Jane
@vilomah21.bsky.social
MSTH advocate member, Healing Hearts facilitator, Oceanside Community Action Team co-chair…trying my best to keep on going after my son died due to Toxic Drug Poisoning…
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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.
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You really have to read both of @kwardvancouver.bsky.social’s skeet’s to get how fucked up this is. I’ll just put the headlines side by side.
Displacement and evictions are forms of violence. They result in very observable harms including death and irreparable injury.
#bcpoli
Displacement and evictions are forms of violence. They result in very observable harms including death and irreparable injury.
#bcpoli
November 20, 2025 at 2:03 AM
You really have to read both of @kwardvancouver.bsky.social’s skeet’s to get how fucked up this is. I’ll just put the headlines side by side.
Displacement and evictions are forms of violence. They result in very observable harms including death and irreparable injury.
#bcpoli
Displacement and evictions are forms of violence. They result in very observable harms including death and irreparable injury.
#bcpoli
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If the government hid a cure for cancer, we’d be outraged.
So why not the same when experts backed *safer supply* and the findings were buried?
People are dying while evidence gets silenced.
This is a political choice.
drugdatadecoded.ca/who-killed-t...
So why not the same when experts backed *safer supply* and the findings were buried?
People are dying while evidence gets silenced.
This is a political choice.
drugdatadecoded.ca/who-killed-t...
Who killed the Safer Supply Expert Reviews?
The Fifth Estate is reporting that two federally commissioned expert reviews provided unanimous support for rapidly scaling up safe supply, including compassion clubs, but the government silenced the ...
drugdatadecoded.ca
November 18, 2025 at 12:09 AM
If the government hid a cure for cancer, we’d be outraged.
So why not the same when experts backed *safer supply* and the findings were buried?
People are dying while evidence gets silenced.
This is a political choice.
drugdatadecoded.ca/who-killed-t...
So why not the same when experts backed *safer supply* and the findings were buried?
People are dying while evidence gets silenced.
This is a political choice.
drugdatadecoded.ca/who-killed-t...
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It wasn't just drug users, social scientists, Dr. Henry, BC's Chief Coroner.. turns out Health Canada’s expert committee was also urging the govt to expand safe supply.
Instead of listening to science + lived experience, the feds & the BC NDP decided to kill safe supply. shorturl.at/VdxHc
Instead of listening to science + lived experience, the feds & the BC NDP decided to kill safe supply. shorturl.at/VdxHc
They’re at risk of dying from opioid overdose. The government cut funding that could help them | CBC News
As deadly drug overdoses climbed across Canada, decision-makers faced political backlash for funding programs that gave drug users prescribed opioids and, against their own experts’ advice, scaled bac...
shorturl.at
November 14, 2025 at 9:18 PM
It wasn't just drug users, social scientists, Dr. Henry, BC's Chief Coroner.. turns out Health Canada’s expert committee was also urging the govt to expand safe supply.
Instead of listening to science + lived experience, the feds & the BC NDP decided to kill safe supply. shorturl.at/VdxHc
Instead of listening to science + lived experience, the feds & the BC NDP decided to kill safe supply. shorturl.at/VdxHc
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The excrement of a bovine is leaking from many provincial governments these days. Almost as if they don't think our patients are full human beings worthy of respect and autonomy.
#cdnpoli
#bcpoli
bsky.app/profile/alex...
#cdnpoli
#bcpoli
bsky.app/profile/alex...
WATCH: Sask. physician blasts province’s plans for involuntary addictions treatment
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
October 26, 2025 at 3:29 AM
The excrement of a bovine is leaking from many provincial governments these days. Almost as if they don't think our patients are full human beings worthy of respect and autonomy.
#cdnpoli
#bcpoli
bsky.app/profile/alex...
#cdnpoli
#bcpoli
bsky.app/profile/alex...
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The medical community in Edmonton is mourning Darren Markland who tragically died on the weekend.
Last year he allowed @heartforward.bsky.social and I to turn a 🧵 on X into a blog for MSTH.
