Kinnon Ross
@ksro.bsky.social
Harm reduction nurse
Mr. Taco and Frankie’s mom.
Mr. Taco and Frankie’s mom.
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“Outreach is a core tenet of #harmreduction, a philosophy of care that centres relationship over efficiency, community over control, equity over policy and solidarity over charity.”
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Why harm reduction is actually compassionate care | Broadview Magazine
One doctor explains how it heals communities, even as it faces political backlash.
broadview.org
March 17, 2025 at 3:31 AM
“Outreach is a core tenet of #harmreduction, a philosophy of care that centres relationship over efficiency, community over control, equity over policy and solidarity over charity.”
broadview.org/why-harm-red...
broadview.org/why-harm-red...
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ICYMI: Edmonton set a provincial record for highest weekly opioid poisoning dispatches late February.
You might expect an announcement or drug supply warning from Minister Dan Williams.
Instead, he released without a word a mortality report his Ministry had buried for four years.
You might expect an announcement or drug supply warning from Minister Dan Williams.
Instead, he released without a word a mortality report his Ministry had buried for four years.
Full story, including the mechanisms by which two ministries delayed releasing this critical report even after I submitted a freedom of information request for it: 8/
drugdatadecoded.ca/edmonton-set...
drugdatadecoded.ca/edmonton-set...
Edmonton setting opioid poisoning records while Province quietly hid medical examiner review
Edmonton EMS dispatches for opioid poisoning have hit their highest weekly count ever. While other provincial governments issue warnings, Alberta has been hiding a key mortality report that could have...
drugdatadecoded.ca
March 17, 2025 at 7:23 PM
ICYMI: Edmonton set a provincial record for highest weekly opioid poisoning dispatches late February.
You might expect an announcement or drug supply warning from Minister Dan Williams.
Instead, he released without a word a mortality report his Ministry had buried for four years.
You might expect an announcement or drug supply warning from Minister Dan Williams.
Instead, he released without a word a mortality report his Ministry had buried for four years.
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What happens when parents and guardians can unilaterally obtain court orders to have their kids seized, rendered to isolation and subjected to potential torture, in some cases dozens of times before adulthood, for 20 years?
We don't know. Nobody asked.
drugdatadecoded.ca/survival-of-...
We don't know. Nobody asked.
drugdatadecoded.ca/survival-of-...
Survival of Alberta children forced into abstinence is not monitored
The Alberta government has yet to release its proposed Compassionate Intervention Act but indicated in 2023 that the Act would extend existing legislation for forced abstinence of children to adults. ...
drugdatadecoded.ca
February 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
What happens when parents and guardians can unilaterally obtain court orders to have their kids seized, rendered to isolation and subjected to potential torture, in some cases dozens of times before adulthood, for 20 years?
We don't know. Nobody asked.
drugdatadecoded.ca/survival-of-...
We don't know. Nobody asked.
drugdatadecoded.ca/survival-of-...
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Really wild how people continue to act like RFK Jr.’s problem is his remote history of heroin addiction in sustained recovery and not the fact that he’s a sociopathic, science denying, con artist, who wants kids to die so he can make a buck, which has nothing to do with him using heroin decades ago.
February 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Really wild how people continue to act like RFK Jr.’s problem is his remote history of heroin addiction in sustained recovery and not the fact that he’s a sociopathic, science denying, con artist, who wants kids to die so he can make a buck, which has nothing to do with him using heroin decades ago.
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SCOOP 🧵
Newly released documents show the UCP was working with Red Deer city councillors on the closure of supervised consumption services in 2022.
A February 2024 vote by city council prompted the UCP government to announce the site's closure in September. 1/
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Newly released documents show the UCP was working with Red Deer city councillors on the closure of supervised consumption services in 2022.
A February 2024 vote by city council prompted the UCP government to announce the site's closure in September. 1/
drugdatadecoded.ca/ucp-coordina...
UCP coordinated overdose prevention site closure with Red Deer city councillor
Documents show the United Conservatives were working with city councillors intent on driving the closure of supervised consumption services in Red Deer as early as 2022.
drugdatadecoded.ca
December 15, 2024 at 3:04 PM
SCOOP 🧵
Newly released documents show the UCP was working with Red Deer city councillors on the closure of supervised consumption services in 2022.
