NotANarc
@nobill53ab.bsky.social
Healthcare professionals against the Compassionate Intervention Act (Bill 53) in Alberta. Committed to providing education, support, and resources so we can better care for patients, each other, and community.
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Share this material with colleagues, talk about the Act, wear a pin or sticker - let others know where you stand on the Compassionate Intervention Act! If you would like copies of the logo or educational brochures, please send us a message!
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“Addiction treatment: what it is, where it currently fails, and how it could meet the needs of people and communities.”
“Addiction treatment: what it is, where it currently fails, and how it could meet the needs of people and communities.”
Addiction Treatment in Context: Principles for a System of Just, Accessible, and Voluntary Care - Canadian Drug Policy Coalition
Position Statement Veuillez noter : une traduction française de cette déclaration sera bientôt disponible. December 30, 2025 This statement outlines the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition’s organization...
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January 2, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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“Addiction treatment: what it is, where it currently fails, and how it could meet the needs of people and communities.”
“Addiction treatment: what it is, where it currently fails, and how it could meet the needs of people and communities.”
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“Canada appears to be the country with the highest average rate of involuntary psychiatric detentions in the western world.”
Note this is *before* new forced abstinence measures hit full speed in AB and BC.
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Note this is *before* new forced abstinence measures hit full speed in AB and BC.
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Opinion: Why does Canada have such high rates of forced psychiatric hospitalizations?
We should push our governments to better report on who’s being involuntarily committed and why, and if they’re more often helped or seriously harmed
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January 2, 2026 at 4:22 PM
“Canada appears to be the country with the highest average rate of involuntary psychiatric detentions in the western world.”
Note this is *before* new forced abstinence measures hit full speed in AB and BC.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Note this is *before* new forced abstinence measures hit full speed in AB and BC.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Marginalized communities are being blamed for crises caused by political choices to underfund healthcare & essential services.
Join us on Dec 10 as we confront these escalating threats, strengthen cross-movement solidarity, and share actionable solutions.
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Join us on Dec 10 as we confront these escalating threats, strengthen cross-movement solidarity, and share actionable solutions.
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December 3, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Marginalized communities are being blamed for crises caused by political choices to underfund healthcare & essential services.
Join us on Dec 10 as we confront these escalating threats, strengthen cross-movement solidarity, and share actionable solutions.
Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join us on Dec 10 as we confront these escalating threats, strengthen cross-movement solidarity, and share actionable solutions.
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December 16, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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"It’s a classic example of governments using words to not mean what they actually mean" @dsdp.ca
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BC Government Doubles Down on Forced Drug Treatment - Filter
The British Columbia government is doubling down on involuntary treatment for people who use drugs, fast-tracking a law to skirt ...
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December 16, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"It’s a classic example of governments using words to not mean what they actually mean" @dsdp.ca
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“The Alberta government has confirmed it will follow through with a longtime pledge to shutter Calgary’s only supervised drug consumption site.”
Alberta’s ongoing policy of social murder.
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Alberta’s ongoing policy of social murder.
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Alberta government to close Calgary’s sole supervised consumption site in 2026 | CBC News
The Alberta government has confirmed it will follow through with a longtime pledge to shutter Calgary’s only supervised drug consumption site at Sheldon Chumir Health Centre, despite criticism from ad...
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December 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
“The Alberta government has confirmed it will follow through with a longtime pledge to shutter Calgary’s only supervised drug consumption site.”
Alberta’s ongoing policy of social murder.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta’s ongoing policy of social murder.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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RIP RAH SCS!
Today my love goes out to everyone whose life was saved at the RHA SCS.
To their families.
To SCS staff.
To those who fought to have it opened. 💜
I sent my anger and outrage to a heartless government that does not care if people who use drugs die 💔
#ABpoli
Today my love goes out to everyone whose life was saved at the RHA SCS.
To their families.
To SCS staff.
To those who fought to have it opened. 💜
I sent my anger and outrage to a heartless government that does not care if people who use drugs die 💔
#ABpoli
December 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
RIP RAH SCS!
Today my love goes out to everyone whose life was saved at the RHA SCS.
To their families.
To SCS staff.
To those who fought to have it opened. 💜
I sent my anger and outrage to a heartless government that does not care if people who use drugs die 💔
#ABpoli
Today my love goes out to everyone whose life was saved at the RHA SCS.
To their families.
