everyone with kindness, not because they are nice, but because you are.
Treaty 6 - Alberta
#careisnotcoerced
Supporting others grieving a toxic drug poisoning loss, like me.
Treat everyone with kindness, not because they are nice, but because you are.
Treaty 6 - Alberta
Pinned
Update 06Nov25 - Alberta
Toxic Drug Deaths
16: 688 (NDP)
17: 862 (NDP)
18: 956 (NDP)
19: 800 (NDP/UCP)
20: 1,413 (UCP/SCS YQL closure)
21: 1,889 (UCP)
22: 1,778 (UCP)
23: 2,137 (UCP)
24: 1,489 (UCP)
25: 804 (Jan/Jul)
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12,816 preventable deaths since 2016
Toxic Drug Deaths
16: 688 (NDP)
17: 862 (NDP)
18: 956 (NDP)
19: 800 (NDP/UCP)
20: 1,413 (UCP/SCS YQL closure)
21: 1,889 (UCP)
22: 1,778 (UCP)
23: 2,137 (UCP)
24: 1,489 (UCP)
25: 804 (Jan/Jul)
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12,816 preventable deaths since 2016
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We’re even falling victim here to AI slop 😔 bro this is exhausting
November 28, 2025 at 3:02 PM
We’re even falling victim here to AI slop 😔 bro this is exhausting
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care is not forced.
read the full statement from @hrna.bsky.social & Doctors for Safer Drug Policy here: www.policeoversight.ca/p/harm-reduc...
bsky.app/profile/dsdp...
read the full statement from @hrna.bsky.social & Doctors for Safer Drug Policy here: www.policeoversight.ca/p/harm-reduc...
bsky.app/profile/dsdp...
November 28, 2025 at 6:47 AM
care is not forced.
read the full statement from @hrna.bsky.social & Doctors for Safer Drug Policy here: www.policeoversight.ca/p/harm-reduc...
bsky.app/profile/dsdp...
read the full statement from @hrna.bsky.social & Doctors for Safer Drug Policy here: www.policeoversight.ca/p/harm-reduc...
bsky.app/profile/dsdp...
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As explained in @crachtheswanky.bsky.social 54 with mom Angie and son B from @4bharmredux.bsky.social
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Episode 54: Get Sober or Get Dead — Crackdown Podcast
Alberta is the involuntary treatment capital of Canada. Since 2006, the province has encouraged parents to waive their children's rights and force them into detox as part of the Protection of Children...
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November 28, 2025 at 7:01 AM
As explained in @crachtheswanky.bsky.social 54 with mom Angie and son B from @4bharmredux.bsky.social
www.crackdownpod.com/episodes/epi...
www.crackdownpod.com/episodes/epi...
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“…many were disappointed that involuntary stabilization did not have a more lasting impact. Parents also perceived several drawbacks of involuntary stabilization, such as damaging the parent-child relationship and exposing youth to negative peer influences.”
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“Grasping at straws,” experiences of Canadian parents using involuntary stabilization for a youth's substance use
In Canada, involuntary stabilization programs are used to apprehend and confine youth who use drugs for the purpose of stabilization, assessment, and …
www.sciencedirect.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:44 AM
“…many were disappointed that involuntary stabilization did not have a more lasting impact. Parents also perceived several drawbacks of involuntary stabilization, such as damaging the parent-child relationship and exposing youth to negative peer influences.”
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Breaking: CBC’s Power & Politics, has confirmed Steven Guilbeault is resigning from Carney’s cabinet over his disagreement with the MOU, but will stay on as an MP. Guilbeault, a longtime environmentalist, was the country’s minister of environment and climate change for four years.
November 27, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Breaking: CBC’s Power & Politics, has confirmed Steven Guilbeault is resigning from Carney’s cabinet over his disagreement with the MOU, but will stay on as an MP. Guilbeault, a longtime environmentalist, was the country’s minister of environment and climate change for four years.
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Genuinely feels like there's been a coup within the Liberal party thanks to Carney and his bros.
Not to say Trudeau's Liberals were much better (they bought a pipeline!) but Carney is a full-blown red tory and I'm shocked more Liberals aren't outraged their party has been usurped like this.
