HRNA_AIIRM
@hrna.bsky.social
Harm Reduction Nurses Association is a national organization with a mission to advance harm reduction nursing through practice, education, research, advocacy.
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We must subject these policies to critical scrutiny:
Who benefits from involuntary drug treatment?
Not the patients. Not the nurses, doctors, or other allied healthcare professionals.
Do you feel safer knowing the gov is changing laws to protect care providers so they can violate patient rights?
Who benefits from involuntary drug treatment?
Not the patients. Not the nurses, doctors, or other allied healthcare professionals.
Do you feel safer knowing the gov is changing laws to protect care providers so they can violate patient rights?
November 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
We must subject these policies to critical scrutiny:
Who benefits from involuntary drug treatment?
Not the patients. Not the nurses, doctors, or other allied healthcare professionals.
Do you feel safer knowing the gov is changing laws to protect care providers so they can violate patient rights?
Who benefits from involuntary drug treatment?
Not the patients. Not the nurses, doctors, or other allied healthcare professionals.
Do you feel safer knowing the gov is changing laws to protect care providers so they can violate patient rights?
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There are many reasons oppose BC’s plan to expand involuntary drug treatment. Not everything could be covered in a single statement.
Today, let’s talk about some of the evidence + ethical implications of co-opting caring professionals + requiring them to violate their professional ethics.
#bcpoli
Today, let’s talk about some of the evidence + ethical implications of co-opting caring professionals + requiring them to violate their professional ethics.
#bcpoli
We Refuse: Health Workers Against Involuntary Care is now public.
@hrna.bsky.social and DSDP are circulating a joint statement opposing BC’s plan to expand involuntary drug treatment. This approach is ineffective, increases overdose risk, violates autonomy, and harms marginalized communities.
@hrna.bsky.social and DSDP are circulating a joint statement opposing BC’s plan to expand involuntary drug treatment. This approach is ineffective, increases overdose risk, violates autonomy, and harms marginalized communities.
November 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
There are many reasons oppose BC’s plan to expand involuntary drug treatment. Not everything could be covered in a single statement.
Today, let’s talk about some of the evidence + ethical implications of co-opting caring professionals + requiring them to violate their professional ethics.
#bcpoli
Today, let’s talk about some of the evidence + ethical implications of co-opting caring professionals + requiring them to violate their professional ethics.
#bcpoli
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When nurses and other caring professionals are required to violate their own code of ethics, they face a heightened risk of moral injury.
In 2024, the @hrna.bsky.social and @canadanurses.bsky.social wrote an open letter to then-Federal Health Minister Mark Holland.
In 2024, the @hrna.bsky.social and @canadanurses.bsky.social wrote an open letter to then-Federal Health Minister Mark Holland.
November 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
When nurses and other caring professionals are required to violate their own code of ethics, they face a heightened risk of moral injury.
In 2024, the @hrna.bsky.social and @canadanurses.bsky.social wrote an open letter to then-Federal Health Minister Mark Holland.
In 2024, the @hrna.bsky.social and @canadanurses.bsky.social wrote an open letter to then-Federal Health Minister Mark Holland.
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Read the statement from @hrna.bsky.social and @dsdp.ca here 👇
www.policeoversight.ca/p/harm-reduc...
Healthcare workers can sign this community petition launched in 2024:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Say no to involuntary treatment—say yes to human rights, evidence, and compassion.
#bcpoli
www.policeoversight.ca/p/harm-reduc...
Healthcare workers can sign this community petition launched in 2024:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Say no to involuntary treatment—say yes to human rights, evidence, and compassion.
#bcpoli
Harm Reduction Nurses Association & Doctors for Safer Drug Policy encourage colleagues to stand down from implementing BC NDP Mental Health Act changes
Proposals to expand so-called “involuntary treatment” for substance use disorders is not a health intervention, it is a political response to fear, misinformation, and moral panic.
www.policeoversight.ca
November 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Read the statement from @hrna.bsky.social and @dsdp.ca here 👇
www.policeoversight.ca/p/harm-reduc...
Healthcare workers can sign this community petition launched in 2024:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Say no to involuntary treatment—say yes to human rights, evidence, and compassion.
#bcpoli
www.policeoversight.ca/p/harm-reduc...
Healthcare workers can sign this community petition launched in 2024:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Say no to involuntary treatment—say yes to human rights, evidence, and compassion.
#bcpoli
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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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Sign the community-led petition here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Refusal Campaign: BC Healthcare Workers Against Involuntary Treatment
Leading up to the recent provincial elections, both the BC NDP Party and the BC Conservative Party announced that they will expand "involuntary care" in a manner that will especially target precarious...