It shows the person he was and how deeply he cared.
RIP doc. 💜
www.momsstoptheharm.com/blog/2024/11...
Last year he allowed @heartforward.bsky.social and I to turn a 🧵 on X into a blog for MSTH.
It shows the person he was and how deeply he cared.
RIP doc. 💜
www.momsstoptheharm.com/blog/2024/11...
There’s a really bad batch out there right now ... — Moms Stop The Harm
Trigger Warning: This content discusses topics related to drug overdose and death, which may be distressing for some individuals. Please proceed with care and prioritize your well-being. Submitte...
www.momsstoptheharm.com
September 25, 2025 at 2:30 AM
The medical community in Edmonton is mourning Darren Markland who tragically died on the weekend.
Last year he allowed @heartforward.bsky.social and I to turn a 🧵 on X into a blog for MSTH.
It shows the person he was and how deeply he cared.
RIP doc. 💜
www.momsstoptheharm.com/blog/2024/11...
Last year he allowed @heartforward.bsky.social and I to turn a 🧵 on X into a blog for MSTH.
It shows the person he was and how deeply he cared.
RIP doc. 💜
www.momsstoptheharm.com/blog/2024/11...
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Outstanding article by @maiasz.bsky.social on what the govt gets wrong about #autism & what autistic people actually need beyond this witch hunt.
The blaming women and asking them to “tough it out” makes my blood boil. #SoTiredOfThisShit
The blaming women and asking them to “tough it out” makes my blood boil. #SoTiredOfThisShit
Opinion | What the Government Autism Announcement Got So Wrong
www.nytimes.com
September 23, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Outstanding article by @maiasz.bsky.social on what the govt gets wrong about #autism & what autistic people actually need beyond this witch hunt.
The blaming women and asking them to “tough it out” makes my blood boil. #SoTiredOfThisShit
The blaming women and asking them to “tough it out” makes my blood boil. #SoTiredOfThisShit
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Parents: THIS is the moment you teach your daughters that their rights to bodily autonomy and PRIVACY are more important than a school team.
The #school district does not have the right to invasive information about your child’s body.
You can choose to resist - Do. Not. Comply.
The #school district does not have the right to invasive information about your child’s body.
You can choose to resist - Do. Not. Comply.
September 3, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Parents: THIS is the moment you teach your daughters that their rights to bodily autonomy and PRIVACY are more important than a school team.
The #school district does not have the right to invasive information about your child’s body.
You can choose to resist - Do. Not. Comply.
The #school district does not have the right to invasive information about your child’s body.
You can choose to resist - Do. Not. Comply.
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Canada is blocking life-saving aid to Gaza. Petition calls on govt to reject militarized aid, ensure UN/NGO access, allow Canadian medics, and deliver aid through neutral channels. Thanks to Doctors Against Genocide & John Mayba for leading. Sign & share:
Petition e-6751 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
August 28, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Canada is blocking life-saving aid to Gaza. Petition calls on govt to reject militarized aid, ensure UN/NGO access, allow Canadian medics, and deliver aid through neutral channels. Thanks to Doctors Against Genocide & John Mayba for leading. Sign & share:
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Read the open letter from the Harm Reduction Nurses Association calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney and the Government of Canada to show courage and act decisively to end preventable drug poisoning deaths.
www.hrna-aiirm.ca/wp-content/u...
www.hrna-aiirm.ca/wp-content/u...
August 27, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Read the open letter from the Harm Reduction Nurses Association calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney and the Government of Canada to show courage and act decisively to end preventable drug poisoning deaths.
www.hrna-aiirm.ca/wp-content/u...
www.hrna-aiirm.ca/wp-content/u...
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Reject reactionary drug policy: Canada must not continue to follow the United States’ path of punitive and moralistic policy choices. B.C. must not continue emulate the regressive course taken by Alberta.
