Don't get it twisted. We are not victims of "woke" policy. There's no woke heroin here. There's sleepy incrementalism from the political centre & backlash from the right. Behind both lurks a bipartisan drug war & consensus necropolitics. The direction of travel is to the right

.Jerusalem is correct. theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

Instead of using the tired metaphor of a degrading job being like prostitution, with connotations of selling one’s soul, “The Menu” deftly uses the similarities between food service and sex work to not only make a point about exploitation in labor but to create an unlikely 1/

One of my favourite real Titanic stories is the tale of this guy, Chief Baker Charles Joughin, who really did end up on the stern of the sinking ship - but not after being kind of a badass 🧵

The Onion has had it lmao

Certified banger from the Onion. theonion.com/the-onion-s-ex…

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Love this juicy bit from a recent OLT verdict to throw out an appeal by a neighbourhood association

Last night was the first night for #TweakEasyCBG - an OPS in Cobourg, ON. Over the past six months there were many times I thought we might never get there... but we did. Six folks visited and used our tents. Thank you to all those who took action before us and showed us the way.

No limits on age, quantity in posession, or which drugs. Good.

DTES goose says don’t forget to prioritize airway and breathing / oxygen in addition to naloxone when you suspect a benzodope OD

That piece on safe supply doesn't even show correlation between safe supply and the harms it says it causes, much less causation. I wrote about that and more in a new substack post: open.substack.com/pub/dearre/p/d…

Our safe supply programs are half-assed by our government, which is part of the problem. But it's also that safe supply is a half-ass way to do drug legalization and regulation. The amazing thing about safe supply is that, even as a half-measure, it manages to do so much good.

We are a thought leader in this space—but only after checking with our collaborative partners first.