Thread by @HGHobbs

I used to lament that it was often the case that I didn't get to know more of someone's story until their funerals, when friends & family would share stories of days gone by. As organizers, I remember we'd say, "We need a parent to speak out on this."
#Overdose #HarmReduction

Then the next terrible avalanche of deaths started. I remember being in awe of the formation of @momsstoptheharm - powerhouses of grieving parents who had the unimaginable strength & courage to stand up to judgment & stigma, to honour the dead & fight like hell for the living.

Some of the most powerful, brave and complicated conversations about drug use are with parents in pain. This early episode of @crackdownpod is absolutely gut-wrenching. The pain and the anger and the love and the grief knocked me sideways.
crackdownpod.com/episodes/i7yat…

This new episode of @Narcocast is also beautiful and difficult, and so important for parents to hear.
narcocast.com/episode-83-the…

In the face of recent escalating attacks on social justice, parents keep pushing back to fight for their kids. @JMichalofsky is running across BC to push folks like @adriandix to take meaningful action to replace the toxic drug supply with safer, life-saving options. #AubreysRun

Please support the @JMichalofsky as she returns to the coast with her important message for @bcndp. She arrives in Vancouver on June 20, Victoria on June 25 & other communities in between.
You can support the #MarathonForSafeSupply here:
gofund.me/40a59241

Sending love to the parents and caregivers out there on this Father's Day. Loving each other can be so complicated. Witnessing each other grapple with it is even more profound when grief & courage are making the wheels turn.

I'll add that part of why I was thinking of this is recent interactions with an older family member who was urging me to read a terrible article advocating for involuntary tx as a solution. To be able to point them to harm reduction messaging from parents their age is so helpful.

Always listen to drug users first....harm reduction parent advocates too! 💜