Corey Ranger
@nurseranger.bsky.social
He/him | Uninvited settler on stolen Quw’utsun Territory | Nurse | #HarmReduction
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
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?
This was written in 2023:
“Wherever possible we should be aiming to reduce harm. If the risk of harm outweighs the hoped-for benefit of treatment, then our code of ethics is clear. We should not engage in non-therapeutic interventions.”
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
“Wherever possible we should be aiming to reduce harm. If the risk of harm outweighs the hoped-for benefit of treatment, then our code of ethics is clear. We should not engage in non-therapeutic interventions.”
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
Opinion: Compassionate Intervention Act will do more harm than good
Op-ed on forced treatment for addicts.
edmontonjournal.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
This was written in 2023:
“Wherever possible we should be aiming to reduce harm. If the risk of harm outweighs the hoped-for benefit of treatment, then our code of ethics is clear. We should not engage in non-therapeutic interventions.”
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
“Wherever possible we should be aiming to reduce harm. If the risk of harm outweighs the hoped-for benefit of treatment, then our code of ethics is clear. We should not engage in non-therapeutic interventions.”
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
In this letter, we wrote:
“prohibition-based policies in hospitals…do not meaningfully address safety concerns.”
“invasive and dehumanizing policies…have been shown to worsen health outcomes and create new safety concerns for nurses and patients”
www.cna-aiic.ca/en/news-even...
“prohibition-based policies in hospitals…do not meaningfully address safety concerns.”
“invasive and dehumanizing policies…have been shown to worsen health outcomes and create new safety concerns for nurses and patients”
www.cna-aiic.ca/en/news-even...
Statements and Open Letters - Canadian Nurses Association
www.cna-aiic.ca
November 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
In this letter, we wrote:
“prohibition-based policies in hospitals…do not meaningfully address safety concerns.”
“invasive and dehumanizing policies…have been shown to worsen health outcomes and create new safety concerns for nurses and patients”
www.cna-aiic.ca/en/news-even...
“prohibition-based policies in hospitals…do not meaningfully address safety concerns.”
“invasive and dehumanizing policies…have been shown to worsen health outcomes and create new safety concerns for nurses and patients”
www.cna-aiic.ca/en/news-even...
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.
“Most participants in our study were aware of the power imbalance caused by the ITO [involuntary treatment order]. Nurses emphasized how the management of the ITO’s conditions left them feeling trapped between coercion and care”
November 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
“Most participants in our study were aware of the power imbalance caused by the ITO [involuntary treatment order]. Nurses emphasized how the management of the ITO’s conditions left them feeling trapped between coercion and care”
Involuntary treatment is a highly studied intervention from many disciplinary perspectives.
For example, this study:
“The therapeutic relationship in the context of involuntary treatment orders: The perspective of nurses and patients”
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34551167/
For example, this study:
“The therapeutic relationship in the context of involuntary treatment orders: The perspective of nurses and patients”
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34551167/
The therapeutic relationship in the context of involuntary treatment orders: The perspective of nurses and patients - PubMed
WHAT IS KNOWN ON THE SUBJECT?: Involuntary treatment orders are increasingly being used around the world to allow the treatment of individuals living with a mental illness deemed incapable of giving consent and who are actively refusing treatment. The use of involuntary treatment orders can impact t …
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Involuntary treatment is a highly studied intervention from many disciplinary perspectives.
For example, this study:
“The therapeutic relationship in the context of involuntary treatment orders: The perspective of nurses and patients”
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34551167/
For example, this study:
“The therapeutic relationship in the context of involuntary treatment orders: The perspective of nurses and patients”
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34551167/
“nurses can directly assist patients with the navigation of complex and often inaccessible services, policies and legislation. Nurses can also promote shared decision-making, such that their engagement in involuntary and coercive treatment would occur in exceptional circumstances only.”
November 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
“nurses can directly assist patients with the navigation of complex and often inaccessible services, policies and legislation. Nurses can also promote shared decision-making, such that their engagement in involuntary and coercive treatment would occur in exceptional circumstances only.”
From Maja Kolar on the NNPBC blog:
“In relation to issues pertaining to involuntary treatment processes more specifically, BC remains the only jurisdiction in Canada that utilizes a deemed consent model, which assumes consent on behalf of a person.”
www.nnpbc.com/implementing...
“In relation to issues pertaining to involuntary treatment processes more specifically, BC remains the only jurisdiction in Canada that utilizes a deemed consent model, which assumes consent on behalf of a person.”
www.nnpbc.com/implementing...
Implementing Involuntary Psychiatric Treatment in BC – NNPBC
www.nnpbc.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
From Maja Kolar on the NNPBC blog:
“In relation to issues pertaining to involuntary treatment processes more specifically, BC remains the only jurisdiction in Canada that utilizes a deemed consent model, which assumes consent on behalf of a person.”
www.nnpbc.com/implementing...
“In relation to issues pertaining to involuntary treatment processes more specifically, BC remains the only jurisdiction in Canada that utilizes a deemed consent model, which assumes consent on behalf of a person.”
www.nnpbc.com/implementing...
Reposted by Corey Ranger
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...
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...
www.crackdownpod.com
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...
Reposted by Corey Ranger
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...
docs.google.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Sign the community-led petition here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Reposted by Corey Ranger
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...
Reposted by Corey Ranger
For reference
bsky.app/profile/nurs...
bsky.app/profile/nurs...
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 28, 2025 at 12:49 AM
For reference
bsky.app/profile/nurs...
bsky.app/profile/nurs...