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Research says most people who use drugs are men. And many people think there is no reason to involve #women in #drugpolicy. But they are mistaken. The drug phenomenon is not #gender neutral.
Why a #feminist perspective is essential 👉💡🧵...
Why a #feminist perspective is essential 👉💡🧵...
Due to gendered norms and notions of #femininity that are incompatible with #drugs use, the complex realities of women are often ignored. However, a growing movement is trying to shift this perspective to better understand the unique challenges that female users face.
Any #HarmReduction group that co-opts with #MichaelBotticelli has completely sold out for money. Bet that. You all wouldn’t believe how much this one individual has screwed over the entire nation of ppl who use drugs for the past 20 yrs. That includes pain pts/rec/and addx pts.🤬
High-grade opioids? These are not high-doses. These are doses that are appropriate for those with a tolerance.
Why let a 12-step ex-alcoholic run drug policy? theguardian.com/us-news/2017/a…
Why let a 12-step ex-alcoholic run drug policy? theguardian.com/us-news/2017/a…
Drug poisoning kills more Albertans age 25 to 39 than any other cause of death.
These deaths are preventable.
Every barrier to accessing evidence-based services is an additional risk factor for death.
We need action. We need a change. We need a solution. (1/4)
These deaths are preventable.
Every barrier to accessing evidence-based services is an additional risk factor for death.
We need action. We need a change. We need a solution. (1/4)
From the Dying For Access community statement:
• Expand supervised consumption services and reopen closed sites.
• Scrap the harmful provincial regulations for consumption services. (2/4)
• Expand supervised consumption services and reopen closed sites.
• Scrap the harmful provincial regulations for consumption services. (2/4)
From the Dying For Access community statement (continued):
• Provide access to safe regulated substances to replace toxic street drugs.
• Offer rapid, barrier-free access to medical detox and evidence-based treatment. (3/4)
• Provide access to safe regulated substances to replace toxic street drugs.
• Offer rapid, barrier-free access to medical detox and evidence-based treatment. (3/4)
Thread on the role of families in #DrugPolicy :
A broad coalition takes differing perspectives, lead by PWUD and includes families/friends, health professionals, researchers and other allies.
We don't speak for PWUD, we aim to speak with them, and for our families.
1/14
A broad coalition takes differing perspectives, lead by PWUD and includes families/friends, health professionals, researchers and other allies.
We don't speak for PWUD, we aim to speak with them, and for our families.
1/14
Families come in different forms. For us, families mean ABC: Acquired, blood and chosen.
It is false to always distinguish between families and PWUD, as many of our members who have lost loved ones and work to keep loved ones alive also have lived and living experience.
2/14
It is false to always distinguish between families and PWUD, as many of our members who have lost loved ones and work to keep loved ones alive also have lived and living experience.
2/14
Just like it is stigmatizing to generalize people who use drugs, one can not generalize how families respond to the substance use of a loved one.
We also acknowledge that many experience trauma in their families that this trauma is a factor in substance use.
3/14
We also acknowledge that many experience trauma in their families that this trauma is a factor in substance use.
3/14
A (HAPPY) THREAD: The #Montréal city council today passed a motion to call on the #GOC to decriminalize possession of drugs for personal use. We @HIVlegal applaud this initiative and congratulate all who fiercely advocated for it. We are proud to stand among you. #drugpolicy 1/7
Today’s motion joins the growing call for #decriminalization in municipalities across Canada, including #Toronto, #Vancouver, and others. Cities now recognize the many harms of #criminalization, which marginalizes people who use drugs and pushes them away from #harmreduction. 2/7
Our review highlights how legal, regulatory and
socio-political actions intended to enable availability of
unintentionally limit availability and practical
access to opioids in Asia @whpca @IAHPC #opioids #pain @PalliativeMed_j
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…
socio-political actions intended to enable availability of
unintentionally limit availability and practical
access to opioids in Asia @whpca @IAHPC #opioids #pain @PalliativeMed_j
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…
We demonstrate how barriers at (inter)national and sub-national levels interact to limit availability, accessibility and potential for appropriate prescribing, resulting in inadequate supply/consumption and avoidable patient suffering @IDPCnet @UNHumanRights #avoidablesuffering
Inadequate consumption at sub-national levels due to identified barriers, provides data to inform estimates of future requirements for opioids at national level, for submission to international level @INCB_OPIOIDS @INCB_President
I am attending the #UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs intersessional
This is the only time #hepatitisC is on the workplan
We must prioritise people who use drugs to achieve our #hepatitis elimination goals
This is my thread 🧵 ⬇️ 1/
#CND2020 #CND63 #SDG3.3 #HepFreeFuture
This is the only time #hepatitisC is on the workplan
We must prioritise people who use drugs to achieve our #hepatitis elimination goals
This is my thread 🧵 ⬇️ 1/
#CND2020 #CND63 #SDG3.3 #HepFreeFuture
Globally:
- 11.3 million people inject drugs
- 48.5% #hepatitisC prevalence
- More than half of the 585,000 people whose deaths were drug related were due to #hepC
@UNODC_HIV #CND2020 #CND63 #HepFreeFuture #NoHep
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- 11.3 million people inject drugs
- 48.5% #hepatitisC prevalence
- More than half of the 585,000 people whose deaths were drug related were due to #hepC
@UNODC_HIV #CND2020 #CND63 #HepFreeFuture #NoHep
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Indigenous peoples experience criminalisation, racism and discrimination
Structural barriers must be overcome to promote engagement and access to health services including harm reduction #hepatitis
:@HRInews
#CND2020 #CND63 3/
Structural barriers must be overcome to promote engagement and access to health services including harm reduction #hepatitis
:@HRInews
#CND2020 #CND63 3/
Here @jasonluan88 responds to arguments for #safesupply brought forward by advocates on social & mainstream media, but it appears that he needs help with understanding and interpretation of the arguments and data in support of safe supply.
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#Abpoli #Ableg
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#Abpoli #Ableg
In the headline @jasonluan88 continues to use stigmatizing language with the word “addict”. People who use drugs are people first!
Stigma causes people to to use and die alone.
Here are helpful resources on stigma for the minsiter.
#ableg #abpoli
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canada.ca/en/health-cana…
Stigma causes people to to use and die alone.
Here are helpful resources on stigma for the minsiter.
#ableg #abpoli
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canada.ca/en/health-cana…
A person with lived and living experience is free to chose how they self-identify, but unless @jasonluan88 has lived experience he should stick to #PersonFirstLanuage
#Abpoli #Ableg
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#Abpoli #Ableg
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New article published in Criminal Law Journal on the crime of 'drug supply causing death'. The offence was rushed through NSW Parliament in late 2018 with inadequate consultation. The crime was introduced in response to recent drug-related deaths at music festivals (a thread)
The offence was introduced in response to a so-callled 'expert report'. The 'experts' were not criminal law academics, lawyers or drug policy experts. They were heads of government agencies. It's now in section 25C of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) legislation.nsw.gov.au/#/view/act/190…
If someone is found liable for drug supply causing death in NSW, they may now receive up to 20 years imprisonment. The elements of the offence that the Prosecution must prove beyond a reasonable doubt are listed here:
