Ian Mitchell, MD

Ian Mitchell, MD

@drivmitch.bsky.social

Emerg doc with interests in addiction, cannabis, ketamine and naloxone

188 followers265 following285 posts

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Euan Thomson
@drugdatadecoded.ca

BC residents should learn that their likely incoming premier Aaron Gunn drove much of the violent anti-homeless, anti-drug user rhetoric whipped up in the last few years in BC and nationally, which came immediately after Gunn made Vancouver is Dying with the help of the Alberta government.

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De Facto Journalism Co-op
@defactomedia.ca

NEW: Naloxone kits, medications, memorials, board games all end up in the trash, unhoused people and advocates say. Read Part 2 of our series on bylaw enforcement and unhoused residents' possessions in Victoria. www.defactomedia.ca/unhoused-peo...

defactomedia.ca'All I have left’: As election cycle spotlights homeless crisis, bylaw seizures ‘devastating’ for Victoria’s unhousedMany cities are seeing bylaw enforcement ramp up. BC’s capital is a case study — and it’s hurting those already most vulnerable
Ian Mitchell, MD
@drivmitch.bsky.social

A pirate comes into a doctor’s office. Somehow, he has a wooden steering wheel bolted to his pelvis. Doctor says: “Why do you have that?” Pirate: “I don’t know, but it’s driving me nuts.” #dadjoke

Ian Mitchell, MD
@drivmitch.bsky.social

Poorly sourced @theglobeandmail.com Opinion article against #SafeSupply ? Is it an election year? Featuring a remarkable lack of statistics...but fearmongering galore. Let's start with this: "it’s now clear that this supposed solution carries big costs." OK, let's hear about those...

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Ian Mitchell, MD
@drivmitch.bsky.social

The @theglobeandmail.com board also advocates that only addiction physicians should be the only ones to prescribe prescription opiates. When this was the case in BC, there was considerable profiteering and lack of access. Why would anyone choose to go backwards, given stigma and lack of access?

Ian Mitchell, MD
@drivmitch.bsky.social

The last paragraph is the most disheartening. It lays the current overdose crisis blame entirely on opiates, neglecting the role that lower employment, poor health care access and lack of social supports have on generating dependence. How much does rehab cost?

Ian Mitchell, MD
@drivmitch.bsky.social

Poorly sourced @theglobeandmail.com Opinion article against #SafeSupply ? Is it an election year? Featuring a remarkable lack of statistics...but fearmongering galore. Let's start with this: "it’s now clear that this supposed solution carries big costs." OK, let's hear about those...

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Ian Mitchell, MD
@drivmitch.bsky.social

@theglobeandmail.com relies heavily on anecdotes from Dr. Lori Regenstreif, an addictions physician who allies with Adam Zivo , an anti-safe-supply zealot/"journalist"/occasional secret agent for foreign governments and has been linked to anti-trans activities www.transgendermap.com/issues/acade...

transgendermap.comLori Regenstreif vs. transgender people – Transgender MapLori Regenstreif is a Canadian physician and anti-transgender activist. Regenstreif is associated with SPLC-designated anti-trans hate group Genspect, is a contributing writer to Canada's anti-trans M...
Ian Mitchell, MD
@drivmitch.bsky.social

Poorly sourced @theglobeandmail.com Opinion article against #SafeSupply ? Is it an election year? Featuring a remarkable lack of statistics...but fearmongering galore. Let's start with this: "it’s now clear that this supposed solution carries big costs." OK, let's hear about those...

Ian Mitchell, MD
@drivmitch.bsky.social

"All too often, the hydromorphone ends up in the hands of young people seeking a cheap high" It appears the evidence to support this is a quote from an addicitions physician - there are no statistics supplied.

