Druggedfish
@druggedfish.bsky.social
I always support those most oppressed. It is in my DNA.
Passionate about drug policy, mental health, harm reduction, and beneficial drug use! 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 (They/them)
Passionate about drug policy, mental health, harm reduction, and beneficial drug use! 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 (They/them)
Drugs and Escapism
The Hypocrisy of the "War on Drugs"
druggedfishconsulting.substack.com
January 3, 2026 at 8:36 PM
I am in a pretty good place right now. Happy New Year! 🥳 🎏🐡🐠🐟
Fish At Pretty Good Place In Its Life Right Now https://theonion.com/fish-at-pretty-good-place-in-its-life-right-now-1819573188/
January 2, 2026 at 4:14 PM
I am in a pretty good place right now. Happy New Year! 🥳 🎏🐡🐠🐟
When I worked at the detox, boredom was a huge challenge. Clients would expect staff to entertain them b/c they had no capacity to deal with it. How many people left because they were bored? The thing is we need boredom in our lives & we have to know how to manage that emotion! 1/3
It’s more than OK for kids to be bored − it’s good for them
Boredom is a healthy part of life. Experiencing it can help children learn to set goals and make plans.
theconversation.com
December 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
When I worked at the detox, boredom was a huge challenge. Clients would expect staff to entertain them b/c they had no capacity to deal with it. How many people left because they were bored? The thing is we need boredom in our lives & we have to know how to manage that emotion! 1/3
My New Year’s wish list for Vancouver.
1) Remember collectively that #harmreduction works
2) Harm reduction is only needed due to the war on drugs (WODs)
3) Provide a non-medical model supplying a regulated product to anyone that wants it (above 16)
4) Bring humane goals back to the table.
1) Remember collectively that #harmreduction works
2) Harm reduction is only needed due to the war on drugs (WODs)
3) Provide a non-medical model supplying a regulated product to anyone that wants it (above 16)
4) Bring humane goals back to the table.
A Baltimore harm reductionist's Christmas wishlist
As a harm reductionist in Charm City, there's quite a lot on my Christmas list this year. Unfortunately, most of my wishes can only come true if Baltimore officials muster up some sorely missing polit...
mobtownredux.news
December 28, 2025 at 7:02 AM
My New Year’s wish list for Vancouver.
1) Remember collectively that #harmreduction works
2) Harm reduction is only needed due to the war on drugs (WODs)
3) Provide a non-medical model supplying a regulated product to anyone that wants it (above 16)
4) Bring humane goals back to the table.
1) Remember collectively that #harmreduction works
2) Harm reduction is only needed due to the war on drugs (WODs)
3) Provide a non-medical model supplying a regulated product to anyone that wants it (above 16)
4) Bring humane goals back to the table.
If you want two-tier healthcare, go to the US. I lived in the US for 1/2 year. I watched a friend have an asthma attack. After 3 days, they went to the hospital & came home with a $5000 puffer. Do you want that? Healthcare should not be for corporate profits! Sign the petition if you have a ❤️!
URGENT: Stop Two Tier Care. Prime Minister Mark Carney Must Act Now.
We have to defend and promote Universal Public Healthcare before it's too late.
notwotier.ca
December 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
If you want two-tier healthcare, go to the US. I lived in the US for 1/2 year. I watched a friend have an asthma attack. After 3 days, they went to the hospital & came home with a $5000 puffer. Do you want that? Healthcare should not be for corporate profits! Sign the petition if you have a ❤️!
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Gazans face "not just a humanitarian catastrophe but an ecological collapse"
Gazans face "not just a humanitarian catastrophe but an ecological collapse"
Beyond famine and displacement, there's disease, flooding, raw sewage, and environmental devastation.
www.motherjones.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Gazans face "not just a humanitarian catastrophe but an ecological collapse"
I always knew that #Cannabis helped with my #SuicidalIdeation (SI). I am not sure if I would be alive if it wasn’t for #Cannabis! I saw psychiatrists since I was a young. Nothing they did helped like #Cannabis, #Ketamine and #MDMA! Granted the real savour was #EMDR!
Legal Marijuana Access Linked to Fewer Suicides Among Older Adults - Filter
States that opened adult-use marijuana dispensaries saw suicide rates decline among older adults, according to a new scientific analysis of ...
filtermag.org
December 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
If it’s genetic, why am I no longer suffering from Bipolar, Severe Suicidal Ideation, Borderline Personality, Dissociative & Substance Use Disorder? I was told my entire life that I was going to be sick! But I got treated for trauma that I was born with. If it was genetic, would that be possible?
