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. Guest post by Lois Edwards, board member of the Rocky Mountain Atheists
supervised consumption
Heralding a new phase in the Alberta government's war on harm reduction and hostile takeover of municipalities, closing the city's overdose prevention site could drive 28 preventable deaths a year.
Newsletter
A message from the Drug User Solidarity Committee and allies around the world.
Newsletter
The rally will begin at 1:30pm MST at the war memorial in Central Memorial Park, Calgary on January 16, 2024.
Newsletter
A study in a top medical journal shows overwhelming positive impacts of regulated hydromorphone prescribing for people who use opioids in BC. Will the trolls keep yelling from their caves?
Newsletter
Ominously rejected by National Post Opinion, a letter from people who use supervised consumption sites in Toronto provides a direct counter to Postmedia's relentless attacks on harm reduction.