Euan Thomson
@drugdatadecoded.ca
Investigations on Alberta’s drug war revival: www.drugdatadecoded.ca
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Euan Thomson
@drugdatadecoded.ca
· Sep 26
🧵 My story, "What's Wrong With Rehab?" won Gold for Long-Form at Alberta Magazine Awards last night!
Thanks to @albertaviews.bsky.social & all who shared expertise: Brandon Shaw, Esther Tailfeathers, @ehyshka.bsky.social, David Hodgins & recovery workers. 1/
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Thanks to @albertaviews.bsky.social & all who shared expertise: Brandon Shaw, Esther Tailfeathers, @ehyshka.bsky.social, David Hodgins & recovery workers. 1/
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Fun fact: the word "mushroom" derives from the name of a 14th century French guy named John Mussheron.
He didn't discover mushrooms or research them or anything, people just started pointing at mushrooms and going "this your brother, John?" and making it a whole thing.
He didn't discover mushrooms or research them or anything, people just started pointing at mushrooms and going "this your brother, John?" and making it a whole thing.
February 10, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Fun fact: the word "mushroom" derives from the name of a 14th century French guy named John Mussheron.
He didn't discover mushrooms or research them or anything, people just started pointing at mushrooms and going "this your brother, John?" and making it a whole thing.
He didn't discover mushrooms or research them or anything, people just started pointing at mushrooms and going "this your brother, John?" and making it a whole thing.
SCOOP
A year ago, the Alberta government said it was building 2 drug jails for detainment and forced withdrawal of people who use drugs, in Calgary and Edmonton.
Turns out another was planned for Grande Prairie.
Any others? Seems likely.
drugdatadecoded.ca/alberta-gove...
A year ago, the Alberta government said it was building 2 drug jails for detainment and forced withdrawal of people who use drugs, in Calgary and Edmonton.
Turns out another was planned for Grande Prairie.
Any others? Seems likely.
drugdatadecoded.ca/alberta-gove...
Alberta government hiding additional drug jail plans
Newly obtained documents reveal a hidden plan to build a drug jail in Grande Prairie, raising questions about how many additional facilities are in the works.
drugdatadecoded.ca
February 10, 2026 at 1:00 AM
SCOOP
A year ago, the Alberta government said it was building 2 drug jails for detainment and forced withdrawal of people who use drugs, in Calgary and Edmonton.
Turns out another was planned for Grande Prairie.
Any others? Seems likely.
drugdatadecoded.ca/alberta-gove...
A year ago, the Alberta government said it was building 2 drug jails for detainment and forced withdrawal of people who use drugs, in Calgary and Edmonton.
Turns out another was planned for Grande Prairie.
Any others? Seems likely.
drugdatadecoded.ca/alberta-gove...
The Alberta government appears to be secretly building drug jails beyond the two announced in Calgary and Edmonton.
drugdatadecoded.ca/alberta-gove...
drugdatadecoded.ca/alberta-gove...
Alberta government hiding additional drug jail plans
Newly obtained documents reveal a hidden plan to build a drug jail in Grande Prairie, raising questions about how many additional facilities are in the works.
drugdatadecoded.ca
February 10, 2026 at 12:25 AM
The Alberta government appears to be secretly building drug jails beyond the two announced in Calgary and Edmonton.
drugdatadecoded.ca/alberta-gove...
drugdatadecoded.ca/alberta-gove...
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BREAKING: We’re dropping our agreement with the BC NDP.
To renew our agreement, we asked for material action.
Eby’s NDP plainly refused.
So we’d like to share a new agreement with YOU. We agree to fight for affordability, take on the establishment, and stand with the working people of BC, always.
To renew our agreement, we asked for material action.
Eby’s NDP plainly refused.
So we’d like to share a new agreement with YOU. We agree to fight for affordability, take on the establishment, and stand with the working people of BC, always.
February 9, 2026 at 9:30 PM
BREAKING: We’re dropping our agreement with the BC NDP.
To renew our agreement, we asked for material action.
Eby’s NDP plainly refused.
So we’d like to share a new agreement with YOU. We agree to fight for affordability, take on the establishment, and stand with the working people of BC, always.
To renew our agreement, we asked for material action.
Eby’s NDP plainly refused.
So we’d like to share a new agreement with YOU. We agree to fight for affordability, take on the establishment, and stand with the working people of BC, always.
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Great analysis in this episode about the UCP misrepresenting data around ambulance calls for drug poisoning (citing @drugdatadecoded.ca)
and the false claims about crime near consumption sites.
At 13 min, better yet listen to the whole episode of #ABpoli @thebreakdownab.bsky.social!
and the false claims about crime near consumption sites.