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November 28, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Sign the community-led petition here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Please join our campaign with @power1312.bsky.social, CSSDP, and @hrna.bsky.social to push back on the dark direction the BC government is taking substance use policy and mental health care.
Read the statement here: www.policeoversight.ca/p/harm-reduc...
Read the statement here: www.policeoversight.ca/p/harm-reduc...
Harm Reduction Nurses Association & Doctors for Safer Drug Policy encourage colleagues to stand down from implementing BC NDP Mental Health Act changes
Proposals to expand so-called “involuntary treatment” for substance use disorders is not a health intervention, it is a political response to fear, misinformation, and moral panic.
www.policeoversight.ca
November 28, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Please join our campaign with @power1312.bsky.social, CSSDP, and @hrna.bsky.social to push back on the dark direction the BC government is taking substance use policy and mental health care.
Read the statement here: www.policeoversight.ca/p/harm-reduc...
Read the statement here: www.policeoversight.ca/p/harm-reduc...
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Thank you @robbotterell.bsky.social for bringing @hrna.bsky.social and our words to the heart of the debate on @davidebybc.bsky.social's plans to expand involuntary treatment and pre-empt the results of a longstanding charter challenge by disability rights groups and others.
#harmreduction #bcpoli
#harmreduction #bcpoli
November 28, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Thank you @robbotterell.bsky.social for bringing @hrna.bsky.social and our words to the heart of the debate on @davidebybc.bsky.social's plans to expand involuntary treatment and pre-empt the results of a longstanding charter challenge by disability rights groups and others.
#harmreduction #bcpoli
#harmreduction #bcpoli
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The predictable, ongoing result of a total failure to replace the unregulated supply with a regulated one.
The predictable, ongoing result of a total failure to replace the unregulated supply with a regulated one.
B.C. sees record number of 911 calls about toxic drug overdoses, health authority says | CBC News
The First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) said that British Columbia has seen a record number of 911 calls related to toxic drug poisonings, as officials issue warnings about an increasingly tainted s...
www.cbc.ca
November 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The predictable, ongoing result of a total failure to replace the unregulated supply with a regulated one.
The predictable, ongoing result of a total failure to replace the unregulated supply with a regulated one.
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Vancouver Fire Rescue Services responded to 54 overdoses last Friday - the most in a single day in the department's history. Averaged 16 per day in May.
There has been a surge in ODs reported all across the province in the past few weeks.
There has been a surge in ODs reported all across the province in the past few weeks.
November 26, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Vancouver Fire Rescue Services responded to 54 overdoses last Friday - the most in a single day in the department's history. Averaged 16 per day in May.
There has been a surge in ODs reported all across the province in the past few weeks.
There has been a surge in ODs reported all across the province in the past few weeks.
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We are calling on colleagues, health-care associations, unions, regulatory bodies, and public health leaders to endorse the statement, share it widely, and join us in demanding voluntary, evidence-based, rights-affirming responses to the toxic drug crisis.
#WeRefuse #bcpoli #harmreduction
#WeRefuse #bcpoli #harmreduction
November 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
We are calling on colleagues, health-care associations, unions, regulatory bodies, and public health leaders to endorse the statement, share it widely, and join us in demanding voluntary, evidence-based, rights-affirming responses to the toxic drug crisis.
#WeRefuse #bcpoli #harmreduction
#WeRefuse #bcpoli #harmreduction
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We honour people with lived and living experience who have long resisted coercive drug policy, including those who launched last year’s petition opposing involuntary care. Their leadership continues to guide this work.
Statement: www.policeoversight.ca/p/harm-reduc...
Petition: shorturl.at/ZHh2E
Statement: www.policeoversight.ca/p/harm-reduc...
Petition: shorturl.at/ZHh2E
Harm Reduction Nurses Association & Doctors for Safer Drug Policy encourage colleagues to stand down from implementing BC NDP Mental Health Act changes
Proposals to expand so-called “involuntary treatment” for substance use disorders is not a health intervention, it is a political response to fear, misinformation, and moral panic.
www.policeoversight.ca
November 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
We honour people with lived and living experience who have long resisted coercive drug policy, including those who launched last year’s petition opposing involuntary care. Their leadership continues to guide this work.
Statement: www.policeoversight.ca/p/harm-reduc...
Petition: shorturl.at/ZHh2E
Statement: www.policeoversight.ca/p/harm-reduc...
Petition: shorturl.at/ZHh2E
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We Refuse: Health Workers Against Involuntary Care is now public.
