In the face of intransigent Home Office #drugpoli that files in the face of evidence, this is a welcome statement from the Scottish Lord Advocate paving the way for a pilot Overdose Prevention Center in Glasgow & a good example of work a devolved govt can do #HarmReduction https://www.copfs.gov.uk/about-copfs/news/lord-advocate-s-statement-on-pilot-safer-drug-consumption-facility/
Statement on pilot safer drug consumption facility

The Lord Advocate has responded to a request for a focused statement of prosecution policy in relation to a pilot safer drugs consumption facility in Glasgow.  

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Dear @MLAGoertzen what is your department trying to hide from?
Manitobans are dying.
Why are you are helping the toxic drug supply kill?
These are people.
Your inaction and your politics shouldn't get in the way.
@mpha_outreach @mbhrn @WabKinew #MBPoli #DrugPoli 🧵
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RT @Clydeside_Red
Manitoba fails to submit overdose data https://www.brandonsun.com/local/2022/12/22/manitoba-fails-to-submit-overdose-data via @thebrandonsun
https://twitter.com/Clydeside_Red/status/1605962769592766468
Manitoba fails to submit overdose data

WINNIPEG — Amid a toxic drug crisis killing thousands of Canadians each year, Manitoba was the only province or territory to not share its latest data on overdoses to a federal body examining the issue.

Brandon Sun
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👀When not at work, @ShannonRileyRN does silly things like googly eye banditry! 👀
@kalismethy313 #HarmRediction #cdnpoli #DrugPoli
Tomorrow, Thursday December 8th
10 – noon PT | 11 – 1pm MT | noon – 2pm CT
1 – 3pm ET | 2 – 4 pm AT | 2:30 – 4:30pm NT
https://stimulusconference.ca/stimulus-connect/
Stimulus Connect - Stimulus

#StimulusConnect is not just another webinar, it is an opportunity for Canadian stakeholders in harm reduction and drug policy to come together, learn and network on specific topics.

Stimulus

🧵Kali advocates & fights for #youth #HarmReduction services & education.

Join us at #StimulusConnect 22
Safer Bathrooms on Thursday
10 PT; 11 MT; 12 CT; 1 ET; 2 AT; 2:30 NL
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/7516699977430/WN_OZ7YERFZR_Ogo7mgGIE4Ag
#cdnpoli #vanpoli #DrugPoli #Bathrooms

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Safer Bathrooms ~ Stimulus Connect 22 After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Bienvenue! Vous êtes invité.e.s à joindre ce webinaire: Safer Bathrooms ~ Stimulus Connect 22. Suite à votre inscription vous recevrez un courriel de confirmation pour joindre le webinaire.

Une version en français est disponible ci-bas. People use drugs in bathrooms for a range of reasons. Responding to an overdose in a bathroom is tricky and there are ways of making bathrooms safer. Join us as we learn and discuss the Safer Bathroom Toolkit, which aims to make life saving changes to washrooms in the midst of the toxic drug supply crisis. Stimulus is a program of the Canadian Association of People who Use Drugs (CAPUD) and Canadian Drug Policy Coalition (CDPC) and by registering for Stimulus Connect you have consented to receive future email communications from CDPC. Stimulus est un programme de l’Association canadienne des personnes qui utilisent des drogues (ACPUD) et de la Coalition canadienne des politiques sur les drogues (CCPD) et en vous inscrivant à un webinaire Stimulus, vous consentez à recevoir les communications par courriel du CCPD.

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📽️The unregulated drug supply and people who sell drugs. Watch @Caitlin_Ona from @pivotlegal speak about Thresholds & Necessity Trafficking on #StimulusConnect 16 #NotVillains #DrugPoli
options exists that restores human" rights to people who use drugs" @MsthPetra @elsthomson @_EachAndEvery Dr. Ginetta Salvalggio @momsstoptheharm #DrugPoli
https://edmontonjournal.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-off-ramp-to-drug-crisis-its-safe-supply-supported-housing-and-voluntary-treatment
| Edmonton Journal

In a recent column about the drug poisoning crisis, David Staples proposed an off-ramp from what he describes as a “death highway” running through Chinatown…

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🧵Safer Bathrooms #StimulusConnect will have simultaneous French/English interpretation.
Please invite your municipalities, shelter organizations, businesses, neighbours and activist friends.
This is important for all of us
#HarmReduction #DrugPoli
https://stimulusconference.ca/stimulus-connect/
Stimulus Connect - Stimulus

#StimulusConnect is not just another webinar, it is an opportunity for Canadian stakeholders in harm reduction and drug policy to come together, learn and network on specific topics.

Stimulus