Harm Reduction Action Collective (HRAC)
@hracollective.bsky.social
We are an independent, non-government affiliated grassroots collective of harm reductionists, organizers, activists, and advocates spanning across Canada.
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📣 DULF found guilty for life-saving compassion club 📣
But WAIT! Not so fast…
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But WAIT! Not so fast…
drugdatadecoded.ca/court-finds-...
Court finds DULF guilty for compassion club "heralded as success"
Convictions are on hold as the compassion club founders prepare for a Charter challenge to begin on November 24.
drugdatadecoded.ca
November 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM
📣 DULF found guilty for life-saving compassion club 📣
But WAIT! Not so fast…
drugdatadecoded.ca/court-finds-...
But WAIT! Not so fast…
drugdatadecoded.ca/court-finds-...
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In this past decade of mass death, there were timid steps in the right direction - at first. But the most coherent, passionate response from the state (and its various apparatus) has been to smash DULF, hire more cops & roll back what little harm reduction we had won.
Breaking: the founders of DULF have been found guilty of three counts of drug trafficking. @michellegamage.bsky.social will have the full story later today thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
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
November 7, 2025 at 9:03 PM
In this past decade of mass death, there were timid steps in the right direction - at first. But the most coherent, passionate response from the state (and its various apparatus) has been to smash DULF, hire more cops & roll back what little harm reduction we had won.
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Founders of groundbreaking Vancouver compassion club found guilty of drug trafficking
Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum, who sold club members drugs they had tested for safety, plan to launch a constitutional challenge against Canada's drug laws on November 24.
pressprogress.ca/founders-of-...
Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum, who sold club members drugs they had tested for safety, plan to launch a constitutional challenge against Canada's drug laws on November 24.
pressprogress.ca/founders-of-...
Founders of groundbreaking Vancouver compassion club found guilty of drug trafficking
Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum, who sold club members drugs they had tested for safety, plan to launch a constitutional challenge against Canada's drug laws on November 24.
pressprogress.ca
November 7, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Founders of groundbreaking Vancouver compassion club found guilty of drug trafficking
Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum, who sold club members drugs they had tested for safety, plan to launch a constitutional challenge against Canada's drug laws on November 24.
pressprogress.ca/founders-of-...
Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum, who sold club members drugs they had tested for safety, plan to launch a constitutional challenge against Canada's drug laws on November 24.
pressprogress.ca/founders-of-...
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Survey Results from Mayoral Candidates: part 1
#yegcc #yegmunicpalelections #yegelections2025 #yegmayor #yegmunicipalelections2025
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October 8, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Survey Results from Mayoral Candidates: part 1
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join us for an evening of solidarity with our friends at Stop the Stack YYC. Sept 1 2025 | 5pm pst
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August 24, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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Today, on #SupportDontPunish, we stand in solidarity with people impacted by harmful drug policies — in Canada and around the world.
🔗 Explore more articles and resources: linktr.ee/candrugpolicy
🔗 Explore more articles and resources: linktr.ee/candrugpolicy
June 26, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Today, on #SupportDontPunish, we stand in solidarity with people impacted by harmful drug policies — in Canada and around the world.
🔗 Explore more articles and resources: linktr.ee/candrugpolicy
🔗 Explore more articles and resources: linktr.ee/candrugpolicy
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The evidence does not support involuntary treatment for substance use. 🧵
June 26, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The evidence does not support involuntary treatment for substance use. 🧵
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"The ongoing loss of life is not inevitable — it's a consequence of political choices."
- @jervaler.bsky.social , @bcgreens.bsky.social
and other choices are possible.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
- @jervaler.bsky.social , @bcgreens.bsky.social
and other choices are possible.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
April sees increase in toxic drug deaths in B.C., as coroner reports 165 fatalities | CBC News
The B.C. Coroners Service says April was the first time in six months that more than 160 deaths were recorded due to toxic drugs.
www.cbc.ca
June 26, 2025 at 11:07 PM
"The ongoing loss of life is not inevitable — it's a consequence of political choices."
- @jervaler.bsky.social , @bcgreens.bsky.social
and other choices are possible.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
- @jervaler.bsky.social , @bcgreens.bsky.social
and other choices are possible.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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At @hracollective.bsky.social's #SupportDontPunish event, @chrisnayler.bsky.social shared how "the drugs gave me 3 extra years with my son" - they alleviated his symptoms. But without a safe supply, Ryan lost his life. It's not complicated, but it is political cowardice.
❤️ to @ryanshope.bsky.social
❤️ to @ryanshope.bsky.social
June 26, 2025 at 8:34 PM
At @hracollective.bsky.social's #SupportDontPunish event, @chrisnayler.bsky.social shared how "the drugs gave me 3 extra years with my son" - they alleviated his symptoms. But without a safe supply, Ryan lost his life. It's not complicated, but it is political cowardice.
❤️ to @ryanshope.bsky.social
❤️ to @ryanshope.bsky.social
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"The moment we embraced #HarmReduction was the moment it changed, for both of us" - paraphrasing @harmreduxnurse.bsky.social & B from @4bharmredux.bsky.social at @hracollective.bsky.social's event. Moving to see you advocating for #SupportDontPunish approaches side-by-side.