@hrna.bsky.social and DSDP are circulating a joint statement opposing BC’s plan to expand involuntary drug treatment. This approach is ineffective, increases overdose risk, violates autonomy, and harms marginalized communities.
@hrna.bsky.social and DSDP are circulating a joint statement opposing BC’s plan to expand involuntary drug treatment. This approach is ineffective, increases overdose risk, violates autonomy, and harms marginalized communities.
November 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
We Refuse: Health Workers Against Involuntary Care is now public.
@hrna.bsky.social and DSDP are circulating a joint statement opposing BC’s plan to expand involuntary drug treatment. This approach is ineffective, increases overdose risk, violates autonomy, and harms marginalized communities.
@hrna.bsky.social and DSDP are circulating a joint statement opposing BC’s plan to expand involuntary drug treatment. This approach is ineffective, increases overdose risk, violates autonomy, and harms marginalized communities.
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In case you missed this webinar hosted by @hrna.bsky.social, you can check out the recording here!
youtu.be/5_eu8Je7WDU?...
youtu.be/5_eu8Je7WDU?...
Protecting Life, Not Punishing Help: Understanding the Supreme Court’s Good Samaritan Ruling
YouTube video by HRNA AIIRM
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November 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
In case you missed this webinar hosted by @hrna.bsky.social, you can check out the recording here!
youtu.be/5_eu8Je7WDU?...
youtu.be/5_eu8Je7WDU?...
NURSES ACROSS CANADA SUPPORT DULF
The Harm Reduction Nurses Association stands in unwavering solidarity with the Drug User Liberation Front (DULF) as they launch their constitutional challenge of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) in BC Supreme Court.
#bcpoli #cdnpoli
The Harm Reduction Nurses Association stands in unwavering solidarity with the Drug User Liberation Front (DULF) as they launch their constitutional challenge of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) in BC Supreme Court.
#bcpoli #cdnpoli
November 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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You really have to read both of @kwardvancouver.bsky.social’s skeet’s to get how fucked up this is. I’ll just put the headlines side by side.
Displacement and evictions are forms of violence. They result in very observable harms including death and irreparable injury.
#bcpoli
Displacement and evictions are forms of violence. They result in very observable harms including death and irreparable injury.
#bcpoli
November 20, 2025 at 2:03 AM
You really have to read both of @kwardvancouver.bsky.social’s skeet’s to get how fucked up this is. I’ll just put the headlines side by side.
Displacement and evictions are forms of violence. They result in very observable harms including death and irreparable injury.
#bcpoli
Displacement and evictions are forms of violence. They result in very observable harms including death and irreparable injury.
#bcpoli
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”…this continually unfolding tragedy is a violation of human rights and the result of systemic discrimination…”
B.C. Human Rights Commissioner’s Statement on the Toxic Drug Crisis
bchumanrights.ca/resources/pu...
B.C. Human Rights Commissioner’s Statement on the Toxic Drug Crisis
bchumanrights.ca/resources/pu...
A human rights-based approach to the toxic drug crisis | BC's Office of the Human Rights Commissioner
The Commissioner’s position on the toxic drug crisis, calling for an evidence-based response that centers public health and compassion.
bchumanrights.ca
November 13, 2025 at 11:58 PM
”…this continually unfolding tragedy is a violation of human rights and the result of systemic discrimination…”
B.C. Human Rights Commissioner’s Statement on the Toxic Drug Crisis
bchumanrights.ca/resources/pu...
B.C. Human Rights Commissioner’s Statement on the Toxic Drug Crisis
bchumanrights.ca/resources/pu...
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“Government's obligation is to save lives, reduce harm and improve quality of life for those who have been marginalized, while working toward greater equity for everyone.”
Everyone should take a moment to read this statement from the BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner.
#bcpoli
Everyone should take a moment to read this statement from the BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner.
#bcpoli
A human rights-based approach to the toxic drug crisis would require public policy that recognizes the full humanity of people who use unregulated drugs
which would be a whole new thing
which would be a whole new thing
November 14, 2025 at 1:36 AM
“Government's obligation is to save lives, reduce harm and improve quality of life for those who have been marginalized, while working toward greater equity for everyone.”
Everyone should take a moment to read this statement from the BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner.
#bcpoli
Everyone should take a moment to read this statement from the BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner.
