Another anniversary this week. It has been one year since the province released its report on the socio-economic impact of supervised consumption sites in Alberta. #ableg #abpoli 
What’s happened since? The province won’t say. That report was expected to guide decision-making related to existing and future sites. #ableg #abpoli @calgaryherald calgaryherald.com/news/local-new…
Here's some background from the past year.
The report was released on March 5, 2020 — exactly one year ago today. Jason Luan, associate minister of mental health and addictions, said it detailed a "system of chaos."
@SammyHudes' story on it: calgaryherald.com/news/local-new… #abpoli
The report was released on March 5, 2020 — exactly one year ago today. Jason Luan, associate minister of mental health and addictions, said it detailed a "system of chaos."
@SammyHudes' story on it: calgaryherald.com/news/local-new… #abpoli
March 5, 2020: Harm reduction advocates called into question the accuracy of the report. They said the government had a clear bias against supervised consumption services "since the beginning" and the findings reflected that. calgaryherald.com/news/local-new…
March 6, 2020: Doctors disputed comments made by a government-appointed panel member who said administering oxygen is “in a lot of cases” not a life-saving intervention. calgaryherald.com/news/local-new…
March 7, 2020: Criticisms of the review continued. Academics questioned the data collection, analysis and perceived findings in the report. calgaryherald.com/news/local-new…
March 18, 2020: More than 40 Canadian scientists and academics signed an open letter calling on the province to retract the supervised consumption sites report. calgaryherald.com/news/local-new…
March 18, 2020: After looking into allegations made in the report, Postmedia learned Calgary police conducted an undercover operation in the city's sole supervised consumption site to investigate internal drug trafficking. calgaryherald.com/news/local-new…
Aug. 31, 2020: Internal documents showed members of the UCP-appointed panel were repeatedly warned of “excessive” spending of taxpayer dollars and potential “double-dipping.” calgaryherald.com/news/politics/…
Luan said he “asked for a review into how this process unfolded" after the panel expenses were revealed. On Thursday, his press secretary declined to comment on the status of that review. #abpoli
Aug. 31, 2020: Unrelated to the report, but important to note. The UCP pulled funding for Lethbridge’s sole supervised consumption site and it officially shut its doors. It was the busiest in North America. By @jasonfherring. calgaryherald.com/news/local-new…
Jan. 7, 2020: Criminologist @dr_jdlivingston publishes an article in the international Harm Reduction Journal on the province's SCS report. He said it doesn’t meet the “minimal standards of scientific legitimacy." calgaryherald.com/news/politics/…
I also did a big ol' series on Calgary's supervised consumption site before the report was released.
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Anyways, that's it. Or at least most of it. Happy reading!
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