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Oct 25, 2022 7 tweets 6 min read Read on X
New face, same murderous policy.

As @ABDanielleSmith shuffles the cabinet and dispenses her favours, let’s take a quick look at the storied history of being a #UCP “Minister of Mental Health and Addictions”.

@NACMilliken is your next prohibition peddler for #ABLeg.

#abpoli
First up is @jasonluan88.

Jason came out strong with his tin foil hat and big pharma conspiracies.

He immediately displayed his incompetence with this gem below. Image
Then one time Jason suggested naloxone, the life saving antidote to opioid poisonings, was enabling opioid use. Image
But he served his purpose like a good little drug war soldier.

#Alberta initiated its dismantling of #HarmReduction, using disinformation tactics like the SCS Review Report as rationale for their malice. Image
Then we had @MikeEllisUCP.

Former cop-pro-cop Mike Ellis took the ball from Luan and further highlighted why cops should never be consulted on issues caused by cops. ImageImage
What’s important as Premier Smith announces a cabinet shuffle, is that we need to stop being outraged by individuals within the #UCP.

They’re just warm bodies with marching orders to disparage and destroy #HarmReduction.

Their policy is social murder.

theprogressreport.ca/the_alberta_mo…
The real source, Marshall Smith, architect of the ‘#alberta mode for addiction’, is out of your reach. Read this by @JeremyAppel1025.

Don’t be distracted by @NACMilliken, that’s why he’s here.

The problem is the party and the politics.

#ABLeg

theprogressreport.ca/architect_of_a…

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More from @CoreyRanger

Feb 1
Have you read this review of #SafeSupply from PHO Dr Bonnie Henry yet?

Here’s a 🧵 of my key takeaways.

#Bcpoli A review of prescribed safer supply programs across British Columbia: recommendations for future actions
Yes, the biggest takeaway is that prescribed safer supply is here to stay. Or at least that it should be.

And we are not going to call it that anymore. Dr. Henry has recommended the term now is “prescribed alternatives”
There’s a lot of unpack in this review but we now have the Provincial Health Officer and @bccoroners aligned on safe sup—prescribed alternatives.

✅it saves lives
✅it reduces harms
✅it improves life physical + mental health
✅we need improved access

www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/bir…
Read 18 tweets
Jan 11
📣NEW📣

Very important evaluation for #SafeSupply in BC

Effect of Risk Mitigation Guidance opioid and stimulant dispensation on mortality and acute care visits during dual public health emergencies: retrospective cohort study



#bcpolibmj.com/content/384/bm…
“This study found that RMG opioid dispensations were associated with a reduced likelihood of all cause and overdose related mortality among people with a diagnosis of opioid use disorder.”

This is a massive study of almost 12,000 people. Graphical depiction of the protection provided by at least one day of RMG dispensation. One graph shows reduction in all cause mortality and the other graph shows reduction in overdose mortality related to access to RMG.
“The protective effect of RMG opioid dispensations on mortality is congruent with findings from an evaluation of a prescribed opioid safer supply programme in Ontario in which mortality was rare among participants receiving medications”

cmaj.ca/content/194/36…
Read 9 tweets
Apr 17, 2023
Did you know?

1️⃣BC’s #SafeSupply is accessible to around 4,535 people

2️⃣BC has around 101,000 people who would qualify for an ‘opioid use disorder’ diagnosis

3️⃣That’s an accessibility rate of <5%

4️⃣It’s year 7 of this public health emergency

Source: news.gov.bc.ca/factsheets/esc… A sweet graphic Corey made ...
That 101,000 doesn’t even include people who use episodically, recreationally, or first time users

Which makes that <5% estimate GENEROUS, at best

Meanwhile, the carnage worsens and the drug supply volatility kills our loved ones

#SafeSupply now

#bcpoli From January 1st to Decembe...
We act like BC has a viable and accessible #SafeSupply, but we don’t

The cons will say the streets are flooded with safe supply, but it isn’t

The BC Gov will say they are different from the callous Alberta government, but they aren’t

Alberta Model™️=BC Model™️ Freddy from scooby doo unma...
Read 4 tweets
Apr 16, 2023
Alright, as promised, I will now begin the penultimate #HR23 thread.

Be prepared for many typos. “Opening ceremonies for Har...
First, last night’s opening ceremonies was fantastic. In particular the opening land acknowledgement was a perfect way to get us started.

Watch this video from @Talkingdrugs to see for yourself (my phone was dead at the time 😩)
The opening ceremonies was very inspirational, especially the awards ceremonies.

People like Gabby Bruning, Diane Lloyd, and Andriy Yarovoi are beacons of hope.
Read 29 tweets
Jan 25, 2023
The #AlbertaModel at work. 🧵

“A Medicine Hat-based recovery organization, which has to date received six-figures in government funding, has endorsed an anti-supervised consumption site ad campaign in the U.S.”

First, a must read from @JeremyAppel1025

open.substack.com/pub/theorchard…
This attack on supervised consumption services is not a one-off. It’s a pattern of misinformation.

From @ehyshka:

“It is unfortunate to see an Alberta-based organization lobbying the United States government against supporting this intervention,”

#ableg
Unfortunate, but not surprising. There is a coordinated movement underway to shift public opinion away from #HarmReduction. A movement heavily influenced by the misinformation machine in #Alberta.
Read 15 tweets
Jan 15, 2023
11,000+ British Columbians

On April 14, 2016 BC declared a public health emergency in response drug poisoning deaths.

Since that time, the unregulated drug supply has become more toxic and more unpredictable.

Since that time, at least 11,000 people in BC have died.

#bcpoli “A graph showing the increase of illicit drug deaths as th
Our most recent @bccoroners data is from October 2022. There is no doubt that we will get year-end update in the coming weeks.

And with that update, we will get another round of staged placations.

More grim milestones announced.

More “we’re doing our best”. “179 or 5.8 per day - that’s the number of British Colum
It’s important to note that we are not doing our best. In fact, our incrementalist approach to unregulated drugs is causing harm.

Many outside of BC believe we have widespread access to #SafeSupply.

That is lie.

BC’s “safe supply” is not accessible to the majority in need. “Tell your MLA that safe supply is not effective unless it
Read 11 tweets

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