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Thomas D. Embree 🇨🇦<p>I'm watching a documentary of Rob Ford, and as much as I want to dislike the guy, as an addict it affects me seeing the crack video. He obviously needed help, and he wasn't getting it. It's also possible that drug use played an indirect role in his death. </p><p>Substance use isn't a crime, addiction is a personal healthcare issue.</p><p>He was a bad politician, there are plenty of things to criticize. His drug use and addiction are not one of them.</p><p><a href="https://me.dm/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/CdnPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CdnPoli</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/RobFord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RobFord</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/HarmReduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarmReduction</span></a></p>
Thomas D. Embree 🇨🇦<p>This is amazing, but something needs to be done to increase uptake. However, it just goes to show how damaging criminalization of drug use is; instead of using safely, prisoners would rather risk death than risk further criminalization. </p><p>Too many people also believe prisoners "forfeit their rights" (they don't, by law). Prisoners have the same right to life and security of the person you do.</p><p><a href="https://me.dm/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/CdnPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CdnPoli</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/HarmReduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarmReduction</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/kingston-prison-overdose-prevention-service-one-drug-user-1.7562358" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/king</span><span class="invisible">ston-prison-overdose-prevention-service-one-drug-user-1.7562358</span></a></p>
Scottish Lass<p>Waiting for the Van - BBC Radio 4 (2021)</p><p>"I couldn't stand back anymore and just watch people die."</p><p>In September 2020, drug policy activist Peter Krykant decided he'd had enough. The former heroin addict, turned frontline campaigner, bought a minivan and kitted it out with sanitisers and needles, a supply of naloxone- the medication used to reverse an opioid overdose- and a defibrillator..."</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000xzfz" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000xzfz</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PeterKrykant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeterKrykant</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/HarmReduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarmReduction</span></a></p>
sometimes<p>Re-post from Disability Justice Network of Ontario:</p><p>"Bill 10 has passed and, yesterday, received royal assent along with Bills 6 and 17. This bill is a direct attack on drug users and a further weapon to drive housing precarity and discrimination for all tenants, but especially disabled tenants".</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ONPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ONPoli</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Bill10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bill10</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disability</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HarmReduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarmReduction</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a></p>
Ned Yeung<p>The Alberta government has introduced the Compassionate Intervention Act, which enables mandatory addiction treatment and includes new facilities planned for Edmonton and Calgary.</p><p>"This bill presents challenges for physicians and patients. The current evidence does not support that the benefits of involuntary treatment outweigh the risks and costs. In addition, there are questions around medical ethics, human rights, social justice, the role of lawyers as gatekeepers to care and potential harms. Many individuals who use substances have experienced significant trauma, and involuntary treatment carries a real risk of re-traumatization. The potential long-term consequences of mandatory care call for a balanced, rights-based approach to ensure ethical and effective addiction treatment." - Alberta Medical Association</p><p><a href="https://www.albertadoctors.org/news/publications/presidents-letter/compassionate-intervention-act-our-reaction/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">albertadoctors.org/news/public</span><span class="invisible">ations/presidents-letter/compassionate-intervention-act-our-reaction/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/abpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abpoli</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/harmreduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harmreduction</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/addiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>addiction</span></a></p>
Thomas D. Embree 🇨🇦<p>Involuntary drug or mental health "treatment" only causes harm to those it purports to help, to essentially disappear an undesirable group. It does not prevent public drug use, it does not cure mental illness.</p><p><a href="https://me.dm/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/CdnPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CdnPoli</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/HarmReduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarmReduction</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/DrugPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DrugPolicy</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealth</span></a></p>
sometimes<p>+ Ontario Provincial Bill 6 Explainer +</p><p>Bill 6 is meant to intimidate and criminalize People Who Use Drugs (PWUD) and homelessness.</p><p>This explainer was made with the intention of being shared with encampment residents, PWUD, and community, while having conversations about what's coming down the pike and how it will effect people. </p><p>The explainer has been reviewed by---and made possible with the help of---TMU Legal Clinic, the HIV Legal Network, and community. &lt;3</p><p>Please feel free to share, print, and distribute! </p><p>---</p><p>Black and white and colour versions attached.</p><p>If you know a better way for me to share these on Mastodon, other than attaching screenshots, please tell me!</p><p>Screen readable versions are not currently available. Please bear with me as I find ways to make these documents more accessible.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Bill6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bill6</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ontario</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HarmReduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarmReduction</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Encampments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Encampments</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PWUD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PWUD</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StreetOutreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StreetOutreach</span></a></p>
