“There is a high risk that reducing access to harm reduction and overdose support services will result in increased emergency department visits, health impacts, overdose and death” - confidential Ontario government briefing.
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One supervised consumption site can prevent 83 new cases of HIV in a single year, saving more than $17 million in future healthcare costs - Canadian Public Health Association.
Harm reduction saves lives and money.
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Hey folks - there has been a big spike in ODs across Edmonton this week. Don’t use alone, stay visible, have naloxone, take turns, use a SCS, start small, check on your buddies. Stay safe! We 💜 you!
Today #yegcc holds public hearing on several land use bylaws. @ECOHH_ will present to urge priority with surplus school sites for non-market #housing a desperate need to end catastrophe of #homelessness hurting thousands
I feel this statement 100%
“Supervised consumption sites are "an area of drug policy that has been grossly politicized and that politicization has fueled the dissemination of misinformation. It's ignored science," he added. “
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“Methadone clinics are predicated on the idea that the medication they dispense is a privilege, not a right. There is no other area of healthcare where patients are required to demonstrate, on an almost daily basis, that they deserve their medicine.”
“There are no provincial treatment standards, and no provincial requirements for reporting results.” Again. “There are no provincial treatment standards, and no provincial requirements for reporting results.” timescolonist.com/opinion/co…
“I feel confused as to how that’s going to work and why we haven’t been able to address the needs of folks who want care,” Eng said. bc.ctvnews.ca/critics-slam-b…