A February 2024 vote by city council prompted the UCP government to announce the site's closure in September. 1/
drugdatadecoded.ca/ucp-coordina...
Newly released documents show the UCP was working with Red Deer city councillors on the closure of supervised consumption services in 2022.
A February 2024 vote by city council prompted the UCP government to announce the site's closure in September. 1/
drugdatadecoded.ca/ucp-coordina...
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“This ongoing cycle of violence and abuse is fuelled by racist beliefs and ideas which portray Indigenous peoples as stereotypes that are removed from any semblance of reality,” said Regional Chief Terry Teegee of the B.C. Assembly of First Nations."
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B.C. First Nations leaders demand action after Cree girl restrained, pushed to the ground by security guards
The violent detention of a 16-year-old Cree girl highlights the ongoing racial profiling of Indigenous people, say leaders.
vancouversun.com
November 21, 2024 at 8:20 PM
“This ongoing cycle of violence and abuse is fuelled by racist beliefs and ideas which portray Indigenous peoples as stereotypes that are removed from any semblance of reality,” said Regional Chief Terry Teegee of the B.C. Assembly of First Nations."
vancouversun.com/news/indigen...
vancouversun.com/news/indigen...
This is complete madness.
globalnews.ca/news/1087223...
Never in my previous nursing experience would I have guessed that I’d have to know about shigella, measles, body lice, syphilis, and now, scurvy??? As we race back to the 1800s, I’ll need to crack open a Nightingale text. This is shameful.
Never in my previous nursing experience would I have guessed that I’d have to know about shigella, measles, body lice, syphilis, and now, scurvy??? As we race back to the 1800s, I’ll need to crack open a Nightingale text. This is shameful.
La Ronge, Sask. doctors diagnose 27 cases of scurvy, highlighting food insecurity | Globalnews.ca
When hearing about the uptick in cases, the Saskatoon Food Bank said it's unfortunate we are still talking about scurvy in 2024.
globalnews.ca
November 17, 2024 at 5:01 AM
This is complete madness.
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Vaccine misinformation has been SO normalized.
Need scientific community to speak up (now & often) about what the body of evidence actually says!
We can't let sanewashing & the middle ground fallacy win!
My take (with evidence): healthydebate.ca/2024/09/topi...
Need scientific community to speak up (now & often) about what the body of evidence actually says!
We can't let sanewashing & the middle ground fallacy win!
My take (with evidence): healthydebate.ca/2024/09/topi...
Politics and vaccine misinformation: A horrifyingly bad mix - Healthy Debate
Antivaccine beliefs reside most often on the political right. We must confront this reality and devise evidence-informed strategies to counter this trend.
healthydebate.ca
November 16, 2024 at 5:48 PM
Vaccine misinformation has been SO normalized.
Need scientific community to speak up (now & often) about what the body of evidence actually says!
We can't let sanewashing & the middle ground fallacy win!
My take (with evidence): healthydebate.ca/2024/09/topi...
Need scientific community to speak up (now & often) about what the body of evidence actually says!
We can't let sanewashing & the middle ground fallacy win!
My take (with evidence): healthydebate.ca/2024/09/topi...
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Calgary Council put evidence first—why won’t Recovery Alberta?
SCS save lives, connect people to care, and reduce public harm.
Deflecting responsibility onto cities won’t solve the toxic drug crisis. It’s time for leadership.
By me and @katecolizza.bsky.social
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
SCS save lives, connect people to care, and reduce public harm.
Deflecting responsibility onto cities won’t solve the toxic drug crisis. It’s time for leadership.
By me and @katecolizza.bsky.social
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
It’s time for Recovery Alberta to step up in the toxic drug crisis
oped
calgaryherald.com
November 16, 2024 at 11:18 PM
Calgary Council put evidence first—why won’t Recovery Alberta?
SCS save lives, connect people to care, and reduce public harm.
Deflecting responsibility onto cities won’t solve the toxic drug crisis. It’s time for leadership.
By me and @katecolizza.bsky.social
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
SCS save lives, connect people to care, and reduce public harm.
Deflecting responsibility onto cities won’t solve the toxic drug crisis. It’s time for leadership.
By me and @katecolizza.bsky.social
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
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November 14, 2024 at 4:52 PM
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And we're pleased to announce that if enough of you join our Patreon, we'll buy Postmedia.
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