MusiqueNow :pride: ✡️ 🇵🇸 :anarchismhebrew:<p>1 of 3</p><p>What's going on in the formerly-known-as 'liberal bastion', '<a href="https://todon.eu/tags/GayMecca" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GayMecca</span></a>? </p><p> Like many, in recent years, esp. <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>queer</span></a> people, I wanted to give a two-finger salute to where I live &amp; move elsewhere</p><p> Found out wherever you want to go someone frm there tells you they're looking to move to where you live. There r good reasons marginalised people want to say 'FUCK YOU' to where they live, but there's really nowhere to go </p><p> When you talk IRL to people from places you've considered, they remind you that if the place they came from was so great, why are they talking to you in your hometown? </p><p> One of those towns that's no longer a Gay Mecca nor progressive, according to tourists, my parents' ex-pat friends, etc, is <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/SanFrancisco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SanFrancisco</span></a><br> <br> I've learnt a bit about the old place, which is increasingly becoming a rightwing billionaire city</p><p>Mayor Lurie, a rightwing <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/billionaire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaire</span></a> from the <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Levi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Levi</span></a>'sStrauss family, is anti-poor, anti-homeless. He &amp; leopard-food <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/MattDorsey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MattDorsey</span></a> (gay rightwing former cop 🐷 &amp; drug addict who hates ProPalestinian protesters &amp; cosplays as a politician, parachuted into Town Hall by pseudo-lib exMayor Breed) diss '<a href="https://todon.eu/tags/HarmReduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarmReduction</span></a> for addicts in favour of 'AbstinenceOnly'</p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/DanLurie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DanLurie</span></a> is also has support from the <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/BrionesSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrionesSociety</span></a> (a rightwing orgn). </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/NoToBillionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoToBillionaires</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>And yes, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Fentanyl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fentanyl</span></a> is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6KnVTYtSc0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">so dangerous,</a> even most <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Darknet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Darknet</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Markets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Markets</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Forums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Forums</span></a> ban that shit for that reason alone and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/dealers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dealers</span></a> started to offer free Test Kits to check for it in their merchandise.</p><ul><li>Cuz it's one thing to draw attention for a <em><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VictimlessCrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VictimlessCrime</span></a></em> but having an actual body count escalates things very quickly, cuz then it's not a <em>"narcotics"</em> but a <em>"murder"</em> division taking on the cases!</li></ul><p>OFC, this is due to the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpioidCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpioidCrisis</span></a> started with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Oxycontin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oxycontin</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Oxycodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oxycodon</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/criminalization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminalization</span></a> isn't helping anyone.</p><ul><li>What is needed is <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HarmReduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarmReduction</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Outreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Outreach</span></a> efforts, but that would require a different <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Government</span></a> not just in the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a>!</li></ul>
Bruce Mirken<p>Cutting <a href="https://mas.to/tags/overdose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>overdose</span></a> deaths: Progress comes from <a href="https://mas.to/tags/HarmReduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarmReduction</span></a>, NOT the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/WarOnDrugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarOnDrugs</span></a>. <a href="https://truthout.org/articles/experts-credit-harm-reduction-not-border-cops-for-27-drop-in-overdose-deaths/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">truthout.org/articles/experts-</span><span class="invisible">credit-harm-reduction-not-border-cops-for-27-drop-in-overdose-deaths/</span></a></p>
sometimes<p>🖤 If you care about harm reduction, people who use drugs (PWUD), and unhoused community, watch out for these upcoming Ontario Bills.</p><p>Bill 6: (previously Bill 242) criminalises people using substances in “public places” and in “structures”; and expands the Trespass to Property Act — a concern for PWUD, unhoused people at encampments, may also be used against various people simply on so-called “private property” — possible penalty includes arrest without warrant, max $10,000 fine, and/or imprisonment — urgent: second reading tomorrow afternoon (Tuesday May 6) will likely be pushed through without little debate.