To SCS staff.
To those who fought to have it opened. 💜
I sent my anger and outrage to a heartless government that does not care if people who use drugs die 💔
#ABpoli
Today marks the 10th anniversary of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's final report. Let's review why Truth and Reconciliation matters in any discussion of forced substance use treatment. afn.ca/all-news/pre...
National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak Recognizes 10th Anniversary of Truth and Reconciliation Commission Final Report, Presses for Urgent Action - Assembly of First Nations
(December 15, 2025 – Unceded Algonquin Territory, Ottawa) — On the 10th anniversary of the release of the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) and its 94 Calls to Ac...
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December 16, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Today marks the 10th anniversary of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's final report. Let's review why Truth and Reconciliation matters in any discussion of forced substance use treatment. afn.ca/all-news/pre...
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Reminder that Edmonton AND Calgary police used public resources to hold town halls + other events to steer business communities & other stakeholders in favour of UCP drug policy.
The specified timeline for this campaign was “before the May 2023 election.”
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The specified timeline for this campaign was “before the May 2023 election.”
drugdatadecoded.ca/alberta-poli...
November 30, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Reminder that Edmonton AND Calgary police used public resources to hold town halls + other events to steer business communities & other stakeholders in favour of UCP drug policy.
The specified timeline for this campaign was “before the May 2023 election.”
drugdatadecoded.ca/alberta-poli...
The specified timeline for this campaign was “before the May 2023 election.”
drugdatadecoded.ca/alberta-poli...
"While the new clinic may be helpful to people open to treatment, it’s not going to be a favoured destination for those who aren’t — especially if there is any hint that the clinic might act as a gateway to push people into involuntary treatment facilities." edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
Keith Gerein: UCP ideological myopia costs Edmonton another safe consumption site, at the worst possible time
Alberta's UCP government has an ongoing campaign against supervised drug consumption sites and the latest victim is at Edmonton's Royal Alex.
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November 28, 2025 at 11:54 PM
"While the new clinic may be helpful to people open to treatment, it’s not going to be a favoured destination for those who aren’t — especially if there is any hint that the clinic might act as a gateway to push people into involuntary treatment facilities." edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
Folks, we’re not just a bunch of outlier weirdos calling out forced treatment. Here is another mainstream organization saying the same thing. We don’t want to have any involvement in locking ppl up when we have no reason to believe it will help. csam-smca.org/wp-content/u...
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November 27, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Folks, we’re not just a bunch of outlier weirdos calling out forced treatment. Here is another mainstream organization saying the same thing. We don’t want to have any involvement in locking ppl up when we have no reason to believe it will help. csam-smca.org/wp-content/u...
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We Refuse: Health Workers Against Involuntary Care is now public.
@hrna.bsky.social and DSDP are circulating a joint statement opposing BC’s plan to expand involuntary drug treatment. This approach is ineffective, increases overdose risk, violates autonomy, and harms marginalized communities.
@hrna.bsky.social and DSDP are circulating a joint statement opposing BC’s plan to expand involuntary drug treatment. This approach is ineffective, increases overdose risk, violates autonomy, and harms marginalized communities.
November 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
We Refuse: Health Workers Against Involuntary Care is now public.
@hrna.bsky.social and DSDP are circulating a joint statement opposing BC’s plan to expand involuntary drug treatment. This approach is ineffective, increases overdose risk, violates autonomy, and harms marginalized communities.
@hrna.bsky.social and DSDP are circulating a joint statement opposing BC’s plan to expand involuntary drug treatment. This approach is ineffective, increases overdose risk, violates autonomy, and harms marginalized communities.
📣📣📣 We cannot be silent. Push back against carceral solutions.
I contributed to this @cmaj.ca Commentary because:
1. Choosing control over care is a failure of imagination that invites despair; and,
2. Health equity requires advocacy.
#HealthEquity
#DecolonizeCare
#CareOverControl
@dsdp.ca @nobill53ab.bsky.social
www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.250910
1. Choosing control over care is a failure of imagination that invites despair; and,
2. Health equity requires advocacy.
#HealthEquity
#DecolonizeCare
#CareOverControl
@dsdp.ca @nobill53ab.bsky.social
www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.250910
Involuntary treatment for substance use: application of Kass’ ethical framework to Alberta’s Compassionate Intervention Act
Key points
In Canada, more than 50 000 opioid-related deaths have occurred since September 2024, mostly in British Columbia, Alberta, and Ontario, where governments are all in various stages of develo...