#bcpoli
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A human rights-based approach to the toxic drug crisis would require public policy that recognizes the full humanity of people who use unregulated drugs
which would be a whole new thing
which would be a whole new thing
November 14, 2025 at 1:26 AM
A human rights-based approach to the toxic drug crisis would require public policy that recognizes the full humanity of people who use unregulated drugs
which would be a whole new thing
which would be a whole new thing
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Webinar Alert 🚨
Protecting Life, Not Punishing Help: Understanding the Supreme Court’s Good Samaritan Ruling in R v Wilson.
Presented in partnership with @pivotlegalsociety.bsky.social.
When: November 18 at 12pm PST
Who: Open to Public
How: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Protecting Life, Not Punishing Help: Understanding the Supreme Court’s Good Samaritan Ruling in R v Wilson.
Presented in partnership with @pivotlegalsociety.bsky.social.
When: November 18 at 12pm PST
Who: Open to Public
How: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 7, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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DULF co-founders Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum were each found guilty of three counts of trafficking meth, heroin and cocaine this morning.
The pair are launching a constitutional challenge later this month of the CDSA and their convictions won't be entered until then. Story up shortly on @thetyee.ca
The pair are launching a constitutional challenge later this month of the CDSA and their convictions won't be entered until then. Story up shortly on @thetyee.ca
November 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM
DULF co-founders Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum were each found guilty of three counts of trafficking meth, heroin and cocaine this morning.
The pair are launching a constitutional challenge later this month of the CDSA and their convictions won't be entered until then. Story up shortly on @thetyee.ca
The pair are launching a constitutional challenge later this month of the CDSA and their convictions won't be entered until then. Story up shortly on @thetyee.ca
Webinar Alert 🚨
Protecting Life, Not Punishing Help: Understanding the Supreme Court’s Good Samaritan Ruling in R v Wilson.
Presented in partnership with @pivotlegalsociety.bsky.social.
When: November 18 at 12pm PST
Who: Open to Public
How: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Protecting Life, Not Punishing Help: Understanding the Supreme Court’s Good Samaritan Ruling in R v Wilson.
Presented in partnership with @pivotlegalsociety.bsky.social.
When: November 18 at 12pm PST
Who: Open to Public
How: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 7, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Webinar Alert 🚨
Protecting Life, Not Punishing Help: Understanding the Supreme Court’s Good Samaritan Ruling in R v Wilson.
Presented in partnership with @pivotlegalsociety.bsky.social.
When: November 18 at 12pm PST
Who: Open to Public
How: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Protecting Life, Not Punishing Help: Understanding the Supreme Court’s Good Samaritan Ruling in R v Wilson.
Presented in partnership with @pivotlegalsociety.bsky.social.
When: November 18 at 12pm PST
Who: Open to Public
How: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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"Government intervention in medical decision-making has limited access to pharmaceutical-grade opioid tablets, [so] 'It’s not surprising that people are going to seek those tablets elsewhere.'"
"Government intervention in medical decision-making has limited access to pharmaceutical-grade opioid tablets, [so] 'It’s not surprising that people are going to seek those tablets elsewhere.'"
Potent synthetic opioid in counterfeit pills across Greater Victoria
Nitazene, estimated to be between 5 and 8 times stronger than fentanyl, has begun appearing in counterfeit prescription pills across the city
martlet.ca
November 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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"Government intervention in medical decision-making has limited access to pharmaceutical-grade opioid tablets, [so] 'It’s not surprising that people are going to seek those tablets elsewhere.'"
"Government intervention in medical decision-making has limited access to pharmaceutical-grade opioid tablets, [so] 'It’s not surprising that people are going to seek those tablets elsewhere.'"
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“Herriot said that nearly half of people who regularly access the unregulated drug supply do not have an opioid addiction, and access the market recreationally only a few times a year, while the other half accesses the market due to addiction.”
everyone needs a safe supply
everyone needs a safe supply
martlet.ca/potent-synth...
"Government intervention in medical decision-making has limited access to pharmaceutical-grade opioid tablets, [so] 'It’s not surprising that people are going to seek those tablets elsewhere.'"
"Government intervention in medical decision-making has limited access to pharmaceutical-grade opioid tablets, [so] 'It’s not surprising that people are going to seek those tablets elsewhere.'"
Potent synthetic opioid in counterfeit pills across Greater Victoria
Nitazene, estimated to be between 5 and 8 times stronger than fentanyl, has begun appearing in counterfeit prescription pills across the city
martlet.ca
November 6, 2025 at 6:25 PM
“Herriot said that nearly half of people who regularly access the unregulated drug supply do not have an opioid addiction, and access the market recreationally only a few times a year, while the other half accesses the market due to addiction.”
everyone needs a safe supply
everyone needs a safe supply