Not to say Trudeau's Liberals were much better (they bought a pipeline!) but Carney is a full-blown red tory and I'm shocked more Liberals aren't outraged their party has been usurped like this.
Super cool that we've got a deal for a path towards a pipeline that's tied to a carbon capture project, as if that makes it okay
when carbon capture one of the most expensive and least effective options for addressing climate change, and oil companies often use it to EXTRACT MORE OIL!!!!
fuck man
when carbon capture one of the most expensive and least effective options for addressing climate change, and oil companies often use it to EXTRACT MORE OIL!!!!
fuck man
November 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Genuinely feels like there's been a coup within the Liberal party thanks to Carney and his bros.
Not to say Trudeau's Liberals were much better (they bought a pipeline!) but Carney is a full-blown red tory and I'm shocked more Liberals aren't outraged their party has been usurped like this.
Not to say Trudeau's Liberals were much better (they bought a pipeline!) but Carney is a full-blown red tory and I'm shocked more Liberals aren't outraged their party has been usurped like this.
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Premier David Eby, speaking now, cites PM Carney's comments from earlier this week that pipeline would have to have agreement from B.C. and First Nations.
"This project does not have the support of Coastal First Nations," he says. Adds no proponent, no route, no money.
"This project does not have the support of Coastal First Nations," he says. Adds no proponent, no route, no money.
November 27, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Premier David Eby, speaking now, cites PM Carney's comments from earlier this week that pipeline would have to have agreement from B.C. and First Nations.
"This project does not have the support of Coastal First Nations," he says. Adds no proponent, no route, no money.
"This project does not have the support of Coastal First Nations," he says. Adds no proponent, no route, no money.
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The interprovincial pipeline battle will be deeply divisive and nasty. I think it’s fair to say that communication between the feds, First Nations, Alberta and BC has not gotten off to a good start.
Premier David Eby, speaking now, cites PM Carney's comments from earlier this week that pipeline would have to have agreement from B.C. and First Nations.
"This project does not have the support of Coastal First Nations," he says. Adds no proponent, no route, no money.
"This project does not have the support of Coastal First Nations," he says. Adds no proponent, no route, no money.
November 27, 2025 at 8:44 PM
The interprovincial pipeline battle will be deeply divisive and nasty. I think it’s fair to say that communication between the feds, First Nations, Alberta and BC has not gotten off to a good start.
“Rather than reinvesting those profits in the Canadian economy, the four companies paid out $79.7 billion in dividends and share buybacks, nearly ¾ of which went to foreign shareholders, including 62% to American shareholders.”
“Rather than reinvesting those profits in the Canadian economy, the four companies paid out $79.7 billion in dividends and share buybacks, nearly ¾ of which went to foreign shareholders, including 62% to American shareholders.”
www.theenergymix.com/u-s-owned-oi...
www.theenergymix.com/u-s-owned-oi...
U.S.-Owned Oil Sands Giants Send Profits Out of Canada Despite Public Support for Resource Sovereignty
Canada’s biggest oil sands producers are sending a large share of their profits out of the country to their shareholders in the United States, the CEO of the Trottier Family Foundation warns in an opi...
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November 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
“Rather than reinvesting those profits in the Canadian economy, the four companies paid out $79.7 billion in dividends and share buybacks, nearly ¾ of which went to foreign shareholders, including 62% to American shareholders.”
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In my brief time on this beautiful earth, I have witnessed Canada’s climate-change target dates move from 2030 to 2040 to 2050. It’s all just a terrible joke and only the oil and gas execs are laughing 😐
Premier Smith and I have agreed to a framework built on shared ambitions — to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, unlock the full potential of Alberta’s energy resources, and build a stronger, more sustainable, more competitive economy.
November 27, 2025 at 5:47 PM
In my brief time on this beautiful earth, I have witnessed Canada’s climate-change target dates move from 2030 to 2040 to 2050. It’s all just a terrible joke and only the oil and gas execs are laughing 😐
Newest video: @guyfelicella.bsky.social
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November 27, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Newest video: @guyfelicella.bsky.social
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bchumanrights.ca/resources/vi... Downloaded resources for grades 7 to 12
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This is an important moment.
