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Thread on the role of families in #DrugPolicy :
A broad coalition takes differing perspectives, lead by PWUD and includes families/friends, health professionals, researchers and other allies.
We don't speak for PWUD, we aim to speak with them, and for our families.
1/14
A broad coalition takes differing perspectives, lead by PWUD and includes families/friends, health professionals, researchers and other allies.
We don't speak for PWUD, we aim to speak with them, and for our families.
1/14
Families come in different forms. For us, families mean ABC: Acquired, blood and chosen.
It is false to always distinguish between families and PWUD, as many of our members who have lost loved ones and work to keep loved ones alive also have lived and living experience.
2/14
It is false to always distinguish between families and PWUD, as many of our members who have lost loved ones and work to keep loved ones alive also have lived and living experience.
2/14
Just like it is stigmatizing to generalize people who use drugs, one can not generalize how families respond to the substance use of a loved one.
We also acknowledge that many experience trauma in their families that this trauma is a factor in substance use.
3/14
We also acknowledge that many experience trauma in their families that this trauma is a factor in substance use.
3/14
An editorial full of errors about @LethbridgeOps, Tweeted by @jasonluan88's staff.
The protesters do not speak for the entire community. This is a foul-mouthed minority that is ignoring COVID rules & has spit in the face of LOPS volunteers (video avail.).
#ableg Thread 1/
The protesters do not speak for the entire community. This is a foul-mouthed minority that is ignoring COVID rules & has spit in the face of LOPS volunteers (video avail.).
#ableg Thread 1/
Wrong 1: @LethbridgeOps does not “enable drug use”, but was created in response to the closure of the SCS and the #overdose death rate (3 ppl die in AB every day). The rates in the South Zone are the worst in the province.
#ableg #abhealth
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#ableg #abhealth
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Wrong 2: There are not more ppl using drugs because of @LethbridgeOps. Drug use will happen when people lack housing, living wages mental health & trauma supports. When people face systemic racism & discrimination. While an OPS does not increase use, it decreases death.#ableg 3/
There are important issues this article in @CalgarySunRSS & the comments by @jasonluan88 miss:
(1) First we have to keep people alive to give them a chance for recovery. During #covid19 drugs are more toxic, and seeking and taking drugs is more dangerous.
calgarysun.com/opinion/column…
(1) First we have to keep people alive to give them a chance for recovery. During #covid19 drugs are more toxic, and seeking and taking drugs is more dangerous.
calgarysun.com/opinion/column…
re @CalgarySunRSS & @jasonluan88:
(2) when people struggle with addiction, drug use happens, regardless of consequences. Creating more treatment spaces in a crisis will helps some but not all. People will seek treatment when they are ready and ready is different for each person
(2) when people struggle with addiction, drug use happens, regardless of consequences. Creating more treatment spaces in a crisis will helps some but not all. People will seek treatment when they are ready and ready is different for each person
re @CalgarySunRSS & @jasonluan88:
(3) prescribing a safe alternative to toxic street drugs does not equate to "free drugs". It means prescription alternatives to toxic street supply within provincial drug plans. It is a public health approach to a health crisis. #safesupply
(3) prescribing a safe alternative to toxic street drugs does not equate to "free drugs". It means prescription alternatives to toxic street supply within provincial drug plans. It is a public health approach to a health crisis. #safesupply
