New Alberta drug poisoning mortality data released for May. 🫂 to everyone grieving.
When the medical examiner catches up, 2025 will show itself to be the second-worst year on record.
Monthly fatalities (top) and weekly EMS activations (bottom) have a near-perfect relationship since 2018:
When the medical examiner catches up, 2025 will show itself to be the second-worst year on record.
Monthly fatalities (top) and weekly EMS activations (bottom) have a near-perfect relationship since 2018:
August 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Naloxone and FTS are Harm Reduction tools. These are distributed to empower PWUD and the community.
#harmreductionworks
#WiseBatch
#NaloxoneEnablesBreathing
#harmreductionworks
#WiseBatch
#NaloxoneEnablesBreathing
August 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Naloxone and FTS are Harm Reduction tools. These are distributed to empower PWUD and the community.
#harmreductionworks
#WiseBatch
#NaloxoneEnablesBreathing
#harmreductionworks
#WiseBatch
#NaloxoneEnablesBreathing
general audiences while learning about barriers to support & misconceptions about THR.
#HarmReduction #HarmReductionWorks #HarmReductionSavesLives #Tobacco #Smoking #SmokingCessation #Vaping #SSPs #SyringeServices #SyringeExchange #BodyAutonomy #BodilyAutonomy #HealthCareIsAHumanRight
#HarmReduction #HarmReductionWorks #HarmReductionSavesLives #Tobacco #Smoking #SmokingCessation #Vaping #SSPs #SyringeServices #SyringeExchange #BodyAutonomy #BodilyAutonomy #HealthCareIsAHumanRight
August 21, 2025 at 6:52 PM
general audiences while learning about barriers to support & misconceptions about THR.
#HarmReduction #HarmReductionWorks #HarmReductionSavesLives #Tobacco #Smoking #SmokingCessation #Vaping #SSPs #SyringeServices #SyringeExchange #BodyAutonomy #BodilyAutonomy #HealthCareIsAHumanRight
#HarmReduction #HarmReductionWorks #HarmReductionSavesLives #Tobacco #Smoking #SmokingCessation #Vaping #SSPs #SyringeServices #SyringeExchange #BodyAutonomy #BodilyAutonomy #HealthCareIsAHumanRight
This short video is a couple years old & worth a re-share, IMHO. A lot of misinformation is circulated about prescribed alternatives & this lays out some of the facts plainly. As we approach #IOAD25, it's worth taking the time to understand the many ways #HarmReductionWorks
youtu.be/iRuXM8aS-4U
youtu.be/iRuXM8aS-4U
Victoria SAFER Initiative: Safer Supply Program
YouTube video by CATIE
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August 19, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This short video is a couple years old & worth a re-share, IMHO. A lot of misinformation is circulated about prescribed alternatives & this lays out some of the facts plainly. As we approach #IOAD25, it's worth taking the time to understand the many ways #HarmReductionWorks
youtu.be/iRuXM8aS-4U
youtu.be/iRuXM8aS-4U
Just found out that a vital local #PSR program for seniors experiencing mental illness, that has been running at capacity for 14 yrs, is closing its doors due to the #Eby government’s demands to the organization that helps fund the program to make spending cuts #FuckEby #HarmReductionWorks #BC
August 1, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Just found out that a vital local #PSR program for seniors experiencing mental illness, that has been running at capacity for 14 yrs, is closing its doors due to the #Eby government’s demands to the organization that helps fund the program to make spending cuts #FuckEby #HarmReductionWorks #BC
Punitive drug policies have led to the overrepresentation of people who use drugs in prisons, where access to harm reduction services is even more inadequate. #prison #incarceration #publichealth #factfriday #harmreductionsaveslives #harmreductionworks #harmreduction
August 1, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Punitive drug policies have led to the overrepresentation of people who use drugs in prisons, where access to harm reduction services is even more inadequate. #prison #incarceration #publichealth #factfriday #harmreductionsaveslives #harmreductionworks #harmreduction
July 31, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Would sure be nice if we could all prescribe fentanyl powder, instead of it being gatekept behind a teeny-tiny program. We might actually turn this crisis around.
