Canada's first female Indigenous psychiatrist, advocate, positive disruptor, gets into good & necessary trouble. I’m mostly on here for All. The. Dogs.

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Dr. Nel Wieman retweeted
🇳🇱🇯🇵 Reason 357 to fall in love with this World Cup. When this Japan fan found himself in among the Netherlands supporters.

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Dr. Nel Wieman retweeted
This might be the dumbest post I've seen from Adam Zivo. People are dying from fentanyl. They weren't and aren't dying from safer supply programs. And since we're apparently confusing correlation with causation, let me help out. The drop in toxic drug deaths isn't because safer supply was restricted. It's because of years of work involving prevention, education, widespread naloxone distribution, supervised consumption sites, outreach workers, access to detox, treatment, recovery programs, and countless people keeping others alive long enough to get help. You know... the very things many of the same critics spent years attacking. It's almost as if reducing overdose deaths requires multiple interventions, not a single headline. I hope this helps, Adam. Try not to pull a muscle from that stretch.
Harm reduction activists claimed that “safer supply” would save lives, yet, after access was severely restricted, overdose deaths in the province have plummeted.
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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/…
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Wow! ⚽️🇨🇦🙌🏽
Canada’s March to the Match continues to work its way through the Toronto streets toward the stadiums. Beautiful scenes as fans chant and cheer and high five fans who are lining the streets. It’s going to be electric inside the stadium today.
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Dr. Nel Wieman retweeted
Canada have invited Omar Artan to referee in Vancouver. It needs to happen we have had far too much racism from the USA in this World Cup. Lets see some anti-racism.
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Dr. Nel Wieman retweeted
World Cup visitors need to hear this: Vancouver's toxic drug supply is deadly. Don't buy drugs off the street. Don't buy pills from strangers. Don't assume something is safe because it looks like a prescription medication. Counterfeit pills containing fentanyl are common, and people are dying because they don't know what's really in them. As someone who survived addiction and multiple overdoses, I'm telling you: one bad decision can be your last. Stay safe.
Know the risks, World Cup visitors warned over Canada’s toxic drug supply globalnews.ca/news/11897964/…
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A special dog who found love & purpose 🐶❤️ RIP Atlas
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Dr. Nel Wieman retweeted
The game is stronger when everyone belongs. Happy Pride Month, Canada 🌈
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This is Bodie. His presence indicates the beginning of Pride Month. May his whimsy and steadfastness bring joy and confidence to all. 14/10 the parade starts right behind him 🌈🐾
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The People’s Team 🇨🇦 CANMNT x @GatoradeCanada
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Politicians celebrating the defeat of life-saving healthcare during an overdose crisis is nothing to be proud of. An overdose prevention site IS helping vulnerable people “properly.” The evidence is clear: OPS save lives, reduce public drug use, and connect users to care.
Mayor @KenSimCity says he’s “incredibly proud” of the community for successfully opposing a new overdose prevention site at 900 Helmcken: “None of us are against helping vulnerable individuals in the city we love. All we want to do is see that it’s done properly.”
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Dr. Nel Wieman retweeted
At 12:06 PST I’ll be going live on CBC British Columbia BC Today to talk about the pause on the Yaletown supervised consumption site. This site would help reduce public drug use, prevent overdose deaths, connect people to detox and treatment, and address many of the challenges the community continues to witness every day. The reality is this crisis will not be solved through outrage or political talking points. It will only improve when people are willing to work together on real solutions that save lives, improve public safety, and support recovery. Tune in I'll break it all down.
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Tonight the #CNTower will be lit red for Menstrual Health Day Ce soir, la #TourCN sera illuminée en rouge pour la Journée de la santé menstruelle
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This is upsetting. People are dying from poisoned drugs. Overdose prevention sites save lives.
B.C. health minister says overdose prevention site won't open 'at this time' in downtown Vancouver vancouversun.com/news/bc-hea…
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Dr. Nel Wieman retweeted
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.
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…
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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…
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RT @WabKinew: I love Canada 🇨🇦
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WOW! Today Smith tried to perpetuate her spin on what duty to consult means and how it applies... And Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew was having NONE of it! #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Dr. Nel Wieman retweeted
Danielle Smith needs to stop playing games and start leading. Take notes from Wab Kinew.
🚨WATCH: “Sorry, I’d like to respond. So I think we know that that is not correct. A lot of what you just said there, Premier Smith.” - Manitoba Premier @WabKinew #cdnpoli @ABDanielleSmith
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*** slam dunk*** 🏀
Thank you @WabKinew Too few have the backbone to call out @ABDanielleSmith lies. From a grateful Albertan.
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