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The Alberta Drug Model is a Christian institution: Part 2
The drug supply is shifting so rapidly, how could old-school detox and treatment methods possibly keep up?
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Edmonton's compassionate underbelly
Boyle Street outreach workers were prohibited from distributing supplies to unhoused people in train stations. Others are taking up the slack.
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Ophelia Black v. the UCP
Irony in the court!
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Alberta Recovery Conference and the far-right
Protesting the conference drew the weirdos out of the woodwork.
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The Alberta Model: It's a Grift
A presentation on Alberta drug policy for a packed Metro Cinema in Edmonton on February 16.
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Abandoned by the Alberta Model - For Immediate Release
Press Release for the protest planned outside the Alberta Recovery Conference.
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Why are we protesting the Alberta Recovery Conference?
The status quo in drug policy relies on institutionalization of junk science that rejects harm reduction. This institution gathers in Calgary on February 21-22.
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A UCP-linked abstinence cheerleader harboured an alleged abuser
For the last thirteen years, Last Door Recovery Centre contracted a security guard and fitness instructor now facing allegations of sexualized violence against people in addiction treatment.
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Edmonton is headed for a crackdown
Yesterday's announcement made by Minister of Public Safety Mike Ellis and EPS Chief Dale McFee left me unsettled. Here's why.
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The business of policing: Part 1
Should a public service run marketing campaigns to shore up public support for funding? Should so-called health issues like drug use be used as sales opportunities?
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We can forecast drug poisoning deaths without provincial data
Spin, minimization and delayed data are the orders of the day in Alberta drug policy. How can we cut through the manufactured noise and tell people the truth?
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Alcohol is toxic but so is public health right now
Thoughts about the new CCSA alcohol guidelines, after a decade working in alcohol and building a harm reduction approach in my own life.