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Early experiences and impacts of a fentanyl powder safer supply program in Vancouver, Canada: a qualitative study
Background: North America is experiencing an unrelenting overdose crisis driven by a volatile and toxic unregulated drug supply. Safer supply programs, which provide individuals with pharmaceutical...
www.tandfonline.com
July 28, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Trump signed an executive order directing states to criminalize unhoused people and institutionalize people with ‘mental health disabilities’ and substance use disorder
The order directs the Justice Department to expand indefinite forced treatment.
The order directs the Justice Department to expand indefinite forced treatment.
July 26, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Fuck the #SalvationArmy, they’ve always been a terrible organization but no one wants to talk about that…they’d rather pretend that people CHOOSE to not get help rather than the rigid criteria & lack of funding/options/staffing that makes it impossible to get help #HarmReductionWorks #PWUD #BC #Eby
How about these Salvation Army transitional housing exclusion criteria though
July 20, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Fuck the #SalvationArmy, they’ve always been a terrible organization but no one wants to talk about that…they’d rather pretend that people CHOOSE to not get help rather than the rigid criteria & lack of funding/options/staffing that makes it impossible to get help #HarmReductionWorks #PWUD #BC #Eby
Sent!! Thank you for this post, I had no idea this was happening. #HarmReductionWorks
July 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Sent!! Thank you for this post, I had no idea this was happening. #HarmReductionWorks
This is going to be David Eby’s legacy too. #FuckEby #HarmReductionWorks
San Francisco’s overdose deaths are rising — because
Mayor Daniel Lurie is repeating failed strategies.
The data is clear: Policing won’t solve a public health crisis.
Handcuffs make for good headlines, temporarily.
But these deaths are Lurie's legacy.
www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/w...
Mayor Daniel Lurie is repeating failed strategies.
The data is clear: Policing won’t solve a public health crisis.
Handcuffs make for good headlines, temporarily.
But these deaths are Lurie's legacy.
www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/w...
Why S.F.’s ‘remarkable’ drop in fatal drug overdoses has proved to be short-lived
After a promising decline in overdose deaths across the nation last year, fatalities are back on the rise in San Francisco. Experts say the supply chain for drugs has “reconfigured” itself.
www.sfchronicle.com
July 7, 2025 at 4:06 AM
This is going to be David Eby’s legacy too. #FuckEby #HarmReductionWorks
Weird, how most of the footage is actually video.
The look on #DougFord’s face speaks volumes!
The photo of #RobFord with #Trump is very telling.
Oh the irony! 🪶🙄 #DougFordIsCORRUPT #ResignDougFord #HarmReductionWorks #harmreductionishealthcare
The look on #DougFord’s face speaks volumes!
The photo of #RobFord with #Trump is very telling.
Oh the irony! 🪶🙄 #DougFordIsCORRUPT #ResignDougFord #HarmReductionWorks #harmreductionishealthcare
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June 29, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Weird, how most of the footage is actually video.
The look on #DougFord’s face speaks volumes!
The photo of #RobFord with #Trump is very telling.
Oh the irony! 🪶🙄 #DougFordIsCORRUPT #ResignDougFord #HarmReductionWorks #harmreductionishealthcare
The look on #DougFord’s face speaks volumes!
The photo of #RobFord with #Trump is very telling.
Oh the irony! 🪶🙄 #DougFordIsCORRUPT #ResignDougFord #HarmReductionWorks #harmreductionishealthcare
#carewithoutcoercion #mycaremychoice #realcareincludeschoice #consentiscare
#choiceovercontrol #supportnotstigma #dignityinhealthcare #carewithconsent
#evidencebasedcare #traumainformedcare #voluntarycareworks #harmreductionworks
#notoinvoluntarytreatment
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#choiceovercontrol #supportnotstigma #dignityinhealthcare #carewithconsent
#evidencebasedcare #traumainformedcare #voluntarycareworks #harmreductionworks
#notoinvoluntarytreatment
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Sign the Petition
Act now! Tell the Alberta Government we DO NOT support the Compassionate Intervention Act.
