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care is not forced.
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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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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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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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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
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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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 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 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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North Cowichan began dismantling the Lewis Street encampment on Nov. 17 moving about 75 residents to new sites. The Cowichan Community Care Network says the move puts people at risk of violence and overdoses as the new sites are further away from the Warmland Shelter and overdose prevention site.
Advocates worry that moving Lewis Street encampment endangers residents who have nowhere else to go – The Discourse.
North Cowichan said it will service and provide ‘temporary’ sheltering sites, while Cowichan Valley sees a spike in overdoses.
thediscourse.ca
November 21, 2025 at 4:15 AM
North Cowichan began dismantling the Lewis Street encampment on Nov. 17 moving about 75 residents to new sites. The Cowichan Community Care Network says the move puts people at risk of violence and overdoses as the new sites are further away from the Warmland Shelter and overdose prevention site.
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no one involved in this case disputes DULF has saved many lives. shutting down initiatives to prevent consumption of poisoned drugs leads to more preventable deaths. sad to see the law used as a cudgel to justify killing people through government inaction & indifference
Founders of Vancouver’s Drug User Liberation Front Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalinin have just been found guilty of drug trafficking.
Justice Murray rules CDSA exemption didn’t include procurement & distribution.
“There is no doubt all of DULF’s actions were for one purpose.”
@pressprogress.ca
Justice Murray rules CDSA exemption didn’t include procurement & distribution.
“There is no doubt all of DULF’s actions were for one purpose.”
@pressprogress.ca
November 8, 2025 at 12:53 AM
no one involved in this case disputes DULF has saved many lives. shutting down initiatives to prevent consumption of poisoned drugs leads to more preventable deaths. sad to see the law used as a cudgel to justify killing people through government inaction & indifference
BCGEU statement on continued police brutality against Indigenous people
www.bcgeu.ca
November 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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PLEASE SHARE: #Cowichan Overdose Advisory
There are options for safer use: Find information on supervised consumption sites, drug-checking services & more: ow.ly/FgyS50PLkLF
There are options for safer use: Find information on supervised consumption sites, drug-checking services & more: ow.ly/FgyS50PLkLF
November 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
PLEASE SHARE: #Cowichan Overdose Advisory
There are options for safer use: Find information on supervised consumption sites, drug-checking services & more: ow.ly/FgyS50PLkLF
There are options for safer use: Find information on supervised consumption sites, drug-checking services & more: ow.ly/FgyS50PLkLF
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And that’s it! Thanks so much to everyone for speaking. We will hear debate and decision on November 25.
November 20, 2025 at 1:03 AM
And that’s it! Thanks so much to everyone for speaking. We will hear debate and decision on November 25.
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607: opposed. You should be too. People are dying and being displaced because of your policies. Harassed by police. Struggle to live is lack of infrastructure. No sage supply or health care. Nowhere to live. No compassion. Doesn’t matter size if budget: colonial violence. Defend DULF.
November 20, 2025 at 12:47 AM
607: opposed. You should be too. People are dying and being displaced because of your policies. Harassed by police. Struggle to live is lack of infrastructure. No sage supply or health care. Nowhere to live. No compassion. Doesn’t matter size if budget: colonial violence. Defend DULF.
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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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I think SKY is upset at Chinese speakers. Lenny waved her off. 323: duty to honour land we forcibly occupy. Shocked with this offering. Live on disability. Municipal programs kept me afloat. I watched my mom actually budget down to the letter. This is just a slogan. It’s not values it’s containment
November 19, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I think SKY is upset at Chinese speakers. Lenny waved her off. 323: duty to honour land we forcibly occupy. Shocked with this offering. Live on disability. Municipal programs kept me afloat. I watched my mom actually budget down to the letter. This is just a slogan. It’s not values it’s containment
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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.
@michellegamage.bsky.social reports. #canpoli #ToxicDrugCrisis
@michellegamage.bsky.social reports. #canpoli #ToxicDrugCrisis
The Supreme Court of Canada Wants You to Call 911 if Someone Is Overdosing | The Tyee
Police can’t arrest a person for drug possession if they call for help and stick around, a new ruling finds.
thetyee.ca
November 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Saving a life is more important than policing small amounts of drug use, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled last month.
