Checkout my podcast tonight on my YouTube Channel!! We livestream at 12am EST! "I Can't Make This S%!+ Up!" is about harm reduction, addiction & recovery, my personal story, and my experience being a prison wife. If any of those things you can relate to then check it out! I have a special guest on tonight so it should be a great show!
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Please read my blog post:-
"Tony Blair’s Comments on Mental Health Demand Opposition."
https://newstephie.wordpress.com/2025/01/14/tony-blairs-comments-on-mental-health-demand-opposition/
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*My social justice activist friend, Crystal, was interviewed for this article.*
As the City of Victoria conducts what outreach workers say are deadly sweeps of Pandora Avenue, those who facilitate unhoused individuals into addiction rehabilitation centres say there’s not enough spaces to meet the needs of those who are left on the capital city’s streets.
“What I’m faced with is, where am I sending them?” said Theresa Reeve, executive director of the relatively new non-profit Westcoast Recovery Outreach.
Reeve says private treatment centres only take a select number of government-funded clients, leaving empty beds open for higher paying private clients.
“I could fill up their treatment centre if they would allow me,” said Reeve. “But they only let a few government-funded beds. We need to increase those government funded beds. These people deserve a chance just like everybody else.”
“People having to wait anywhere from two weeks to three months waiting to get into a detox bed is not acceptable. We need a better system now. We just had an election about. Where are all the beds they promised they were going to build?”
The Minister of Health told CHEK News in a statement that her government is adding new services without specifics.
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Mental Health Matters. Every day, all day. Stop and check in with yourself. Take time to connect with your surroundings and experience your senses.
I am terrible about doing so. But I know just how powerful it is to really be present. To put my phone down, put my AirPods away, and just listen, touch, smell, and enjoy the outdoors or somewhere peaceful.
Take care of yourselves. YOU matter.
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