#bcpoli #cdnpoli #ioad #harmreduction
#bcpoli #cdnpoli #ioad #harmreduction
August 22, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Reject reactionary drug policy: Canada must not continue to follow the United States’ path of punitive and moralistic policy choices. B.C. must not continue emulate the regressive course taken by Alberta.
#bcpoli #cdnpoli #ioad #harmreduction
#bcpoli #cdnpoli #ioad #harmreduction
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Why are national newspapers of record contributing to a moral panic in your town, Victoria, right at this moment? 5/
drugdatadecoded.ca/bc-governmen...
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 29, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Why are national newspapers of record contributing to a moral panic in your town, Victoria, right at this moment? 5/
drugdatadecoded.ca/bc-governmen...
drugdatadecoded.ca/bc-governmen...
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Today I introduced the first PMB of the 45th Parliament. Bill C-201 aims to bring mental health, addictions & substance use services into our universal, public healthcare system. No one should go without the care they need because of out-of-pocket costs.
MP Johns introduces Bill C-201, the Mental Health Parity Act
YouTube video by Gord Johns
www.youtube.com
May 29, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Today I introduced the first PMB of the 45th Parliament. Bill C-201 aims to bring mental health, addictions & substance use services into our universal, public healthcare system. No one should go without the care they need because of out-of-pocket costs.
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"An #overdoseprevention site returns to private property not far from Royal Jubilee Hospital [in #Victoria] as doctors continue to fight for similar public services" @dsdp.ca #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #BC #Canada www.vicnews.com/local-news/d...
Doctors bring back overdose prevention site near Victoria hospital
'Frankly, after nine long years we should not have to be doing this'
www.vicnews.com
May 29, 2025 at 7:12 PM
"An #overdoseprevention site returns to private property not far from Royal Jubilee Hospital [in #Victoria] as doctors continue to fight for similar public services" @dsdp.ca #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #BC #Canada www.vicnews.com/local-news/d...
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Safer supply and OAT showed "Significant improvements across all the outcomes … [including] reduced opiate toxicities, all-cause emergency department visits, admissions to hospital, new infections … and deaths" @taragomes.bsky.social with @filtermag.bsky.social
filtermag.org/safe-supply-...
filtermag.org/safe-supply-...
Safe Supply Mirrors Methadone Outcomes, With Better Retention
A study out of Ontario is the first of its kind to compare the two options. Both had many benefits, but people stayed on safe supply longer.
filtermag.org
May 29, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Safer supply and OAT showed "Significant improvements across all the outcomes … [including] reduced opiate toxicities, all-cause emergency department visits, admissions to hospital, new infections … and deaths" @taragomes.bsky.social with @filtermag.bsky.social
filtermag.org/safe-supply-...
filtermag.org/safe-supply-...
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This week in Canadian drug policy:
A B.C. health authority decided to punish the lead addiction medicine physician of a hospital because of her advocacy work in setting up overdose prevention sites outside hospitals:
filtermag.org/bc-doctor-po...
A B.C. health authority decided to punish the lead addiction medicine physician of a hospital because of her advocacy work in setting up overdose prevention sites outside hospitals:
filtermag.org/bc-doctor-po...
BC Doctor Who Organized Pop-Up OPS Resigns Following Retaliation
Two months after organizing one of the unsanctioned overdose prevention sites (OPS) that launched a movement across Canada, a British ...
filtermag.org
February 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
This week in Canadian drug policy:
A B.C. health authority decided to punish the lead addiction medicine physician of a hospital because of her advocacy work in setting up overdose prevention sites outside hospitals:
filtermag.org/bc-doctor-po...
A B.C. health authority decided to punish the lead addiction medicine physician of a hospital because of her advocacy work in setting up overdose prevention sites outside hospitals:
filtermag.org/bc-doctor-po...
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The toxic drug crisis is being used to justify economic threats meant to undermine Canada's sovereignty. It's critical our response is guided by evidence & Canadian values like compassion - not demands from the US. Thanks @cpha-acsp.bsky.social for recommendations focused on saving lives.