June 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
"The moment we embraced #HarmReduction was the moment it changed, for both of us" - paraphrasing @harmreduxnurse.bsky.social & B from @4bharmredux.bsky.social at @hracollective.bsky.social's event. Moving to see you advocating for #SupportDontPunish approaches side-by-side.
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Spending this rainy Thurs listening to @hracollective.bsky.social's excellent #SupportDontPunish webinar while reading through the just-released UNODC 2025 World Drug Report, which estimates that 316 mil ppl used illegal drugs last year, incl. 61 mil users of unregulated opioids,
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June 26, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Spending this rainy Thurs listening to @hracollective.bsky.social's excellent #SupportDontPunish webinar while reading through the just-released UNODC 2025 World Drug Report, which estimates that 316 mil ppl used illegal drugs last year, incl. 61 mil users of unregulated opioids,
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@hivlegalnetwork.bsky.social and @hracollective.bsky.social are co-hosting a series of incredible speakers from across the country to mark the annual Global Day of Action!
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June 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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“It’s not the institutions that push these policies forward, it’s the people.”
briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/vie...
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Going to the root: harm reduction to combat racism and imperialism
Addressing toxic drug supply through harm reduction principles is necessary to challenge racism, exploitation, and imperial power
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June 18, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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We’ve teamed up with @hracollective.bsky.social to host a special event with people from across Canada speaking to the harms of drug criminalization in Canada as part of the 'Support. Don’t Punish' global day of action on June 26.
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June 17, 2025 at 5:56 PM
We’ve teamed up with @hracollective.bsky.social to host a special event with people from across Canada speaking to the harms of drug criminalization in Canada as part of the 'Support. Don’t Punish' global day of action on June 26.
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this isn't new information, the trend was obvious and communicated in 2018 in B.C., this mode of consumption normal practice. governments and their experts talk about injection sites and heroin and implement pilot projects five years too late
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Despite 'massive shift' towards smoking over injection, Ontario has only 1 supervised drug inhalation space | CBC News
A small specialty hospital in Toronto contains the province’s only supervised inhalation space - even as the number of Ontarians who appear to be dying of opioid overdoses after smoking drugs has more...
www.cbc.ca
June 17, 2025 at 3:44 AM
this isn't new information, the trend was obvious and communicated in 2018 in B.C., this mode of consumption normal practice. governments and their experts talk about injection sites and heroin and implement pilot projects five years too late
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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This is a shamefully biased article from the Times Colonist—the author uses negative framing to guide readers towards viewing harm reduction as “questionable” or “unsafe”.
“So-called supervised-consumption sites”…”crack-pipe-dispensing vending machine”
#bcpoli
“So-called supervised-consumption sites”…”crack-pipe-dispensing vending machine”
#bcpoli
June 13, 2025 at 7:29 AM
This is a shamefully biased article from the Times Colonist—the author uses negative framing to guide readers towards viewing harm reduction as “questionable” or “unsafe”.
“So-called supervised-consumption sites”…”crack-pipe-dispensing vending machine”
#bcpoli
“So-called supervised-consumption sites”…”crack-pipe-dispensing vending machine”
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Show up Saturday at noon at Kitchener City Hall to protect the health and safety of people lacking housing/shelter (Bill 6) and the ecology of Ontario (Bill 5) from a hostile, provincial government. #ProtectOntario
May 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Show up Saturday at noon at Kitchener City Hall to protect the health and safety of people lacking housing/shelter (Bill 6) and the ecology of Ontario (Bill 5) from a hostile, provincial government. #ProtectOntario
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On May 29, the BC government will face a federal legal challenge concerning the province’s longstanding and expanding use of its Mental Health Act to detain people under involuntary treatment. 1/
drugdatadecoded.ca/bc-governmen...
On May 29, the BC government will face a federal legal challenge concerning the province’s longstanding and expanding use of its Mental Health Act to detain people under involuntary treatment. 1/
drugdatadecoded.ca/bc-governmen...
BC government faces legal challenge as national news media promote forced abstinence
Two long-form articles in national news outlets are promoting the BC government's "secure care" policy the same week that the government faces a pivotal legal challenge on its expansive interpretation...
drugdatadecoded.ca
May 28, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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On May 29, the BC government will face a federal legal challenge concerning the province’s longstanding and expanding use of its Mental Health Act to detain people under involuntary treatment. 1/
drugdatadecoded.ca/bc-governmen...
On May 29, the BC government will face a federal legal challenge concerning the province’s longstanding and expanding use of its Mental Health Act to detain people under involuntary treatment. 1/
drugdatadecoded.ca/bc-governmen...
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“This drop does not mean the crisis is over," Shreeta Waldon of the Kentucky Harm Reduction Coalition tells Alexander Lekhtman. "It means some of our strategies are working, and now is the time to really double down and not scale back.”
Overdose Deaths Fell in 2024: What's Driving This, and Will It Last?
New CDC data show a 27 percent decrease nationwide. There are many caveats and threats to this progress.
filtermag.org
May 20, 2025 at 3:53 PM
“This drop does not mean the crisis is over," Shreeta Waldon of the Kentucky Harm Reduction Coalition tells Alexander Lekhtman. "It means some of our strategies are working, and now is the time to really double down and not scale back.”