Ian Mitchell, MD
@drivmitch.bsky.social

"Some hydromorphone users, chasing a stronger high, move on to fentanyl." This could be a big cost, if we knew how often this happens. If this was rare compared to the number of people helped by safe supply then the costs would not be BIG. Again, the lack of facts hampers any conclusion

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Michelle Cohen
@docmcohen.medsky.social

Replying to @docmcohen.medsky.social

I will never stop pointing out the BC medical college's total failure to keep the public safe from Hoffe's prolific anti-vax propaganda. Every time he shows up on a big stage to promote COVID denialism, I will be the small voice reminding everyone that the CPSBC shirked their responsibility.

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Andrea Woo
@andreawoo.bsky.social

BREAKING: A BC Supreme Court judge has sided with Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx, who operated an illicit-drug compassion club (Drug User Liberation Front), were convicted of trafficking, and challenged the constitutionality of Canada's drug laws. Trafficking section ruled invalid, convictions stayed.

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Dylan Houlihan (he/him)
@houlio77.bsky.social

My big thoughts on this is that the RCMP shouldn't be forcing us to spend money on this project until we get a stronger say on how policing in the community is done and that there is no reason this facility needs to be downtown and that we should consider places like Mission Flats.

Castanet Kamloops@castanetkamloops.net

Kamloops heritage group wants to keep Stuart Wood out of detachment site search #Kamloops

castanetkamloops.netKamloops heritage group wants to keep Stuart Wood out of detachment site search - Kamloops News
Ian Mitchell, MD
@drivmitch.bsky.social

I’m glad this is out, but why did American media take 7 months to start reporting on this? #Canada www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

cbc.caMinister troubled by talks with OpenAI after Tumbler Ridge, B.C., shootingCanada's Minister of A.I. called the makers of ChatGPT and OpenAI to Ottawa to talk about safety and risk assessment protocols after learning the company banned the Tumbler Ridge, B.C., shooter for tr...
Clara Jeffery@clarajeffery.bsky.social

We just dropped a bombshell investigation into ChatGPT's role in the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting. Incredible reporting from @markfollman.bsky.social that will have far-reaching effects...hopefully: www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...

motherjones.comChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation revealsOpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.

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Paris Marx
@parismarx.com

Just when I think I can’t hate OpenAI and Sam Altman any more, new details come out about how ChatGPT helped a shooter plan one of the worst mass shootings in Canadian history in Tumbler Ridge, BC. OpenAI made an explicit decision not to report the user to authorities.

motherjones.comChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation revealsOpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.

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REBEL EM
@rebel-em.bsky.social

🚫 Routine casting for all snuffbox tenderness? 🩹 The SUSPECT Trial says… maybe not. Bandaging was noninferior for occult scaphoid fx w/ better ROM + satisfaction. 🧠 Re-think your reflexes. 📖 https://wp.me/pdrP8b-5nC #FOAMed #EmergencyMedicine

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Michelle Cohen
@docmcohen.medsky.social

ICYMI: I wrote an article for @healthydebate.bsky.social earlier this week about ivermectin, historical cancer scams, and the William Makis online grift economy.

Michelle Cohen@docmcohen.medsky.social

NEW: Cancer Pseudoscience and the Cultural Moment I wrote about how cancer quackery often capitalizes on its era of origin's social tensions. In our current moment, a Canadian former doctor and prolific COVID disinfo promotor is the reason ivermectin has become an ever-expanding online scam.

healthydebate.caCancer pseudoscience and the cultural moment - Healthy Debate

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Clare Blackwood
@clareblackwood.bsky.social

Adam Zivo once responded to a joke I made on Twitter about the National Post by mocking me for being a restaurant server and saying I clearly wasted my university degree. He's an absolute piece of shit. It was a good joke, too! Save your insults for my just-okay jokes, Adam! They're out there!

Luke LeBrun@lukelebrun.ca

Received this bizarre email out of the blue yesterday from National Post columnist Adam Zivo gloating over my former colleague's layoff notice I'd like to thank Postmedia for looking into it and issuing this statement clarifying Zivo is expected to uphold professional standards for employee conduct

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Rachel Gilmore
@rachelgilmore.bsky.social

Adam Zivo is a fucking monster. Wow.

