Insitevan is also on Bluesky @insitevan.bsky.social #harmreduction #insitesaveslives

Know the risks, World Cup visitors warned over Canada's toxic drug supply #harmreduction chch.com/chch-news/know-the-…

Alberta: "Have a drink at 6 a.m." Also Alberta: "We're closing the sites that reverse overdoses and keep people alive." You couldn't write a more backwards drug policy if you tried globalnews.ca/news/11902038/…

#bandcampfriday #vancouver Lost in the Barrio | Los Furios share.google/JL6el1nrXwBM5xk…

FIFA is in Vancouver, and once again the message to poor and homeless people seems to be: "Please disappear so visitors don't have to see you." The problem isn't homelessness. The problem is that it's visible. Smh. 🙄

😢What a lovely tribute to Trey by Smokey who brings to life Treys original art. @oddfellowsent @Lilfilm @KRobNews1 @lorrainelowe_ @AndreaWoo

Join us for the launch of our new report with @the_ijsc tracking international aid funding to countries carrying out executions for the death penalty for drug offences.  Register now at tinyurl.com/AidingExec

Huh. LOOK AT THAT. Despite all the hot takes about BC’s “failing approach” to the drug crisis by critics, trolls, haters, and weirdly obsessed opinion writers (IYKYK), OD deaths are down almost 30% in this province. Looks like we ARE on the right track, doing both recovery AND harm reduction here. And unlike in Alberta, Ontario, and Vancouver’s Granville Entertainment District, we work hard to keep people alive and helping them recover. This is good news, but 119 people still died in April. There’s much more work to be done! #ToxicDrugCrisis #AllTheTools #BCpoli

A reminder: Hospitals are not, and should never be targets. Healthcare facilities must be protected.

“There’s something unique about some of these rural Appalachian communities that are very small,” Dr. Alexander Elswick told Filter. “Everybody knows everybody, and anonymity is so much more of a concern.” By @sydneyasauer: filtermag.org/appalachian-mo…

ABC just voted to ignore the Integrity Commissioner and let Mayor Ken Sim completely off the hook for Misuse of Office & Harassing Conduct against Cllr @SeanOrr. On October 17th, we're going to elect @builtjustice and get to work restoring integrity at City Hall.

Tonight- Writers on the Drive series 7pm- Mon June 1st Continental Coffee #commercialdrive @garthmullins

Delaying the opening of a supervised consumption site in Yaletown doesn’t make the crisis disappear. It means more overdoses. More public drug use. More people using alone. More deaths. More street disorder the community says it wants solved. You cannot oppose the very services designed to reduce the harms and then act shocked when the harms continue. The reality is this: ignoring a crisis doesn’t make it go away, it makes it worse. So when these challenges continue across the neighbourhood, remember who fought against solutions when it’s time to vote. cbc.ca/news/canada/british-c…

Canada MUST develop a robust non-market Housing sector. There is no other strategy. @bcndp @gregorrobertson

"The people most affected by the relevant conditions are often the very people excluded from treatment," writes Elizabeth Lore. “The success of psychedelic medicine is amazing," says one expert. "It doesn’t get us off the hook for deeper social issues." filtermag.org/equitable-psyc…

Overdose prevention sites (OPS) are important pathways to effective drug treatment. By announcing an indefinite pause to new OPS in #Vancouver Yaletown, the right-of-left @BCNDP is moving from #HarmReduction to actual Political Assistance in Dying (PAiD)! vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/0…

This is upsetting. People are dying from poisoned drugs. Overdose prevention sites save lives.

Supervised consumption sites ARE NOT the problem. They’re part of the solution to reducing overdose deaths, open drug use, public disorder, and connecting people to treatment, healthcare, and recovery services. Without them, people don’t suddenly stop using drugs, they just use more dangerously, more publicly, and more often alone. So be careful what you celebrate when these services are delayed or shut down. Because the consequences don’t disappear, they get worse.

We Demand: The Immediate Release of Global Sumud Flotilla Participants and Full Accountability for Israel's War Crimes globalsumudflotilla.org/cont…...

An inspirational story of how harm reduction and recovery work together ... In 2018, I worked at a clinic on the east side of Vancouver. A mom came in worried about her son. He had just left a recovery treatment centre and moved back home, and she was terrified he would use again and overdose. My colleague trained her how to use naloxone where a few days later she had to use it on him. Afterwards, I helped him get back into another treatment center, and tonight he’s celebrating 8 years drug free. 🙌🏼 Woot woot! This is why naloxone matters, this is why harm reduction matters, this is why second chances matter, this is why recovery matters. And this is why you need both!