Alberta model
Was Last Door granted Calgary Recovery Community?
Unannounced by the Alberta government, all signs point to the controversial UCP-aligned recovery organization bagging a lucrative contract for Calgary's new centre.
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Alberta model
Calgary city council just says no
Calgary city council took a defiant stance against the Alberta government's attempt to have council do its dirty work. For once, the trash took itself out in Alberta.
News
Advocates rally against closure of supervised consumption service in Calgary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Local advocates say supervised consumption services must be expanded and improved with drug inhalation capacity. A rally will be held on Tuesday, October 29.
Safe supply
DULF's legal update
Drug User Liberation Front co-founders Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum held a press conference with their lawyers on October 15, 2024 to correct disinformation about the compassion club and provide a legal update.
drug user liberation
13 Student-led Groups Call for Compassion Clubs Now & DULF Charges To Be Dropped
Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy Vancouver, Migrant Students United UBC, Climate Justice UBC, UBC Social Justice Centre, CUPE 2278 Executive Committee and eight more student-led groups speak out.
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Freedom of Information
Alberta's fiefdom of information
The Premier's office was in contact with the University of Calgary President's office during the peaceful May 9 Palestine solidarity demonstration. But after months of work, the events surrounding the violent deployment of riot police remain shrouded in secrecy.
Alberta model
Private recovery app targeting shelters, prisons & consumption sites may distort outcome data
An app that privatizes health information of recovery patients is aimed at Alberta shelters, correctional facilities and supervised consumption sites. In one case, data from the app that showed a negative outcome was suppressed, but the government still publicly reported it.
News
Private org has control of Alberta recovery patients' health info
My Recovery Plan was implemented to evaluate and manage substance use treatment waitlists across Alberta. Documents reveal how it denies patients informed consent and control of their personal health information.
News
“Appreciate the assist”: Oilers pass the puck as City and Police purge unhoused from homes
Documents reveal Edmonton Oilers executives pressured the City and Police to clear unhoused people from near Oilers property, weaponizing decampments and water station relocation to address safety concerns.
racial capitalism
Prohibition fuels drug war violence: Regulation can undercut it if done right
Intervention and regulation of the drug supply is indeed the only way out of British Columbia’s forever toxic drug emergency. But last week, the BC NDP rejected another high-level recommendation to create frameworks for non-medicalized access to opioids and other drugs.
Media Criticism
Why is Vincent Lam distorting drug deaths?
The author and addiction physician continues disguising reactionary talking points as medical fact through Globe and Mail op-eds. In his latest, he misrepresents death rates in Timmins, belittles harm reduction and appears to cozy up to Poilievre's abstinence-focused drug strategy.
drug user liberation
BCAPOM: You call them "kickbacks," we call them our fair share
The BC Association of People on Opiate Maintenance, Surrey Union of Drug Users, Care Not Cops, Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy Vancouver Chapter & Crackdown respond to recent coverage on pharmacy kickbacks, and the repercussions for them and the people they work with.