At 13 min, better yet listen to the whole episode of #ABpoli @thebreakdownab.bsky.social!
New episode!
It's another Alberta Politics Roundup as well as deep dives on separatism and Smith's continued assault on the rule of law!
Listen everywhere you get your pods!
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
It's another Alberta Politics Roundup as well as deep dives on separatism and Smith's continued assault on the rule of law!
Listen everywhere you get your pods!
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
Episode 8.08 - February 8th, 2026 Alberta Politics Roundup!
Podcast Episode · The Breakdown With Nate Pike · 2026-02-09 · 2h 14m
podcasts.apple.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Great analysis in this episode about the UCP misrepresenting data around ambulance calls for drug poisoning (citing @drugdatadecoded.ca)
and the false claims about crime near consumption sites.
At 13 min, better yet listen to the whole episode of #ABpoli @thebreakdownab.bsky.social!
and the false claims about crime near consumption sites.
At 13 min, better yet listen to the whole episode of #ABpoli @thebreakdownab.bsky.social!
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What's your favourite Canada fact? Mine is that the RCMP bombed an oil site in Alberta in 1998 "with the full support of the energy company that owned it" and blamed a farmer for it.
RCMP bombed oil site in 'dirty tricks' campaign | CBC News
www.cbc.ca
February 9, 2026 at 7:16 PM
What's your favourite Canada fact? Mine is that the RCMP bombed an oil site in Alberta in 1998 "with the full support of the energy company that owned it" and blamed a farmer for it.
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🔳 CBC INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER, CHRIS: “Madam, you were one of the main hosts at the recent Conservative Convention.
Could I ask how the 2500 people who voted at Pierre Poilievre’s ‘Leadership Review’ were selected?”
🔳 CONSERVATIVE MP (*FROM OKLAHOMA), MICHELLE REMPEL GARNER : 🏃♀️ 💨
Could I ask how the 2500 people who voted at Pierre Poilievre’s ‘Leadership Review’ were selected?”
🔳 CONSERVATIVE MP (*FROM OKLAHOMA), MICHELLE REMPEL GARNER : 🏃♀️ 💨
February 8, 2026 at 5:17 PM
🔳 CBC INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER, CHRIS: “Madam, you were one of the main hosts at the recent Conservative Convention.
Could I ask how the 2500 people who voted at Pierre Poilievre’s ‘Leadership Review’ were selected?”
🔳 CONSERVATIVE MP (*FROM OKLAHOMA), MICHELLE REMPEL GARNER : 🏃♀️ 💨
Could I ask how the 2500 people who voted at Pierre Poilievre’s ‘Leadership Review’ were selected?”
🔳 CONSERVATIVE MP (*FROM OKLAHOMA), MICHELLE REMPEL GARNER : 🏃♀️ 💨
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Us: There are huge modern problems we need the media to seriously address and discuss 😮
The New York Times: Reefer Madness, 1933, got it 👍🏼
The New York Times: Reefer Madness, 1933, got it 👍🏼
Opinion | It’s Time for America to Admit That It Has a Marijuana Problem
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Us: There are huge modern problems we need the media to seriously address and discuss 😮
The New York Times: Reefer Madness, 1933, got it 👍🏼
The New York Times: Reefer Madness, 1933, got it 👍🏼
betcha didn’t expect trump to turn You into a conspiracy theorist
February 8, 2026 at 10:00 PM
betcha didn’t expect trump to turn You into a conspiracy theorist
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how do you do, fellow kids. how about those narcotics
February 8, 2026 at 6:40 PM
how do you do, fellow kids. how about those narcotics
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To wit: this isn’t the easiest thing to do, but if you’re wondering if the new guy at the action/protest is an undercover, and they use the term “narcotic” in conversation, you have your answer. It just slips out of them.
Narcotic is a cop term. It has no real meaning outside of cop land. Using it in healthcare is lazy as hell, mostly because it has no real definition, and at best it means “drugs that DEA stays up my ass about”.
February 7, 2026 at 11:21 PM
To wit: this isn’t the easiest thing to do, but if you’re wondering if the new guy at the action/protest is an undercover, and they use the term “narcotic” in conversation, you have your answer. It just slips out of them.
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Feel like there has been a lot of “conspiracy theorists were right” but what actually happened was victims were and that’s much harder to accept for most people
This conspiratorial thinking is actually the easy way out that ignores addressing real, solvable problems that contribute to victim’s deaths. It ignores failures of the justice system, not fictional shadowy figures and assassins, to keep her safe. It ignores how she was punished by the courts
February 8, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Feel like there has been a lot of “conspiracy theorists were right” but what actually happened was victims were and that’s much harder to accept for most people
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I may look like a police but I am not one, just a regular bald guy with a moustache not a police
February 8, 2026 at 5:27 PM
I may look like a police but I am not one, just a regular bald guy with a moustache not a police
“Ok, now pour all those beers down the sink. Don’t worry, you get used to it.”