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June 20, 2025 at 1:28 AM
It’s Fact Friday! Harm Reduction is an essential Public Health Service ⚕️#harmreductionsaveslives #harmreductionworks #harmreduction #publichealth #publichealthmatters
May 9, 2025 at 6:58 PM
It’s Fact Friday! Harm Reduction is an essential Public Health Service ⚕️#harmreductionsaveslives #harmreductionworks #harmreduction #publichealth #publichealthmatters
In person and online events coming up
with Recovery Queers in May! More info on Instagram @recovery.queers
#QueerEvents #queer #recovery #harmreductionworks #communitymatters
with Recovery Queers in May! More info on Instagram @recovery.queers
#QueerEvents #queer #recovery #harmreductionworks #communitymatters
April 30, 2025 at 4:47 PM
In person and online events coming up
with Recovery Queers in May! More info on Instagram @recovery.queers
#QueerEvents #queer #recovery #harmreductionworks #communitymatters
with Recovery Queers in May! More info on Instagram @recovery.queers
#QueerEvents #queer #recovery #harmreductionworks #communitymatters
“Blaming & shaming has never worked.”
“Neither has prohibition & criminalizing certain substances. “
@momsstoptheharm.bsky.social
#LegalizeRegulateNow
#safesupplysaveslive
#harmreductionworks
“Neither has prohibition & criminalizing certain substances. “
@momsstoptheharm.bsky.social
#LegalizeRegulateNow
#safesupplysaveslive
#harmreductionworks
Letters April 11: Blame won't save lives in drug crisis
Blaming and shaming will not save lives Re: “Don’t blame errors for Sidney’s death,” letter, April 4. There are many mistakes that we as young or old people can make. For Sidney, that mistake proved t...
www.timescolonist.com
April 12, 2025 at 12:05 AM
“Blaming & shaming has never worked.”
“Neither has prohibition & criminalizing certain substances. “
@momsstoptheharm.bsky.social
#LegalizeRegulateNow
#safesupplysaveslive
#harmreductionworks
“Neither has prohibition & criminalizing certain substances. “
@momsstoptheharm.bsky.social
#LegalizeRegulateNow
#safesupplysaveslive
#harmreductionworks
This is so unsettling. Working in the SUD harmreduction and treatment field I know this will have an impact in a dangerous way on the people that I work with. #supportscience #harmreductionworks
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/h...
A Federal Lab That Tracked Rising S.T.I.s Has Been Shuttered (Gift Article)
The United States can no longer keep tabs on drug-resistant gonorrhea, among other infections, scientists said.
www.nytimes.com
April 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM
This is so unsettling. Working in the SUD harmreduction and treatment field I know this will have an impact in a dangerous way on the people that I work with. #supportscience #harmreductionworks
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/h...
A man who has an addiction and hides it well thinks others should suffer because hr knows best. I wouldn’t trust #PierrePoilievre with cleaning my cats litter box! 🪶😡🇨🇦 #HarmReductionWorks www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Conservatives target supervised consumption sites, NDP promises rent control | CBC News
A Conservative government would prevent any new supervised consumption sites from opening, while making it harder for existing sites to operate, leader Pierre Poilievre announced Sunday, as he provide...
www.cbc.ca
April 7, 2025 at 5:17 AM
A man who has an addiction and hides it well thinks others should suffer because hr knows best. I wouldn’t trust #PierrePoilievre with cleaning my cats litter box! 🪶😡🇨🇦 #HarmReductionWorks www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
for every harm reduction poster you tear down you give yourself 6 months of random things being thrown at you and your head. you earned it. #harmreductionworks
April 5, 2025 at 7:36 AM
for every harm reduction poster you tear down you give yourself 6 months of random things being thrown at you and your head. you earned it. #harmreductionworks
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April 4, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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I swear people act like methadone is more difficult to handle than plutonium
April 1, 2025 at 9:51 PM
People do not need to be sober to be deserving of food, shelter, or respect.
#harmreduction #harmreductionsaveslives #harmreductionworks #harmreductionishealthcare
#harmreduction #harmreductionsaveslives #harmreductionworks #harmreductionishealthcare
March 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
People do not need to be sober to be deserving of food, shelter, or respect.
#harmreduction #harmreductionsaveslives #harmreductionworks #harmreductionishealthcare
#harmreduction #harmreductionsaveslives #harmreductionworks #harmreductionishealthcare
Happy Fact Friday! Today we bring you myths and facts about Harm Reduction 🫶 #publichealth #harmreductionsaveslives #harmreduction #harmreductionislove #harmreductionworks
March 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Happy Fact Friday! Today we bring you myths and facts about Harm Reduction 🫶 #publichealth #harmreductionsaveslives #harmreduction #harmreductionislove #harmreductionworks