Huge genetic study reveals hidden links between psychiatric conditions
Analysis of more than one million people shows that mental-health disorders fall into five clusters, each of them linked to a specific set of genetic variants.
www.nature.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
If it’s genetic, why am I no longer suffering from Bipolar, Severe Suicidal Ideation, Borderline Personality, Dissociative & Substance Use Disorder? I was told my entire life that I was going to be sick! But I got treated for trauma that I was born with. If it was genetic, would that be possible?
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Major report catalogs environmental, human harms of coca/cocaine prohibition. "Despite these impacts, drug policy reform is almost entirely absent from the climate policy agenda."
Authors outline “ecological harm reduction” approach, reports Alexander Lekhtman:
Authors outline “ecological harm reduction” approach, reports Alexander Lekhtman:
“From Forest to Dust” Shows How Drug Prohibition Drives Climate Crisis - Filter
Drug prohibition is a driver of the climate crisis, outlines a major report by international researchers and policy experts. Both ...
filtermag.org
December 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Major report catalogs environmental, human harms of coca/cocaine prohibition. "Despite these impacts, drug policy reform is almost entirely absent from the climate policy agenda."
Authors outline “ecological harm reduction” approach, reports Alexander Lekhtman:
Authors outline “ecological harm reduction” approach, reports Alexander Lekhtman:
As always, Hilary is bang on.
Humans have always used plant medicines to tend to our pain and heal sickness. The fact that so many people rely on drugs today is not because plant extracts are the problem, it's because we live in a society that exploits our bodies and our environment for profit:
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December 3, 2025 at 4:40 PM
As always, Hilary is bang on.
I sure wish I could go back to my French teacher at Riverbend. I already struggled to learn English. Now they want me to do what? I was put in a classroom with 2 years of previous English. Explain that to a 10 years old that they can’t speak English despite not knowing any other languages.
December 3, 2025 at 6:59 AM
I sure wish I could go back to my French teacher at Riverbend. I already struggled to learn English. Now they want me to do what? I was put in a classroom with 2 years of previous English. Explain that to a 10 years old that they can’t speak English despite not knowing any other languages.
I wrote this on my Substack at the beginning of November. At the end, there is a reminder to public servants (including the military) that they have a duty to refuse illegal orders. #NoMoreDrugWar #Drugsky #NicePeopleUseDrugs #❤️DrugUsers
Escalation of the so-called "War on Drugs"
Extrajudicial killings, disappearances, and corruption by POTUS and the US Administration.
open.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:16 AM
I wrote this on my Substack at the beginning of November. At the end, there is a reminder to public servants (including the military) that they have a duty to refuse illegal orders. #NoMoreDrugWar #Drugsky #NicePeopleUseDrugs #❤️DrugUsers
I think this needs to be applied to the #WarOnDrugs. There are people who understand how the WODs impacts people all over the world. But then there are others that blame drugs for many of the social issues we see such as homelessness and mental health issues. 1/2
A climate scientist reflects on 30 years fighting the 'forces of unreason'
Thirty years ago, the IPCC agreed on a historic finding: “The balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate.”
thebulletin.org
December 1, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I think this needs to be applied to the #WarOnDrugs. There are people who understand how the WODs impacts people all over the world. But then there are others that blame drugs for many of the social issues we see such as homelessness and mental health issues. 1/2
This is the case for all drugs currently “prohibited!” #EndTheWarOnDrugs #NicePeopleTakeDrugs #NoMoreDrugWar #Drugsky
Legalizing Cocaine Is the Only Way to End the Drug War
The war on drugs has failed, and Trump’s deadly boat strikes are only doubling down on decades of failed policy.
theintercept.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:23 PM
This is the case for all drugs currently “prohibited!” #EndTheWarOnDrugs #NicePeopleTakeDrugs #NoMoreDrugWar #Drugsky
This has literally been the case since some drugs were made illegal beginning in 1908. #NoMoreDrugWar #NicePeopleTakeDrugs #IUseDrugs #DrugUserRightsHumanRights #DrugUsersArePeople #EndTheWarOnDrugUsers #DrugSky
This, from Canada, says a lot. It’s also representative of most countries and regions.
‘Commissioner releases statement on toxic drug crisis, calls on government to put politics aside to save lives’
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‘Commissioner releases statement on toxic drug crisis, calls on government to put politics aside to save lives’
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Commissioner releases statement on toxic drug crisis, calls on government to put politics aside to save lives | BC's Office of the Human Rights Commissioner
Commissioner releases statement on toxic drug crisis, calls on government to put politics aside to save lives
bchumanrights.ca
November 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This has literally been the case since some drugs were made illegal beginning in 1908. #NoMoreDrugWar #NicePeopleTakeDrugs #IUseDrugs #DrugUserRightsHumanRights #DrugUsersArePeople #EndTheWarOnDrugUsers #DrugSky
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B.C. drug 'compassion club' reduced overdose risk, lawyer argues in constitutional challenge
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B.C. drug 'compassion club' reduced overdose risk, lawyer argues in constitutional challenge | CBC News
A lawyer for the founders of a Vancouver initiative that provided tested heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine to drug users during the toxic drug crisis says the risk from the street supply is "grossly...
