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How Buying My Drugs Online Has Been Working for Me
A reliable supply of drugs can save lives. That’s exactly why harm reductionists are pushing for widely accessible, regulated safe supplythroughout Canada and beyond. Until we get that, finding trusted unregulated vendors is the best we can do. We drug users need to share information about sources as much as possible to help each other through this ongoing crisis of drug poisoning deaths.
Safe Consumption Means Safe Inhalation, Too: An All-Inclusive Model
“As a former crack cocaine user, I’ve been on both ends of sharing a glass stem. I know how people experiencing stimulant dependency may be more inclined to take risks, like sharing pipes or having unprotected sex. So I’ve been excited to learn more about a project in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan’s largest city, that includes a center for safely smoking substances.”
Canada Is So Close to Decriminalizing Drugs: Let’s Make It Happen
“The decriminalization movement has been propelled by new collective understandings of the racist, costly and deadly failings of the criminal justice system. As calls to defund or abolish the police grow, it is inevitable that police will ultimately have to stand down from the drug war. It’s just a matter of how.”
How we can help keep people who use drugs alive during COVID-19
“As someone who uses drugs and very recently experienced an overdose, I know how important it is to not use alone. In July, I was saved by two people who administered naloxone and performed CPR, including rescue breathing until paramedics responded. Like my overdose, most overdoses are accidental and most are preventable.”
‘Town hall draws emotional supporters and some critics of supervised consumption sites’
Limited and more thoughtful development.
Homeless camps set up in downtown Edmonton raise questions over safe spaces for less fortunate
Protecting our most valuable resource.
Buyer’s club’ for heroin could combat overdose deaths and organized crime
Achieving a net zero carbon footprint.
Drug death prompts advocate to meet users anywhere so they don't overdose alone
Encouraging needs to be met locally.