The PM talks about Indigenous consent and Indigenous ownership — despite clear opposition from coastal First Nations.
Govt will now try to bring some on board. If we, several years from now, are told that "communities are divided" on a pipeline, it started here.
The PM talks about Indigenous consent and Indigenous ownership — despite clear opposition from coastal First Nations.
Govt will now try to bring some on board. If we, several years from now, are told that "communities are divided" on a pipeline, it started here.
November 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This is an important moment.
The PM talks about Indigenous consent and Indigenous ownership — despite clear opposition from coastal First Nations.
Govt will now try to bring some on board. If we, several years from now, are told that "communities are divided" on a pipeline, it started here.
The PM talks about Indigenous consent and Indigenous ownership — despite clear opposition from coastal First Nations.
Govt will now try to bring some on board. If we, several years from now, are told that "communities are divided" on a pipeline, it started here.
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Canada just signed a deal with Alberta to build a bitumen pipeline through northern BC.
ICYMI: My recent explainer for @thetyee.ca about BC's 50-year history of opposing oil transportation through the region — and the massive battle these governments just signed up for.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
ICYMI: My recent explainer for @thetyee.ca about BC's 50-year history of opposing oil transportation through the region — and the massive battle these governments just signed up for.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
The Oil Tanker Ban That Dims Alberta’s Pipeline Hopes | The Tyee
The law is six years old. But federal promises to protect BC’s north coast from spills date back decades.
thetyee.ca
November 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Canada just signed a deal with Alberta to build a bitumen pipeline through northern BC.
ICYMI: My recent explainer for @thetyee.ca about BC's 50-year history of opposing oil transportation through the region — and the massive battle these governments just signed up for.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
ICYMI: My recent explainer for @thetyee.ca about BC's 50-year history of opposing oil transportation through the region — and the massive battle these governments just signed up for.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
Friendly Reminder...
you don't have to keep up with the holiday traditions that leave you overwhelmed, exhausted, and broke.
#welcometomyTedTalk
you don't have to keep up with the holiday traditions that leave you overwhelmed, exhausted, and broke.
#welcometomyTedTalk
November 26, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Friendly Reminder...
you don't have to keep up with the holiday traditions that leave you overwhelmed, exhausted, and broke.
#welcometomyTedTalk
you don't have to keep up with the holiday traditions that leave you overwhelmed, exhausted, and broke.
#welcometomyTedTalk
Detach With Love: When Letting Go Was Made to Sound Like Leaving.
It’s a phrase many of us were told when our children were using drugs.
It sounded like wisdom, clean, calm, emotionally evolved.
But for so many mothers, it landed like a command to disappear.
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It’s a phrase many of us were told when our children were using drugs.
It sounded like wisdom, clean, calm, emotionally evolved.
But for so many mothers, it landed like a command to disappear.
open.substack.com/pub/momsfora...
Detach with Love
When letting go was made to sound like leaving
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November 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Detach With Love: When Letting Go Was Made to Sound Like Leaving.
It’s a phrase many of us were told when our children were using drugs.
It sounded like wisdom, clean, calm, emotionally evolved.
But for so many mothers, it landed like a command to disappear.
open.substack.com/pub/momsfora...
It’s a phrase many of us were told when our children were using drugs.
It sounded like wisdom, clean, calm, emotionally evolved.
But for so many mothers, it landed like a command to disappear.
open.substack.com/pub/momsfora...
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Last week at our Issues of Substance conference we formalized our agreement with the European Union Drugs Agency's Executive Director Alexis Goosdeel to continue advancing evidence-informed, people-centred approaches to substance use and addiction. Read all about it: https://ow.ly/Qv2c50Xybgk
November 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Last week at our Issues of Substance conference we formalized our agreement with the European Union Drugs Agency's Executive Director Alexis Goosdeel to continue advancing evidence-informed, people-centred approaches to substance use and addiction. Read all about it: https://ow.ly/Qv2c50Xybgk
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My favourite Alberta thing is how many strip malls have a cannabis/vape store AND a daycare. The Fun Station and CANNABIS are actually two different businesses, even though the name seems to cover both endeavours…
November 26, 2025 at 12:42 AM
My favourite Alberta thing is how many strip malls have a cannabis/vape store AND a daycare. The Fun Station and CANNABIS are actually two different businesses, even though the name seems to cover both endeavours…
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Sign the petition against Bill 11 and a letter goes straight to the Premier — instantly putting your voice on record.
But the real power comes when you share it. All Albertans need to be aware of the government’s plan to replace universal public healthcare with a two-tier system.
notwotier.ca
But the real power comes when you share it. All Albertans need to be aware of the government’s plan to replace universal public healthcare with a two-tier system.
notwotier.ca
URGENT – Stop Premier Danielle Smith’s Plan to End Universal Healthcare
Alberta Premier Smith has used the Notwithstanding Clause to pass laws that erase rights and silence the courts.
notwotier.ca
November 26, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Sign the petition against Bill 11 and a letter goes straight to the Premier — instantly putting your voice on record.
But the real power comes when you share it. All Albertans need to be aware of the government’s plan to replace universal public healthcare with a two-tier system.
notwotier.ca
But the real power comes when you share it. All Albertans need to be aware of the government’s plan to replace universal public healthcare with a two-tier system.
notwotier.ca
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November 26, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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Cleverly commenting “Who could have seen this coming,” is a how people use irony to dissociate from the reality that as a society we’re discarding people, abandoning people to death
globalnews.ca/news/1154127...
globalnews.ca/news/1154127...
Toronto reports more visible drug use after supervised injection sites closed down - Toronto | Globalnews.ca
The City of Toronto is reporting an increase in visible drug use in the wake of the Ford government's decision to pull funding for several safe-injection sites earlier this year.
globalnews.ca
November 26, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Cleverly commenting “Who could have seen this coming,” is a how people use irony to dissociate from the reality that as a society we’re discarding people, abandoning people to death
globalnews.ca/news/1154127...
globalnews.ca/news/1154127...
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Our new Substack article is live!
And it asks a very serious question...
Should media be intimidated by people using the tools of lawfare to suppress opinions they disagree with?
Because it looks like that might be what happened in Alberta!
#abpoli
open.substack.com/pub/thebreak...
And it asks a very serious question...
Should media be intimidated by people using the tools of lawfare to suppress opinions they disagree with?
Because it looks like that might be what happened in Alberta!
#abpoli
open.substack.com/pub/thebreak...
Danielle Smith's former Chief of staff demanded The Calgary Herald remove an article rebutting his position...
And then it was removed.
open.substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Our new Substack article is live!
And it asks a very serious question...
Should media be intimidated by people using the tools of lawfare to suppress opinions they disagree with?
Because it looks like that might be what happened in Alberta!
#abpoli
open.substack.com/pub/thebreak...
And it asks a very serious question...
Should media be intimidated by people using the tools of lawfare to suppress opinions they disagree with?
Because it looks like that might be what happened in Alberta!
#abpoli
open.substack.com/pub/thebreak...
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Danielle Smith just suckered Mark Carney into reviving the Northern Gateway pipeline.
This is the antithesis of "nation-building."
There is no economic, political or environmental case for Stephen Harper's dream.
This won't end well.
For Canada or Carney.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
This is the antithesis of "nation-building."
There is no economic, political or environmental case for Stephen Harper's dream.
This won't end well.
For Canada or Carney.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Ottawa, Alberta agree to broad outlines of energy deal, including path to pipeline | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith have agreed to the broad outlines of a memorandum of understanding that would give Alberta special exemptions from federal environmental l...
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Danielle Smith just suckered Mark Carney into reviving the Northern Gateway pipeline.
This is the antithesis of "nation-building."
There is no economic, political or environmental case for Stephen Harper's dream.
This won't end well.
For Canada or Carney.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
This is the antithesis of "nation-building."
There is no economic, political or environmental case for Stephen Harper's dream.
This won't end well.
For Canada or Carney.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...