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 2:34 PM
B.C. drug 'compassion club' reduced overdose risk, lawyer argues in constitutional challenge
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Sadly, it’s likely going to take another 1000 people to be charged & found guilty of trafficking before anything changes. I really thought with decriminalization we’d get somewhere but instead we have lies and deception clouding any progress! #EndTheDrugWar #NicePeopleUseDrugs (like Alcohol) #DULF❤️
DULF Founders Guilty of Drug Trafficking | The Tyee
Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum didn’t have permission to sell tested drugs despite good intentions, court finds.
thetyee.ca
November 8, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Sadly, it’s likely going to take another 1000 people to be charged & found guilty of trafficking before anything changes. I really thought with decriminalization we’d get somewhere but instead we have lies and deception clouding any progress! #EndTheDrugWar #NicePeopleUseDrugs (like Alcohol) #DULF❤️
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‘I'm concerned at the number of people who are homeless and the rising issues around mental health,' says Sen. Kim Pate. "I want to see the resources go into housing, health care and supports.’
Liberals' bail and sentencing reform bill bad for everyone says senator, lawyer
The federal government's proposed bail and sentencing reform bill will have a negative effect on Indigenous Peoples.
www.aptnnews.ca
October 31, 2025 at 3:06 PM
‘I'm concerned at the number of people who are homeless and the rising issues around mental health,' says Sen. Kim Pate. "I want to see the resources go into housing, health care and supports.’
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How To Join ICE
How To Join ICE
As Immigration and Customs Enforcement seeks to increase its presence across the country, the agency is actively recruiting new agents to carry out the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign...
theonion.com
October 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
How To Join ICE
As a person helping those deemed incapable of managing their finances, I can confirm that there are many of them in shelters or hospitals bc they have no home & are unable to access care facilities bc they don’t qualify or have capacity to pay for their costs of care.
“Ten or 15 years ago, if you were 40 and in a shelter, you were considered old. Now we’re routinely seeing people in their sixties and seventies.” – Nick Wells, Union Gospel Mission.
Older adults are losing housing faster than ever due to Vancouver's soaring rents.
Read on: tinyurl.com/3b66uz7p
Older adults are losing housing faster than ever due to Vancouver's soaring rents.
Read on: tinyurl.com/3b66uz7p
October 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
As a person helping those deemed incapable of managing their finances, I can confirm that there are many of them in shelters or hospitals bc they have no home & are unable to access care facilities bc they don’t qualify or have capacity to pay for their costs of care.
This includes my parents who are 85 and 78. They leave today to Asia and only managed to get the flu shot. Neither of them have had COVID unlike me. I still have heart issues as a result. If they get it, I suspect they won’t do very well. But hey who cares right? It’s just the flu (no it’s not!!)
Some Albertans struggled to book COVID-19 shots as the province’s fall immunization campaign opened to the general public on Monday… and Health link was flooded with thousands of calls👇
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Some Albertans frustrated and unable to book COVID-19 shots as fall campaign kicks off | CBC News
Some Albertans struggled to book COVID-19 shots as the province’s fall immunization campaign opened to the general public on Monday.
www.cbc.ca
October 21, 2025 at 3:35 PM
This includes my parents who are 85 and 78. They leave today to Asia and only managed to get the flu shot. Neither of them have had COVID unlike me. I still have heart issues as a result. If they get it, I suspect they won’t do very well. But hey who cares right? It’s just the flu (no it’s not!!)
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Jeremy and Erys kept people safe with their actions. Politicians who prevent access to safe alternatives to toxic drugs are the ones who should be charged.
#DULF founders are heroes to me and many other moms!
#DULF founders are heroes to me and many other moms!
> Read about how DULF's co-founders discussed their compassion club with the VPD. VPD reps offered their support for the project. Then the VPD abruptly raided the compassion club and arrested its co-founders:
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Safe Drugs on Trial: DULF’s Trafficking Case Begins | The Tyee
The founders are charged with trafficking. Their lawyers argue they had a legal exemption from drug laws.
thetyee.ca
October 14, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Jeremy and Erys kept people safe with their actions. Politicians who prevent access to safe alternatives to toxic drugs are the ones who should be charged.
#DULF founders are heroes to me and many other moms!
#DULF founders are heroes to me and many other moms!
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Don't worry if people call you a "radical leftist"
Radical leftist simply means you care, and that is normal!
Radical leftist simply means you care, and that is normal!
October 14, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Don't worry if people call you a "radical leftist"
Radical leftist simply means you care, and that is normal!
Radical leftist simply means you care, and that is normal!