Beth K
@bethklingenberg.bsky.social
Community Health Nurse with a thing for Harm Reduction. Living on stolen Treaty 6 land. All views are my own.
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young men don’t need a “left Joe Rogan” they need sports betting regulation
April 21, 2025 at 12:16 AM
young men don’t need a “left Joe Rogan” they need sports betting regulation
Reposted by Beth K
The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture's annual report cautions against the negative impacts of drug policies on the prevention of torture and ill-treatment, inviting national preventive mechanisms to monitor drug treatment centres.
Read on: idpc.net/publications...
Read on: idpc.net/publications...
April 10, 2025 at 6:47 AM
The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture's annual report cautions against the negative impacts of drug policies on the prevention of torture and ill-treatment, inviting national preventive mechanisms to monitor drug treatment centres.
Read on: idpc.net/publications...
Read on: idpc.net/publications...
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🧵 With the Alberta government set to release its forced abstinence legislation (Compassionate Intervention Act), some additional context might be useful:
1. Forced abstinence DOES NOT reduce drug use but DOES increase risk of overdose and death.
healthydebate.ca/2024/06/topi...
1. Forced abstinence DOES NOT reduce drug use but DOES increase risk of overdose and death.
healthydebate.ca/2024/06/topi...
Involuntary drug treatment: ‘Compassionate intervention’ or policy dead end? - Healthy Debate
Involuntary treatment for substance use is being proposed in provinces across the country. But do programs like this work?
healthydebate.ca
April 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
🧵 With the Alberta government set to release its forced abstinence legislation (Compassionate Intervention Act), some additional context might be useful:
1. Forced abstinence DOES NOT reduce drug use but DOES increase risk of overdose and death.
healthydebate.ca/2024/06/topi...
1. Forced abstinence DOES NOT reduce drug use but DOES increase risk of overdose and death.
healthydebate.ca/2024/06/topi...
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Based in compassion, the harm reduction movement insists that unconditional access to care should apply to everyone. Dr. Bonnie Larson
broadview.org/why-harm-red...
broadview.org/why-harm-red...
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 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Based in compassion, the harm reduction movement insists that unconditional access to care should apply to everyone. Dr. Bonnie Larson
broadview.org/why-harm-red...
broadview.org/why-harm-red...
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So surgery wait times are getting longer, especially for potentially lifesaving, critical & complex surgeries.
Funding for the public system is effectively down.
And the for profit system is siphoning off employees.
What a disaster!
/fin
assets.nationbuilder.com/parklandinst...
Funding for the public system is effectively down.
And the for profit system is siphoning off employees.
What a disaster!
/fin
assets.nationbuilder.com/parklandinst...
assets.nationbuilder.com
March 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
So surgery wait times are getting longer, especially for potentially lifesaving, critical & complex surgeries.
Funding for the public system is effectively down.
And the for profit system is siphoning off employees.
What a disaster!
/fin
assets.nationbuilder.com/parklandinst...
Funding for the public system is effectively down.
And the for profit system is siphoning off employees.
What a disaster!
/fin
assets.nationbuilder.com/parklandinst...
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If we want to end this emergency, we need:
✅a legal regulated drug supply
✅decriminalization
✅OPS/SCS with inhalation services in every community + on hospital grounds
✅a voluntary + evidence based treatment continuum available on demand
✅a government with the courage to stand behind bold policy
✅a legal regulated drug supply
✅decriminalization
✅OPS/SCS with inhalation services in every community + on hospital grounds
✅a voluntary + evidence based treatment continuum available on demand
✅a government with the courage to stand behind bold policy
November 26, 2024 at 9:58 PM
If we want to end this emergency, we need:
✅a legal regulated drug supply
✅decriminalization
✅OPS/SCS with inhalation services in every community + on hospital grounds
✅a voluntary + evidence based treatment continuum available on demand
✅a government with the courage to stand behind bold policy
✅a legal regulated drug supply
✅decriminalization
✅OPS/SCS with inhalation services in every community + on hospital grounds
✅a voluntary + evidence based treatment continuum available on demand
✅a government with the courage to stand behind bold policy