Last year 3.6% of detox referrals made by the Moss Park CTS staff were successful. The other 96.4% of the time they were told their were no detox beds available anywhere in Toronto.

We invite you to join us for a free screening of film "Haven," a panel discussion and exhibit of the impact that this crisis has had on our community and our collective responsibility to bring about change as a society and culture. Everyone is welcome: kpl.events.mylibrary.digital/event?id=107699

The ODPRN is now accepting applications for our 2025 Drug Policy Student Training Program! Free access to online training and incredible networking opportunities with expert leaders in the field of #drugpolicy. To learn more and apply, visit: odprn.ca/about-us/stude…

Job posting: Program Manager with Moms Stop The Harm (MSTH). Apply by September 10th paninbc.ca/2024/08/29/job… #harmreduction #sdoh #drugpolicy

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In honor of recovery month…. #RecoveryMonth

‘Overdose Prevention Centers Are Health Care: Treat Them as Such’ ‘Nearly 300 people across the country die of a drug overdose every day. This amounts to more than 107,000 people over the course of a year’ filtermag.org/overdose-preve… by Leslie Suen, MD, MAS for Filter | harm reduction journalism

Save Our Sites! ... from the dangerous plan to shut down supervised consumption sites across Ontario, including the Kensington Market Overdose Prevention Site (@KMOPS_). Join us Friday, Sept 13 (1-2 pm) at 260 Augusta Ave jessicabellmpp.ca/saveoursites

📣 Open letter from Canadian Nurses Association and HRNA/AIIRM 📣 “Harm Reduction Is Part of Nursing Practice, Both Inside and Outside of the Hospital” Read here 👇 #nurses #nursing #HarmReduction …ownload.s3-ca-central-1.amazonaws.com/CNA/2f975e7e-4…

Calling all pharmacists! Join us Sept 25th 3 pm ET for a presentation about pharmacist obligations under the CDSA & associated regulations, with a focus on Inventory Control, Loss/Theft Reporting & Security. Register ca01web.zoom.us/meeting/regist… #pharmacy #prescribedalternatives

✨From CityNews; coverage of the rally✨ #TogetherWeCan #SaveOurSites toronto.citynews.ca/2024/09/13/ral…

Involuntary, abstinence based treatment doesn’t work. In the fentanyl era… it kills In this study shared by guyfelicella, it was shown that 96.4% of 1083 patients had relapsed to substance use 2 months after discharge from involuntary treatment 1044/1083 patients returned to

A desperate campaign promise from a leader feeling the ground shrink beneath his feet. A promise lacking proof. A callous approach touted as dignified. Involuntary care won’t keep us safe. This new idea is an old failed idea. 🧵 #bcpoli #cdnpoli cbc.ca/news/canada/br…

To reiterate—immediate “voluntary care” for our loved ones is not available now when it’s desperately needed, when they seek and want it. Yet somehow, “involuntary care” will be readily accessible? This is truly shortsighted and doesn’t address anything. Deaths will continue.

Confining people against their will due to their difficult relationship with drug use is incompatible with intn'l human rights standards Sad to see people's lives & rights put at risk for electoral gain. #CareIsNotCoerced #SupportDontPunish Ref: idpc.net/publications/2…

It is obvious the BC NDP and Conservative Party of BC want to repeat a failed experiment from 1979 when an involuntary treatment centre as opened on Vancouver Island. #bcpoli youtu.be/RAq8Gtz0Kvw?si…

We're teaming up with our friends at Work Safe Twerk Safe and the Critical Trafficking and Sex Work Studies Research Cluster at York University to host a Straight Work Curious Support Group for sex workers interested in exploring employment opportunities outside of the industry.

“For many decades, we have seen that involuntary care doesn’t work. It’s not effective, and it can have serious repercussions," #BCpoli Read more: vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/09/13/bc-…