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Drug checking is a #harmreduction tool aimed at combatting the dangerous consequences of illicit #druguse. However, some critics say that it actually promotes drug use – but they’d be wrong!
Let’s find out why 👉💡🧵:
Let’s find out why 👉💡🧵:
First of all, consuming illicit substances from the black market comes with huge risks: unknown dosage and purity, the presence of unexpected (potentially dangerous!) adulterants, and the constant influx of new, unresearched chemicals. #DrugChecking directly combats these risks.
But what exactly is drug checking?
It is the chemical analysis of substances which, according to the @EMCDDA, allow drug users to receive “information on the content of the samples as well as advice, and, in some cases, counseling or brief interventions.”
It is the chemical analysis of substances which, according to the @EMCDDA, allow drug users to receive “information on the content of the samples as well as advice, and, in some cases, counseling or brief interventions.”
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Beyond Climate War: Writings on Deep Adaptation to societal collapse
jembendell.com/2020/12/31/bey…
#SystemsChange #adaptation #ClimateChange #conflict
jembendell.com/2020/12/31/bey…
#SystemsChange #adaptation #ClimateChange #conflict
Want a feel for how extensive, entrenched and structured the hatred in America is for our tens of millions of drug users? Take this #ThoughtExperiment with me....
#Stigma #PWUD #PWID #DrugUse #HumanRights #PublicHealth
#HarmReduction #NormalizeHR #SafeSupply #SCS #SIF
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#Stigma #PWUD #PWID #DrugUse #HumanRights #PublicHealth
#HarmReduction #NormalizeHR #SafeSupply #SCS #SIF
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IMAGINE for a moment that you woke up tomorrow to the news that the entire retail #alcohol supply in the #US was randomly contaminated with deadly levels of #fentanyl. A one ounce shot could put you into respiratory arrest in 120 seconds, quickly followed by cardiac arrest.
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The proper administration of #NARCAN within minutes or #RescueBreathing is your only hope for survival; #911 and #EMS can’t get there that fast.
Now IMAGINE for a moment what the governmental and civil society response would be to this news...
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Now IMAGINE for a moment what the governmental and civil society response would be to this news...
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Keith has always had someone or something around him in his life. No matter how abusive or harmful they were to him, at least he had someone around.
Sometimes they were kind, like Shiro and his mom. Sometimes they were pets, like the tabby cat he had in one of his foster homes or Kosmo who was fiercely loyal. But everyone leaves him eventually. He will always end back up alone.
So after the war, he’s lonely. His mom leaves to go help run New Daibazaal and takes Kosmo with her, figuring he could act as a symbol of joy and love for the newly peaceful planet.
