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tyson singh kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘ

@tsk.bsky.social

kind of thought he deserved an award for this amazing disguise he put together tho no?

global news reporter paul johnston puts a dart behind his ear to complete his disguise to buy some drugs he later gives to the police

November 8, 2025 at 10:59 PM

tyson singh kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘ

@tsk.bsky.social

from the judgment: these are the institutions of Vancouver.

police abruptly raiding the successful project as DULF was transitioning members off to close down; the Health Ministry sanctioning more death based on moral panic; a health authority without resistance
drugdatadecoded.ca/court-finds-...

screenshot from ruling - "in the face of the public outcry, the BC MOH directed VCH to terminate its funding to DULF, as well as the lease of the DULF site, effective October 31, 2023. In a latter dated October 3, 2023, VCH confirmed DULF's commitment to "utilize the period between now and the Termination Date to transition the contracted care of DULF members over to new supports."

November 8, 2025 at 2:23 AM

tyson singh kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘ

@tsk.bsky.social

type of politician that he is: present in the legislature to vote for increased displacement and expanded police powers
bsky.app/profile/avil...

Chandra Herbert's vote on Bill 34: Restricting Public Consumption of Illegal Substances Act (Bill 34)
3R, Yea 359B:1440

April 22, 2025 at 10:24 PM

tyson singh kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘ

@tsk.bsky.social

can't unsee this sadly

April 12, 2025 at 6:41 PM

tyson singh kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘ

@tsk.bsky.social

so Pierre Poilievre is standing with this guy & threatening to fire bureaucrats who he doesn't like
www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6868767
bsky.app/profile/andr...

B.C. recovery home staff tried to remove social media posts about assault allegations against former employee

April 6, 2025 at 7:04 PM

tyson singh kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘ

@tsk.bsky.social

sorry but this is a *depraved* update. cops and bylaw are stamping people they displace with happy faces in Kelowna
bsky.app/profile/powe...

April 4, 2025 at 7:46 PM

tyson singh kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘ

@tsk.bsky.social

is it a non-sentient substance ravaging places or is it our decisions to actively re-produce drug prohibitionist policies??? editors in dominant media gonna continue to refuse to let this emergency be covered honestly

Xylazine has ravaged places such as Philadelphia. First detected there in 2006, xylazine became so entrenched in the street supply that by 2021, it was detected in more than 90 per cent of the city’s lab-tested dope samples. The drug has contributed to hundreds of overdose deaths across Pennsylvania.

March 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM

tyson singh kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘ

@tsk.bsky.social

new paper in the Canadian Journal of Public Health (@cjphrcsp.bsky.social) on who is violently excluded from the 'public' and sanctioned to die in the BC NDP-led decision to 'recriminalize' drugs
link.springer.com/article/10.1... #drugsky @kelseyspeed.bsky.social

Decriminalization undone: Assessing the amendment to British Columbia’s decriminalization of personal drug possession framework

Special Section on the Public Health Response to the Overdose Crisis in Canada: Commentary
Published: 12 March 2025

March 13, 2025 at 2:12 PM

tyson singh kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘ

@tsk.bsky.social

Excerpt from jailed for possession by Catherine Carstairs - first page of chapter 5

March 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM

tyson singh kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘ

@tsk.bsky.social

RAAC (so-called “rapid access addiction clinic”) at St. Paul’s in Vancouver - an example of social murder in practice
bsky.app/profile/tsk.... #drugsky

Effectively immediately- due to a change in government policy, we will not be prescribing hydromorphone for new OAT starts

February 28, 2025 at 6:45 AM

tyson singh kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘ

@tsk.bsky.social

i spoke w @michellegamage.bsky.social at @thetyee.ca about how drug war politicians want you to talk about fentanyl instead of prohibition — while they entrench militarized borders & attempt to increase police power
thetyee.ca/News/2025/02...
bsky.app/profile/tsk....

“This so-called drug policy is reflective of the entire history of drug policy,” said Tyson Singh Kelsall, a PhD candidate at the Simon Fraser University faculty of health sciences, and a researcher with the community-led Police Oversight with Evidence and Research project.

“It’s not really about the drug itself. It very rarely is. It’s much more about the expansion and militarization of police power and it’s most often used as a form of control or social regulation.”

February 6, 2025 at 5:48 AM

tyson singh kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘ

@tsk.bsky.social

a reminder that this type of intervention has shaped the toxic drug crisis – which is about prohibitionist drug war policies and resource allocation, not any specific analogue of fentanyl or other drug – and made it worse
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
bsky.app/profile/luke...

February 3, 2025 at 10:19 PM

tyson singh kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘ

@tsk.bsky.social

missing context: the letter is likely only from pharmacists that don't share revenue or resources with their patients and profit off them more
drugdatadecoded.ca/kickbacks/

bsky.app/profile/theg...

January 30, 2025 at 12:36 AM

tyson singh kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘ

@tsk.bsky.social

from @alexcosh.bsky.social:

"Fuelling Genocide: Trudeau’s Bloody Record On Gaza"
www.readthemaple.com/fuelling-gen...

The last two years of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s tenure have been marked by a massive escalation of several interconnected geopolitical crises. Canada remains a feeble and largely irrelevant ‘middle power,’ but is nonetheless actively complicit in worsening these already catastrophic crises. This article will focus on one important example: Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

January 3, 2025 at 12:06 AM

tyson singh kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘ

@tsk.bsky.social

cops lie & this headline is misleading - the last thing we need is fewer people responding to overdose due to undue fear. you can't overdose from fent by touching it healthandjusticejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

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Can touch this: training to correct police officer beliefs about overdose from incidental contact with fentanyl

December 24, 2024 at 10:20 PM

tyson singh kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘ

@tsk.bsky.social

some attn has been given to how media plays a role in constructing the 'drug user,' less has been said on how research & epidemiological methods reinforce these framings

new in INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision & Financing journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #drugsky

Depoliticization of Violence: Critical Limits of Risk Environment Frameworks in Drug Use Research

December 20, 2024 at 7:57 PM

tyson singh kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘ

@tsk.bsky.social

Recrim is a decision
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

December 19, 2024 at 9:46 PM

tyson singh kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘ

@tsk.bsky.social

recrim sidesteps Bill 34
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

December 19, 2024 at 9:46 PM

tyson singh kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘ

@tsk.bsky.social

new open access International Journal of Drug Policy (ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social) paper

"Criminalizing public space through a decriminalization framework: The paradox of British Columbia, Canada"
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #drugsky

International Journal of Drug Policy

Criminalizing public space through a decriminalization framework: The paradox of British Columbia, Canada

December 19, 2024 at 9:46 PM

tyson singh kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘ

@tsk.bsky.social

are you trying to recruit the reporter
bsky.app/profile/jess...

December 3, 2024 at 11:57 PM

tyson singh kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘ

@tsk.bsky.social

decriminalization never happened in BC — the gov't just called it that & many in media have gone along. and it shouldn't matter what the police think, they have a vested interest in ensuring their role in the criminalization of drug use, possession & retail
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Decriminalization or police mission creep? Critical appraisal of law
enforcement involvement in British Columbia, Canada’s
decriminalization framework

December 2, 2024 at 5:55 AM

tyson singh kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘ

@tsk.bsky.social

this point doesn't even make sense. pure fent hardly exists on the street at all. what does this esteemed professor think seized drugs are replaced with???