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Alberta virtual prescribing is carceral care: Part 1
Police are connecting people in detainment with opioid agonist treatments. How does this interfere with prescriber-patient relationships?
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A thin blue line between spiritual support and indoctrination
A reported "cover-up" by Calgary Police and its civilian commission exposes questionable practices in mental wellness with Christian undercurrents
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Regulated drug supply is public safety
A presentation I delivered to Calgary City Council during budget hearings in November, 2022.
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EPS Chief McFee should focus on policing, not politics
Why do we allow police chiefs to steer political decisions then sweep up the winnings?
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Laundering bad ideas through higher learning
The UCP make frequent use of a small network of real and fake academics to simulate rigour on regressive drug policy. This time, they brought in Dr. Keith Humphreys.
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Poilievre’s worldview feels broken
Whenever Pierre Poilievre rages about drug policy, those of us who follow the evidence choke on our own disbelief. It's time to cough it up.
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Fifty ways to grill the UCP on the Alberta Drug Model
In June 2022, over 30 organizations demanded fifty evaluation metrics on the UCP's abstinence-based framework. We can begin to answer nine, no thanks to the UCP.
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The Alberta Drug Model is a Christian institution: Part 3
Tough love, paternalism and cultural erasure in Alberta's 'recovery-oriented system of care.'
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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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The Alberta Drug Model is a Christian institution: Part 1
At least half of long-term addiction care beds are Christian and almost all are 12-Step abstinence-based. Part 1 of a series on Alberta addiction services.
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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!