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UCP plan forced abstinence for unhoused people
Is it still dog-whistling after three UCP officials and Chief Dale McFee have said it in human-speak?
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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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Marshall Smith's propaganda rampage
CBC Calgary provides lovely background music to unending UCP overtures to abstinence-based treatment. But can violins clash with critical analysis?
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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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Police are absorbing public assets
This week, CBC Edmonton held its first regular morning show segment with the Edmonton Police Chief. Will hilarity ensue? Read on!
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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.