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Always wash your hands before you leave the lab"
"Always wash your hands before you leave the lab"
"What's the method variability?"
February 8, 2026 at 3:16 PM
“Ok, now pour all those beers down the sink. Don’t worry, you get used to it.”
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A sweeping boycott has begun — targeting tech giants who participants believe are enabling President Trump and his immigration crackdown.
DVDs and public transit: Boycott drives people to ditch Big Tech to protest ICE
A sweeping boycott has begun — targeting tech giants who participants believe are enabling President Trump and his immigration crackdown.
n.pr
February 8, 2026 at 6:48 AM
A sweeping boycott has begun — targeting tech giants who participants believe are enabling President Trump and his immigration crackdown.
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There is simply no moral argument for allowing war criminals to compete at the Olympics.
February 8, 2026 at 1:32 PM
There is simply no moral argument for allowing war criminals to compete at the Olympics.
I’m a plover boy
🐦 💘 It's the season for lovebirds! 💘 🦅
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But ... which bird? From the iconic goose to the snowy owl, from monogamous to poly, there’s got to be one out there for you. Our Valentine's Day quiz will reveal the Canadian bird that best meets your relationship needs.
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Take our Valentine’s Day quiz to find the nest-mate of your dreams — and get a card to share
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February 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
I’m a plover boy
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There's no other explanation for why the Canada Post CEO who's been in charge for the last 7 years as it craters still has his job, except that he's doing the job that the Liberals want him to do.
February 7, 2026 at 7:18 PM
There's no other explanation for why the Canada Post CEO who's been in charge for the last 7 years as it craters still has his job, except that he's doing the job that the Liberals want him to do.
I mean Tesla is giving a trillion dollars to a creator with a history of racist, Hitler-supporting posts so
X awards $1 million to creator with a history of racist, Hitler-supporting posts
www.nbcnews.com/tech/interne...
www.nbcnews.com/tech/interne...
X awards $1 million prize to creator with history of racist posts
X said it would give $1 million to a user who had previously shared racist posts, including one supporting Hitler.
www.nbcnews.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:17 PM
I mean Tesla is giving a trillion dollars to a creator with a history of racist, Hitler-supporting posts so
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ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
February 7, 2026 at 5:54 PM
ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
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Note that this is local police not ICE or CPD attacking these young people. Local police are working overtime to distance themselves from ICE/CPD. Don't buy the hype.
I feel like Los Angeles is a place where people expect ICE to happen because the kidnappings have been happening to my home city for decades, so there’s less media attention to it now. and I want folks to see that in LA, Latine students are organizing major protests & the police are attacking them
LAPD Charges at Hundreds of High School Students in Peaceful Walkout Protest at MDC ~ L.A. TACO
LAPD arrested at least two teenagers protesting ICE raids in Los Angeles yesterday. They were also seen corresponding with ICE agents on Alameda Street during the demonstrations.
lataco.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Note that this is local police not ICE or CPD attacking these young people. Local police are working overtime to distance themselves from ICE/CPD. Don't buy the hype.
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I get this is well-meaning, but I reiterate how terrible of an idea this is.
Security clearances are granted by the executive branch: the minister (who in most cases delegates to beurocrats)
This proposal effectively lets the government choose its opposition. Please see how this can be abused.
Security clearances are granted by the executive branch: the minister (who in most cases delegates to beurocrats)
This proposal effectively lets the government choose its opposition. Please see how this can be abused.
Bruce Fanjoy has launched a petition to require all federal party leaders to obtain and maintain top security clearance.
It's open for a couple of months.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
It's open for a couple of months.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Petition e-7148 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
February 7, 2026 at 11:16 AM
I get this is well-meaning, but I reiterate how terrible of an idea this is.
Security clearances are granted by the executive branch: the minister (who in most cases delegates to beurocrats)
This proposal effectively lets the government choose its opposition. Please see how this can be abused.
Security clearances are granted by the executive branch: the minister (who in most cases delegates to beurocrats)
This proposal effectively lets the government choose its opposition. Please see how this can be abused.
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I know we’re overly habituated to it, but this is some truly shameful cowardice: a news network afraid to show what happened at a globally watched event
February 7, 2026 at 9:54 AM
I know we’re overly habituated to it, but this is some truly shameful cowardice: a news network afraid to show what happened at a globally watched event