@michellegamage.bsky.social reports. #canpoli #ToxicDrugCrisis
@michellegamage.bsky.social reports. #canpoli #ToxicDrugCrisis
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5 municipal police officers in B.C. dismissed for misconduct last fiscal year: report
5 municipal police officers in B.C. dismissed for misconduct last fiscal year: report
A sergeant who engaged in a “pattern of predatory behaviour” towards his female colleagues was one of five municipal police officers dismissed for misconduct in B.C. during the last fiscal year, according to a provincial watchdog.
bit.ly
November 19, 2025 at 8:30 AM
5 municipal police officers in B.C. dismissed for misconduct last fiscal year: report
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“The officer, like all of the others, resigned before the conclusion of the misconduct investigation.”
“Between April 1, 2024, and March 31, 2025, the agency found 64 officers had committed 95 counts of misconduct and imposed penalties ranging from reprimands to dismissal.”
“Between April 1, 2024, and March 31, 2025, the agency found 64 officers had committed 95 counts of misconduct and imposed penalties ranging from reprimands to dismissal.”
5 municipal police officers in B.C. dismissed for misconduct last fiscal year: report
5 municipal police officers in B.C. dismissed for misconduct last fiscal year: report
A sergeant who engaged in a “pattern of predatory behaviour” towards his female colleagues was one of five municipal police officers dismissed for misconduct in B.C. during the last fiscal year, according to a provincial watchdog.
bit.ly
November 19, 2025 at 9:06 AM
“The officer, like all of the others, resigned before the conclusion of the misconduct investigation.”
“Between April 1, 2024, and March 31, 2025, the agency found 64 officers had committed 95 counts of misconduct and imposed penalties ranging from reprimands to dismissal.”
“Between April 1, 2024, and March 31, 2025, the agency found 64 officers had committed 95 counts of misconduct and imposed penalties ranging from reprimands to dismissal.”
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New SFU study shows confiscating personal belongings during government-led street sweeps in Vancouver inflicts immediate harm on people who are already struggling to meet their basic needs, validating long-standing community concerns.
Full story: www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stor...
Full story: www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stor...
Close link between street sweeps, overdose and systemic harm: SFU study
Confiscating personal belongings during government-led dismantling of tent cities in Vancouver inflicts immediate harm and further destabilizes people already struggling to meet their basic needs, acc...
www.sfu.ca
September 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM
New SFU study shows confiscating personal belongings during government-led street sweeps in Vancouver inflicts immediate harm on people who are already struggling to meet their basic needs, validating long-standing community concerns.
Full story: www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stor...
Full story: www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stor...
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New SFU Study Reveals Strong Connection Between Street Sweeps, Overdose Rates, and Systemic Harm
In Vancouver, a recent study conducted by researchers at Simon Fraser University casts a critical spotlight on a pervasive yet under-examined public health issue afflicting the city’s most vulnerable…
In Vancouver, a recent study conducted by researchers at Simon Fraser University casts a critical spotlight on a pervasive yet under-examined public health issue afflicting the city’s most vulnerable…
New SFU Study Reveals Strong Connection Between Street Sweeps, Overdose Rates, and Systemic Harm
In Vancouver, a recent study conducted by researchers at Simon Fraser University casts a critical spotlight on a pervasive yet under-examined public health issue afflicting the city’s most vulnerable populations. The subject of the investigation is the municipal government-led practice often referred to as “street sweeps,” whereby local authorities dismantle tent encampments inhabited by unstably housed individuals, many of whom also contend with substance use.
scienmag.com
September 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM
New SFU Study Reveals Strong Connection Between Street Sweeps, Overdose Rates, and Systemic Harm
In Vancouver, a recent study conducted by researchers at Simon Fraser University casts a critical spotlight on a pervasive yet under-examined public health issue afflicting the city’s most vulnerable…
In Vancouver, a recent study conducted by researchers at Simon Fraser University casts a critical spotlight on a pervasive yet under-examined public health issue afflicting the city’s most vulnerable…