Luke LeBrun@lukelebrun.ca

Received this bizarre email out of the blue yesterday from National Post columnist Adam Zivo gloating over my former colleague's layoff notice I'd like to thank Postmedia for looking into it and issuing this statement clarifying Zivo is expected to uphold professional standards for employee conduct

Ian Mitchell, MD
@drivmitch.bsky.social

2. Global TV states the ads "continue to meet all required Canadian broadcast clearance standards" and are actively reviewing and monitoring the situation. So aware of deception, but not doing anything. Even though broadcast standards are met, the CBC has pulled the ad. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

cbc.caCBC pulls Kars4Kids ads after U.S. court bans 'deceptive' jingle | CBC NewsThe CBC will no longer carry ads for Kars4Kids — the long-running charity campaign featuring a familiar jingle inviting audiences to "donate your car today." The public broadcaster announced the move ...
Ian Mitchell, MD
@drivmitch.bsky.social

3. The charity "Kars 4 Kids" has no staff in Canada and won't say if any of their money goes to Canadian children. Why is #GlobalTV supporting a deceptive organization that collects Canadian dollars to help Jewish and Israeli groups? Is Global less concerned about deceiving viewers than the CBC?

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CTV News Kitchener
@ctvnewskitchener.bsky.social

Smoke from U.S. wildfires affecting air quality in B.C. - Wildfires south of the border are responsible for “much” of the smoke that has prompted an air quality warning in one region of B.C., according to officials.

bit.lySmoke from U.S. wildfires affecting air quality in B.C.Wildfires south of the border are responsible for “much” of the smoke that has prompted an air quality warning in one region of B.C., according to officials.

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Michael Nabert
@sustainablesong.bsky.social

Replying to @sustainablesong.bsky.social

Mark Carney's made deep cuts to Natural Resources Canada that strip away science-based expertise on forest fires, "decimating capacity" to track wildfire activity. Only one forest pathologist now monitors the entire forestry system east of the Rockies. 5/ www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/05/n...

nationalobserver.comCuts at Natural Resources Canada ‘decimate’ wildfire and flood tracking capacity, unions warnCarney's cuts have hit Natural Resources Canada, causing uproar from public sector unions warning the layoffs will hurt Canada's ability to respond to cliamte change and protect Canadians from wildfir...

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Michelle Cohen
@docmcohen.medsky.social

Makis is never more in his element than when he's embroiled in legal drama of his own making.

Unofficial CBC News Mirror@cbcnews-mirror.bsky.social

cbc.caFormer Alberta doctor again ordered to stop ‘cancer coaching’ as appeal bid rejected | CBC NewsAlberta’s highest court has barred a former Edmonton physician from launching an appeal against court-ordered sanctions that prohibit him from practising medicine or implying he’s licensed to care for any patient in the province.

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Lee Rosenberg 🇺🇦
@leerosenberg.bsky.social

If Popehat is permanently banned because of this post, I’m genuinely concerned about the viability of this platform. Hopefully, someone like @masnick.com knows more about what’s happening and whether this is just a temporary suspension

Charles Johnson@charles.littlegreenfootballs.com

Banning Popehat was a profoundly stupid move by Bluesky. Moderation is a very difficult job at this kind of scale, and I tend to grant lots of leeway for that reason. But this move was simply indefensible.

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Andrea Woo
@andreawoo.bsky.social

Replying to @andreawoo.bsky.social

3. Widespread distribution of the overdose-reversing medication naloxone (3x from 2020-2024). Public Health Agency of Canada: “All provinces with substantial naloxone distribution experienced notable mortality decline.”

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Luke LeBrun
@lukelebrun.ca

Canadian man who hangs outside local elementary schools attempting to engage passersby in conversations about puberty says he has been arrested by Spanish police