Thread by @tyssingh

i spoke with @CBCGloria on the @CBCEarlyEdition about the Pivot position paper, the expansion of involuntary treatment in a time when voluntary support is mostly inaccessible & false solutions to the drug toxicity crisis: cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…

https://twitter.com/pivotlegal/status/1638917335473061888

#vanpoli

not always time to cover nuance. but to be clear: my view is that a regulated drug supply would need to be demedicalized to be accessible enough to undo the toxicity of the current supply. you can read the full paper here
assets.nationbuilder.com/pivotlegal/pag…

also, Nicole's framing below is important context. death rates, outcomes & summaries are easier to get across, esp. with time limits. but what is under those measures are the harmful and traumatic processes people have to live through

https://twitter.com/nicolemluongo/status/1639008379661320192

as Meenakshi highlights—BC's discretionary, carceral practices related to institutionalization have always been applied inequitably (and were designed that way). imagining a world where care is accessible & compelling, not punitive

https://twitter.com/mmeenaakshii/status/1639295099220934656?s=20