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The resistance to UCP cuts on SCS/Harm Reduction in Alberta #SupportSCS
Sep 24, 2020 • 40 tweets • 14 min read
Thread: The Shameful Closure of North America’s Busiest Safe Consumption Site by @Filtermag_org written by @heyysham & Taylor Fleming / September 24, 2020
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Source: filtermag.org/closure-safe-c… We 🇨🇦 may like to think of ourselves as more progressive than our southern neighbours when it comes to drug policy. Truth is, we’re only ever 1 election away fr. regression & fear-mongering based on stigma, racism & a refusal 2 acknowledge the evidence behind harm reduction 2/25
Sep 23, 2020 • 9 tweets • 8 min read
When @jasonluan88 was going to release the #Alberta Overdose Death #'s. Yep During the Throne Speech.

Jason why did you do it right now? Want the #abpoli and media to not notice, bid media day and all?
#FactsNotFearAB #EndOverdose #RUKM 1/? Image This is you signaling how much you care about this issue when you are trying to bury it in the news cycle @jasonluan88

You can hide data but not the dead bodies

We see you and so does @CBCCalgary @CTVLethbridge @globalnews @CAPUDofficial @CSSDP @AndreaWoo @momsstoptheharm 2/?
Aug 21, 2020 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
Golly, we ❤️ evidence.

The federal Health Minister @PattyHajdu said today: “The evidence shows us that supervised-consumption sites and services save lives and can provide people who use drugs with access to health and social services and treatment,”
#FactsNotFearAB #SCS
1/7 From tinyurl.com/y4vfafgl @lethnewsnow

The evidence she is referring to is ethical and peer-reviewed. ❤️

At a time when Canadians are talking about safe supply, decriminalization and regulation #abpoli is in the dark ages thinking that residential addictions treatment
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Aug 19, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Let's do some math!

@ARCHESLeth SCS sees 800 people a day.
They have 13 booths for injecting, snorting or consuming drugs from the unregulated market.

The 2 inhalation spaces (6-8 people total) have been closed because of #Covid19AB so lets put that aside for the moment. 1/4 Image Ministry of Health & Addictions said “Based on the utilization data we’ve received from the current supervised consumption services operator, the capacity will be sufficient to serve the clients.” tinyurl.com/yxwsz89h

How could that be possible? AHS mobile has 3 booths. 2/4