<br><a href="https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/bills/parliament-44/session-1/bill-6" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ola.org/en/legislative-busines</span><span class="invisible">s/bills/parliament-44/session-1/bill-6</span></a></p><p>Bill 10: (schedule 8) penalises residential and commercial (private and non-profit) landlords seen as permitting or participating in drug production or trafficking (including cannabis); and provides for recovery of enforcement costs (extensive $) — a concern for tenants who use drugs, sublet-ers, social housing providers, other social service providers (e.g., shelters, drop-ins, existing/medical centre integrated versions of OPSs/SCSs, etc.), and possibly dispensaries and similar. <a href="https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/bills/parliament-44/session-1/bill-10" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ola.org/en/legislative-busines</span><span class="invisible">s/bills/parliament-44/session-1/bill-10</span></a></p><p>Bill 238: (schedule 2) gives Minister power to enforce emergency measures on municipalities and service providers — possibility of being used against encampments and harm reduction services — comes with threat of service or municipal defunding, funding cuts (e.g., diminishing or eliminating homelessness related funding for not clearing encampments), or fines (a max of $5,000 for individuals to a max 25,000 otherwise).<br><a href="https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/bills/parliament-43/session-1/bill-238" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ola.org/en/legislative-busines</span><span class="invisible">s/bills/parliament-43/session-1/bill-238</span></a></p><p>Bill 9: addresses municipal councillor conduct with penalties — possibility of being weaponised against Councillors who dissent from Conservatives. <a href="https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/bills/parliament-44/session-1/bill-9" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ola.org/en/legislative-busines</span><span class="invisible">s/bills/parliament-44/session-1/bill-9</span></a></p><p>Through the grapevine: possible Bill proposal coming up for forcing incarcerated people into drug treatment.</p><p>Disclaimer: Much of this information arises from community and ought to be credited to community &lt;3 Also, this is an interpretation of legislature from someone with no formal legal training. Here is a link to that legislature:<a href="https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/bills/current" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ola.org/en/legislative-busines</span><span class="invisible">s/bills/current</span></a><br>This information is intended to be informative and not reactionary. Please be in touch if you know more.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HarmReduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarmReduction</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SafeConsumptionSites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SafeConsumptionSites</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OverdosePreventionSites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OverdosePreventionSites</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Homelessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Homelessness</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ontario</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Toronto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Toronto</span></a></p>
Thomas D. Embree 🇨🇦<p>Carney does no have a drug policy planned out. This is unfortunate, especially when there is a risk of Canada moving right of center with a banker in power. We will continue to see drug users ignored by our governments.</p><p><a href="https://me.dm/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/CdnPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CdnPoli</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/HarmReduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarmReduction</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/DrugPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DrugPolicy</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/Opioids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Opioids</span></a></p>
Thomas D. Embree 🇨🇦<p>We need to stop this idea that drug diversion of any kind is bad. If safe supply is diverted, it means safe supply is supplanting illicitly produced drugs. It means people are safer.</p><p>Diversion of safe supply is still safe supply. </p><p><a href="https://me.dm/tags/SafeSupply" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SafeSupply</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/HarmReduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarmReduction</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/DrugPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DrugPolicy</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/Opioids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Opioids</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/OpioidCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpioidCrisis</span></a></p>
Justice for Willie Simmons<p>Crackdown</p><p>Surviving and Resisting the War on Drugs</p><p>Part memoir, part manifesto, Crackdown is a story of the drug war, told from the frontlines.</p><p><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/700597/crackdown-by-garth-mullins/9780385674898" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/70</span><span class="invisible">0597/crackdown-by-garth-mullins/9780385674898</span></a></p><p>The producer of one of the best podcasts out there has published a book. He is a great story teller.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/abolition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abolition</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/abolition" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>abolition</span></a></span> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/harmreduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harmreduction</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a></p>
Blake Hamilton<p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-introduces-controversial-involuntary-addictions-treatment-bill-1.7511051" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/al</span><span class="invisible">berta-introduces-controversial-involuntary-addictions-treatment-bill-1.7511051</span></a> </p><p>Alberta’s new involuntary addiction treatment bill confuses coercion for care. Evidence shows forced treatment rarely works—what we need is housing, harm reduction, and real support, not more control dressed up as compassion.<br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ableg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ableg</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/harmreduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harmreduction</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a></p>
Thomas D. Embree 🇨🇦<p>Reading an article about a conservative Gen Z influencer who became far-right after someone "who appeared to be on fentanyl" punched him in the head. That guy is probably dead or dying, but this dude will only ever care about a bruise long gone.</p><p><a href="https://me.dm/tags/HarmReduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarmReduction</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/DrugPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DrugPolicy</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/Fentanyl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fentanyl</span></a></p>
