InsiteVan

InsiteVan

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INSITEvan Tweets by #HarmReduction Advocates and Do Not Necessarily Reflect the Views of VCH or PHS #insitesaveslives

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Citizen Portal News Massachusetts
@citizenptnewsma.bsky.social

Hundreds gathered at the East Hampton International Overdose Awareness Vigil to honor those lost and advocate for vital resources like naloxone, emphasizing that substance use disorder deserves compassion, not stigma. Learn more here #MA #CitizenPortal #HarmReduction #SubstanceUseDisorder

citizenportal.aiEast Hampton vigil urges wider naloxone access and end to stigmaAt the East Hampton International Overdose Awareness Vigil, community members, families and elected officials urged broader naloxone access, more funding for treatment and an end to stigma toward people with substance use disorders.

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Citizen Portal News New York
@citizenptnewsny.bsky.social

The DOH is making strides to tailor harm reduction services for communities of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, and veterans—ensuring those hit hardest by substance use get the support they need. Learn more here! #NY #CitizenPortal #HarmReduction #NewYorkPriorityPopulations #SubstanceUseSupport

citizenportal.aiDOH aims to expand harm reduction tailored to priority populationsDOH said a second program in its slide deck targets expansion of harm reduction services for priority populations—communities of color, LGBTQ+ people, veterans and others disproportionately affected by substance use—so services are more responsive and appropriate.

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Avi Lewis
@avilewis.ca

When you’re in a war, you use your strongest weapons. And our power in this trade war comes from resources we have that the US needs — like oil, gas, potash, and other critical minerals.

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Guy Felicella
@guyfelicella.bsky.social

Good early morning from the west coast. 🇨🇦 Today I’ll be on CBC Early Edition with Stephen Quinn at 6:05am, and then on the Global News Morning Show at 7:10am, to talk about why I’m giving back my proclamation from the Mayor of Vancouver. This isn’t about recognition, it’s about principle.

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National Harm Reduction Coalition
@harmreduction.org

🧵After quoting doctors & #Addiction specialists naming the effectiveness of #HarmReduction services, @48hills.bsky.social founder writes, “Never mind the evidence, though: San Francisco, after several decades, is moving to abandon harm reduction as a principle in its substance bit.ly/SFMovesBackward

bit.lySF backs away from harm reduction and Housing First - 48 hillsPlus: Fighting back against budget cuts to job training, affordability, and public health. That's The Agenda for April 19-26.
InsiteVan
@insitevan.bsky.social

Harm reduction saves lives by reducing overdoses, preventing disease, and connecting people to care. Abstinence-only fails substance users, with higher rates of illness, overdose, and relapse. #HarmReduction

InsiteVan
@insitevan.bsky.social

Why the people running London's soon-to-close supervised consumption site say it works. Province gives operators 90 days before funding ends on June 13. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

cbc.caSupervised consumption site closure in London will leave gap in services, operator says | CBC NewsOntario's surprise decision to stop funding supervised consumption sites resulting in their closure will leave a gaping hole that will put people's lives at risk, according to the operators of London'...
InsiteVan
@insitevan.bsky.social

Despite pledge to expand naloxone access, Trump administration proposal would cut overdose prevention programs www.cnn.com/2025/04/30/h...

cnn.comDespite pledge to expand naloxone access, Trump administration proposal would cut overdose prevention programs | CNNThe Trump administration has named overdose prevention among its top drug policy priorities, but a preliminary budget proposal that was recently leaked suggests that it would cut about two dozen subst...

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Euan Thomson
@drugdatadecoded.ca

Gift link: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/3892dc4...

theglobeandmail.comTrey Helten, prominent advocate for drug users, has diedAs manager at Vancouver’s Overdose Prevention Society, he helped people schedule medical appointments and find housing – and reversed hundreds of overdoses and trained others to do the same
André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social

Trey Helten, an advocate for drug users whose willingness to speak searingly about his own battle with #addiction provided hope to many in Vancouver’s troubled Downtown Eastside, has died. He was 42, by @andreawoo.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com

theglobeandmail.comTrey Helten, prominent advocate for drug users, has diedAs manager at Vancouver’s Overdose Prevention Society, he helped people schedule medical appointments and find housing – and reversed hundreds of overdoses and trained others to do the same

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Euan Thomson
@drugdatadecoded.ca

The profit motive enters the picture here when Poilievre’s legislation follows the Alberta model (see: Compassionate Intervention Act) in which private delivery of forced abstinence “services” stand in for full-blown incarceration. Aka prison privatization under guise of “treatment.” 1/

Rachel Gilmore@rachelgilmore.bsky.social

Poilievre's actual announcement today: he'd amend the Criminal Code to give police power to charge people for living in a homeless encampment or a tent city He said these are places where "half-dead, contorted bodies lie on the ground on the verge of overdose from fentanyl" Compassionate!! /s

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Andrea Woo
@andreawoo.bsky.social

Trey Helten, an advocate for drug users whose willingness to speak searingly about his own battle with addiction provided hope and inspiration to many in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, has died at 42. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

theglobeandmail.comTrey Helten, prominent advocate for people who use drugs - remembered for his own battle with addiction - has diedAs manager at Vancouver’s Overdose Prevention Society, he helped people schedule medical appointments and find housing, and reversed hundreds of overdoses and trained others to do the same
InsiteVan
@insitevan.bsky.social

People don't judge you': Inside the final days of a safe consumption site in Toronto. The Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre's 2 supervised consumption sites closed last week www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

cbc.ca'People don't judge you': Inside the final days of a safe consumption site in Toronto | CBC NewsThe Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre's two supervised consumption sites closed last week, in light of a new provincial law. In the final days of the Queen Street site, clients and staff sai...

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The Breakdown AB
@thebreakdownab.bsky.social

Today on Your Province, Your Premier… Smith made it clear that she has directed to shut down Calgary’s lifesaving supervised consumption site at the request of #YYC mayor Jyoti Gondek. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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Three Raccoons
@threeraccoonsvan.bsky.social

A traditional after voting beer. A reminder to folks in Vancouver that today, and APR 1 city hall is open for advanced voting, with the election being held on APR 5. Two seats in city council are currently open, this is a chance to loosen Ken Sim’s grip on the city. #vancouvervotes

InsiteVan
@insitevan.bsky.social

2 die on Victoria streets little more than an hour apart as Island Health issues drug toxicity warning. Island Health issues drug alert. Coroners Service says cause of deaths still under investigation www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

cbc.ca2 die on Victoria streets little more than an hour apart as Island Health issues drug toxicity warning | CBC NewsTwo people died a little over an hour apart in Victoria on Monday, Victoria police and the B.C. Coroners Service have confirmed