Very excited for the release of this paper, mapping the emergence of a moral panic around safer supply prescribing. Led by Liam Michaud 🇵🇸, our team uses established criteria for moral panics to explore recent rhetoric around safer supply, diversion and youth drug use 🧵

From the gutting of drug decrim in BC to the Good Samaritan law—piecemeal drug law reforms that don’t address actual sources of harm (criminalization, prohibition) create and sustain harms. Paper with EVDM, SKHC and JBM as part of HIV Legal Network study in Social & Legal Studies. 1/11

Read below for information on OMSAs official statement on the student led campus protests surrounding the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Link: omsa.ca/en/hub/stateme…

so now you see that its all connected and that the response required is SOLIDARITY: organizing horizontally, across issues and identities to build a movement against fascism and mass death, a movement for a better and more just future. All our crises are the same crisis.

Check out the Linktree to get updates and see how you can support: linktr.ee/mcmasterstuden…

101 recommendations to fix safety and staffing concerns at Brantford’s ER Report reveals millions paid to temp agencies, inadequate monitoring of mental-health patients and overwhelmed triage nurses. thespec.com/news/hamilton-… Joanna Frketich reports | Joanna Frketich

🧵Journalist Tamer Almisshal | تامر المسحال posted a request asking the people of #Gaza to share photos and names of Medical personnel killed by the Israeli army during ongoing Gaza Genocide. I'll share these testimonies where families share heartbreaking stories and images of their lost heroes.

More to do.

Solidarities built here will continue...#Faculty4Palestine

"They saved my life for long enough to get me into a treatment program, without which I very well may not still be alive," she said. In an interview with CBC Toronto, Saneeh said both consumption sites and treatment centres should be supported… cbc.ca/news/canada/to…

NEW ODPRN Report with Public Health ON examines the trends, characteristics, and patterns of healthcare use among people who died of an opioid-related toxicity within shelters in #Ontario, Canada. odprn.ca/research/publi… 1/3

People experiencing #homelessness or unstable housing are disproportionately affected by the #opioid toxicity crisis. Only 1/7 of these deaths occurred in the presence of someone who could intervene, indicating that most individuals used drugs alone. 2/3

The increase in deaths in #shelters highlights the critical need for greater investment in #harmreduction services, healthcare, social care, treatment programs, and ensuring adequate staff availability, training, and support in these environments. 3/3

Hiding the failures to provide supports, care, services to people living outside under the guise of caring for "parks" instead is really, really messed up.

We received dozens of hateful and racist messages in response to our recent post about Diagolon. We also heard from many people who want to take action. Email or call a local venue to encourage them not to book this event and if you manage a venue, refuse to book space to them.

Send a message to all vendors that hate has no place here: docs.google.com/document/d/1KX…

Following the July 22 fire at YMCA Hamilton | Burlington | Brantford on James St. S, the need is great and will continue for some time. If you would like to make a direct donation please visit YMCA's website: ymcahbb.ca/hamilton_downt…

📢We’re hiring a Financial Coordinator! The link to the full job posting and instructions for applying are in our bio.

We urge local venues to exercise caution & be vigilant regarding event bookings tomorrow (July 31st). Specifically, be aware Diagolon is known to stoke racism, anti-immigration & fascist sentiments & may be looking for space in the Hamilton area. #HamOnt #HateInHamOnt #HateInCA