Psychedelic Institute<p>Ketamine for mental health - A naturalistic inventory of prescribing practices, safety, and adverse effects (Stuart, et al, 2025) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ketamine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ketamine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ketamineassistedtherapy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ketamineassistedtherapy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ketamineassistedpsychotherapy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ketamineassistedpsychotherapy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ketamine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ketamine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psychedelic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>psychedelic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psychedelics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>psychedelics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psychedelicassistedpsychotherapy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>psychedelicassistedpsychotherapy</span></a> Treating all ketamine administration like anesthesia decreases access, increases stigmatization adding to confusion and panic surrounding this medicine. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mentalhealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/drugsafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drugsafety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/harmreduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harmreduction</span></a> <a href="https://journals.plos.org/mentalhealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmen.0000215" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">journals.plos.org/mentalhealth</span><span class="invisible">/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmen.0000215</span></a></p>
Psychedelic Institute<p><a href="https://psychedelicmentalhealth.net/spotlight-ketamine-for-mental-health-a-naturalistic-inventory-of-prescribing-practices-safety-and-adverse-effects-stuart-et-al-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">psychedelicmentalhealth.net/sp</span><span class="invisible">otlight-ketamine-for-mental-health-a-naturalistic-inventory-of-prescribing-practices-safety-and-adverse-effects-stuart-et-al-2025/</span></a> Ketamine for mental health - A naturalistic inventory of prescribing practices, safety, and adverse effects (Stuart, et al, 2025) "there are no reports of hypertensive emergency with ketamine treatment in the literature, or in this survey of real world use" <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ketamine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ketamine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ketamineassistedpsychotherapy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ketamineassistedpsychotherapy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ketaminetherapy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ketaminetherapy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psychedelic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>psychedelic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psychedelics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>psychedelics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/drugsafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drugsafety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psychedelictherapy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>psychedelictherapy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psychedelicassistedpsychotherapy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>psychedelicassistedpsychotherapy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/harmreduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harmreduction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mentalhealth</span></a></p>
Psychedelic Institute<p><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-91894-0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41598-025</span><span class="invisible">-91894-0</span></a> Effects of marijuana and tobacco on male fertility and their relationship to genetic variation of mitochondrial cytochrome C oxidase genes (Amor, et al, 2025) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cannabis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cannabis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sperm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sperm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/marijuana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>marijuana</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/male" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>male</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fertility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fertility</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/drugsafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drugsafety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/harmreduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harmreduction</span></a></p>
Psychedelic Institute<p>Ketamine as part of multi-modal analgesia may reduce <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opioid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opioid</span></a> requirements following cardiac surgery: a retrospective observational cohort study (Hall, et al, 2025) <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40181432/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/401814</span><span class="invisible">32/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ketamine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ketamine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ketaminesafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ketaminesafety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cardiacicu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cardiacicu</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/painmanagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>painmanagement</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cardiaccare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cardiaccare</span></a> Note - ketamine found safe to use post heart surgery for pain management with no cases of respiratory depression or mortalities. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psychedelic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>psychedelic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psychedelics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>psychedelics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psychedelicresearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>psychedelicresearch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/harmreduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harmreduction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/drugsafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drugsafety</span></a></p>