Alberta model
The upcoming Recovery Capital Conference in Calgary serves three main functions: mobilizing Alberta government policy through credible actors, repaying these actors with public funding, and recruiting for the far-right. Part 1 examines the first of these, and what happens when credibility falls short. See also: Part 2 and Part 3.
Calgary Police Chief Mark Neufeld spun the 2022 CPS workplace census as evidence that CPS reflects the community. But the census data tell the opposite story, revealing an impassable canyon between the demographics of Calgary Police and the city that pays their salaries. An oft-repeated principle of policing is "
Hidden census data from the the Office of the Chief at Calgary Police reveal it is dominated by non-racialized outside hires with different backgrounds and worldviews than the officers they lead, who are offered more flexibility to work from home and more overtime pay than most of their colleagues. ℹ
Drug Data Decoded has obtained Leger's raw data from the 2022 Calgary Police Workplace Census. Despite a seeming attempt to shield them from public scrutiny, statistics from the Office of the Chief were deciphered and reveal a leadership team at odds with its uniformed officers and the city
A lesser-known legal case involving the Drug User Liberation Front could finally permit meaningful intervention in the toxic drug supply. On March 7 and 8, the Drug User Liberation Front (DULF) and co-plaintiffs Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU) will hear a judicial review of Health Canada’s 2022
encampments
Boyle-McCauley suffered 155 unhoused deaths over three months of mass decampments. Meanwhile, a demolition permit was granted, presumably to Katz Group Real Estate, for the former Boyle Street Community Services. Is a real estate land grab driving mass death?
Alberta model
The lack of accountability in the “Alberta Model” for dealing with drug use: teaser from a long-form piece in Alberta Views, online now. Since submitting this story for publication with Alberta Views, Drug Data Decoded has uncovered additional unsettling information about how the Alberta government may be hiding outcome data
Safe supply
Peer-reviewed study shows 49% reduction in people experiencing drug poisonings, with odds of a poisoning that requires naloxone reduced by almost two-thirds. What political dark magic is preventing the rapid rollout of non-profit, non-medicalized safe supply while Canada drowns in drug poisonings?
Alberta model
Red Deer city council has made history as the first in Canada voting to close an overdose prevention site. Ignoring decades of research, Mayor Ken Johnston asserted this will set the groundwork for the city to become "free from addiction." People across the country should pay attention.
Alberta model
Pairing unjustified deposits with mass evictions of residents, transitional recovery facilities appear to be placing profit before people.
Massive ambulance shortages in 2020 and 2021 threatened the collapse of emergency health services and dominated the news. The story that was never told: how the ambulance crisis was likely both a cause and effect of unmitigated drug poisoning. Remember Betty Ann Williams, the Calgary woman who perished in June
Calgary Police and its Commission are eager to close the book on religious non-neutrality, but a revealing response to Secular Connexion by the chief suggests there is a long way to go. Surprise – new home for Drug Data Decoded! Our move to a new platform, Ghost, is in response to