The toxic drug crisis is causing preventable deaths daily. CPHA's new position statement urges unified, evidence-based actions to save lives, reduce harms, and uphold dignity across Canada. Let’s prioritize solutions over stigma. Read more at: www.cpha.ca/toxic-drug-c...
February 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The toxic drug crisis is being used to justify economic threats meant to undermine Canada's sovereignty. It's critical our response is guided by evidence & Canadian values like compassion - not demands from the US. Thanks @cpha-acsp.bsky.social for recommendations focused on saving lives.
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🇺🇸 President #Trump chooses to weaponize the toxic drug crisis in his crusade with 🇨🇦 and 🇲🇽 by instituting tariffs that won't save a single life!
#DugSky
#Canadasky
#DugSky
#Canadasky
February 2, 2025 at 3:31 AM
🇺🇸 President #Trump chooses to weaponize the toxic drug crisis in his crusade with 🇨🇦 and 🇲🇽 by instituting tariffs that won't save a single life!
#DugSky
#Canadasky
#DugSky
#Canadasky
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More great team shots from our action last week in Courtenay! The ENTIRE set of the Comox Valley's addiction medicine physicians came out to volunteer - that's how universally it is understood by the experts that this is needed.
@josieosborne.bsky.social
@josieosborne.bsky.social
January 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
More great team shots from our action last week in Courtenay! The ENTIRE set of the Comox Valley's addiction medicine physicians came out to volunteer - that's how universally it is understood by the experts that this is needed.
@josieosborne.bsky.social
@josieosborne.bsky.social
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And that's a wrap, folks! An incredibly positive, powerful week of community connection and care at Comox Valley Hospital.
#bcpoli
#HarmReduction
#bcpoli
#HarmReduction
January 26, 2025 at 12:41 AM
And that's a wrap, folks! An incredibly positive, powerful week of community connection and care at Comox Valley Hospital.
#bcpoli
#HarmReduction
#bcpoli
#HarmReduction
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Parents shouldn't have to fundraise to get their children the help they need to overcome addiction. The toxic drug crisis continues to devastate families across the country & we need to drastically scale up publicly funded, on demand treatment.
www.ctvnews.ca/northern-ont...
www.ctvnews.ca/northern-ont...
‘I couldn’t stand by anymore’: Sudbury father fundraising for addiction treatment for his daughter
Jody Cameron says his daughter has suffered from mental illness for about a decade. She began self-medicating and the drug addiction has now progressed to the point where she has overdosed multiple ti...
www.ctvnews.ca
January 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Parents shouldn't have to fundraise to get their children the help they need to overcome addiction. The toxic drug crisis continues to devastate families across the country & we need to drastically scale up publicly funded, on demand treatment.
www.ctvnews.ca/northern-ont...
www.ctvnews.ca/northern-ont...
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His comment "We put out our monthly bit of paper that says this number of people died this month — honestly, I don’t even think [most] people read it anymore"
It's hurtful to think that he has SO little regard for our loved ones who have died from #toxicdrugs.
Let's sweep it all under the rug
Shame
It's hurtful to think that he has SO little regard for our loved ones who have died from #toxicdrugs.
Let's sweep it all under the rug
Shame
New BC Coroner is stopping monthly toxic drug death reports. This is a bad idea. What's next? Are they gonna declare the public health emergency over due to lack of interest? www.timescolonist.com/local-news/n...
New chief coroner seeks to use data to shine a light on B.C.'s deaths
B.C.’s new chief coroner plans to put less focus on the province’s drug deaths, and highlight more of the service’s other work.
www.timescolonist.com
January 10, 2025 at 11:33 PM
His comment "We put out our monthly bit of paper that says this number of people died this month — honestly, I don’t even think [most] people read it anymore"
It's hurtful to think that he has SO little regard for our loved ones who have died from #toxicdrugs.
Let's sweep it all under the rug
Shame
It's hurtful to think that he has SO little regard for our loved ones who have died from #toxicdrugs.
Let's sweep it all under the rug
Shame