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Aug 15 β’ 25 tweets β’ 5 min read
π¨ SCOOP π¨ I've secured a leaked copy of the class action lawsuit being filed on behalf of the victims of Canada's "safer supply" experiment. So let's go over some of the juicy bits along with the context of the case. [1]
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Kamilah Sword and Amelie North, two teenage girls in BC who developed opioid addictions due to safer supply. You can read about them in my feature from May 2023 (Amelie was given a pseudonym). [2]
π¨ SCOOP π¨ Hydromorphone seizures in London, Ontario skyrocketed by 3,000% after access to safer supply was greatly expanded in 2020 βΒ but the police failed to disclose this data despite the national debate about safer supply diversion. /1
nationalpost.com/opinion/adam-zβ¦
For context: hydromorphone is a heroin-strength opioid. Safer supply programs predominantly provide this drug, for free, to addicts who then divert (sell or trade) it to the black market to acquire stronger substances, typically illicit fentanyl. /2
May 30 β’ 12 tweets β’ 2 min read
π¨ BIG SCOOP π¨ According to secret audio recordings obtained by the National Post, a coalition of harm reduction activists organized a sophisticated campaign to disrupt and intimidate their opponents at a high-profile conference today. /1
nationalpost.com/opinion/adam-zβ¦
The PROSPER Symposium, which takes place today, features a coalition of respected doctors and drug policy experts who advocate for recovery-oriented treatment in lieu of radical harm reduction.
Harm reduction activists decided that they needed to be bullied into silence. /2
May 9, 2023 β’ 7 tweets β’ 2 min read
My new 10,000 word investigative report shows that Canada's safer supply programs have been a disaster. A significant portion of the opioids being distributed by the government are being sold ("diverted") to the black market to purchase illicit fentanyl.
nationalpost.com/feature/how-thβ¦
Because of widespread diversion, the street price of hydromorphone, the main drug distributed through safer supply, has collapsed 70-95% in cities where safer safer supply programs are active.
May 23, 2022 β’ 7 tweets β’ 1 min read
Russian troops tried to kill me on Saturday. I was accompanying humanitarian aid workers delivering medicine to villages north of Kharkiv, near the front line. We stopped briefly at a destroyed bridge, and then the Russians targeted us with artillery.
I heard an explosion. It sounded like it was in the trees right beside us. Right there. My heart stopped.