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November 24, 2025 at 1:28 PM
📣📣📣 We cannot be silent. Push back against carceral solutions.
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Under the Compassionate Intervention Act, people with substance use disorder can be forced to take any prescription medication without consent. It doesn't matter if they have decisional capacity. While doctors are involved, ultimately a lawyer gets to decide what the treatment order will be. #ableg
November 19, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Under the Compassionate Intervention Act, people with substance use disorder can be forced to take any prescription medication without consent. It doesn't matter if they have decisional capacity. While doctors are involved, ultimately a lawyer gets to decide what the treatment order will be. #ableg
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“The Lovejoy Trap is a tool people use to construct their identities in a way that makes them appear morally virtuous. It’s also frighteningly effective at packaging extreme inhumanity as being necessary ‘for the children.’”
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November 19, 2025 at 2:04 AM
“The Lovejoy Trap is a tool people use to construct their identities in a way that makes them appear morally virtuous. It’s also frighteningly effective at packaging extreme inhumanity as being necessary ‘for the children.’”
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-lovejoy-...
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-lovejoy-...
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Mandatory recovery treatment doesn't solve homelessness, building affordable housing does.
I CAN'T BELIEVE PEOPLE HAVE A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING THIS .....
I CAN'T BELIEVE PEOPLE HAVE A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING THIS .....
October 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Mandatory recovery treatment doesn't solve homelessness, building affordable housing does.
I CAN'T BELIEVE PEOPLE HAVE A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING THIS .....
I CAN'T BELIEVE PEOPLE HAVE A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING THIS .....
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When the Alberta government claims that deaths from the toxic drug crisis are decreasing or stabilizing, take a look at this graph — it tells a very different story.
Involuntary care won’t fix this.
Compassion, harm reduction, on-demand voluntary treatment options, and real supports will.
Involuntary care won’t fix this.
Compassion, harm reduction, on-demand voluntary treatment options, and real supports will.
October 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
When the Alberta government claims that deaths from the toxic drug crisis are decreasing or stabilizing, take a look at this graph — it tells a very different story.
Involuntary care won’t fix this.
Compassion, harm reduction, on-demand voluntary treatment options, and real supports will.
Involuntary care won’t fix this.
Compassion, harm reduction, on-demand voluntary treatment options, and real supports will.
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9 years of advocating and fighting for the rights of people who use drugs .. not once did they acknowledge families who have tried forced treatment within my community. I have no words .. just a lot of anger and sadness at the harm this will cause so many folks.
October 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
9 years of advocating and fighting for the rights of people who use drugs .. not once did they acknowledge families who have tried forced treatment within my community. I have no words .. just a lot of anger and sadness at the harm this will cause so many folks.
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Implementation pushed back to 2027 (originally promised for Spring 2026). Guess it’s been harder than expected to ring fence at-capacity voluntary treatment infrastructure for unproven, forced care.
October 9, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Implementation pushed back to 2027 (originally promised for Spring 2026). Guess it’s been harder than expected to ring fence at-capacity voluntary treatment infrastructure for unproven, forced care.
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🗓️ Oct. 15 at 3-4 PM ET online: Please join us for a discussion of how to advance narratives that undermine authoritarianism and increase solidarity, featuring @dreanyc123.bsky.social, @lewispants.bsky.social, and @deanspade.bsky.social!
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October 1, 2025 at 10:10 PM
🗓️ Oct. 15 at 3-4 PM ET online: Please join us for a discussion of how to advance narratives that undermine authoritarianism and increase solidarity, featuring @dreanyc123.bsky.social, @lewispants.bsky.social, and @deanspade.bsky.social!
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A heavy conversation today about the "Compassionate Care" Act on @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social Cross Country Checkup. A couple of claims raised our eyebrows, and some fact checking is in order. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-....
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October 6, 2025 at 4:54 AM
A heavy conversation today about the "Compassionate Care" Act on @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social Cross Country Checkup. A couple of claims raised our eyebrows, and some fact checking is in order. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-....
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It’s absolute bullshit to say you can’t help people until they stop using. We can and do work on safety, housing, health, and dignity while people use.
September 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
It’s absolute bullshit to say you can’t help people until they stop using. We can and do work on safety, housing, health, and dignity while people use.