BreakTheNeedle @BreakingNeedles
News and analysis on drugs and crime. breakingneedles.com Joined February 2024-
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When nurses are routinely exposed to weapons and illicit drug use in hospitals, they end up leaving the profession due to stress. In this clip, @elenoresturko explains why that's a problem. Full podcast here: breakingneedles.com/p/weapons-and-…
In this excerpt, @EarlThiessen explains how he, and other Indigenous leaders, predicted that Canada's "safer supply" experiment would be a disaster. Listen to the full podcast here: breakingneedles.com/p/how-indigeno…
David McEvoy, an Ottawa-based outreach worker who specializes in overdose prevention, estimates that 90% of "safer supply" clients are reselling their taxpayer-funded drugs on the street, leading to new addictions and relapses. Watch his interview: breakingneedles.com/p/watch-addict…
As @elenoresturko explains, open drug use in hospitals is unfair to people who are trying to recover from addiction. Listen to the full podcast: breakingneedles.com/p/weapons-and-…
Should governments invest into building Indigenous addiction treatment centres on First Nation reserves or in urban centres? @EarlThiessen shares some of his thoughts. Watch the full podcast here: breakingneedles.com/p/how-indigeno…
British Columbia's government claimed that it had no idea that open drug use was rampant in the province's hospitals. In this clip, @elenoresturko explains why that simply isn't true. Full podcast here: breakingneedles.com/p/weapons-and-…
Why is it important to have Indigenous addiction treatment centres? @EarlThiessen explains. Listen to the full podcast here: breakingneedles.com/p/how-indigeno…
In this clip, @elenoresturko explains how drug decriminalization has led to horrendous workplace safety issues within British Columbia's hospitals. Full podcast here: breakingneedles.com/p/weapons-and-…
Dr. Martyn Judson pioneered the use of methadone in Ontario in the 1990s. He was, and remains, one of Canada's most respected addiction physicians. He sees no real evidence that "safer supply" saves lives.
People can't recover from addiction without addressing their underlying traumas – which is exactly what Indigenous-informed drug treatment is about. Watch the full podcast with @EarlThiessen: breakingneedles.com/p/how-indigeno…
In this clip, @elenoresturko describes how nurses from across British Columbia have reached out to her about the harms of drug decriminalization. Listen to the full podcast: breakingneedles.com/p/weapons-and-…
In our latest podcast episode, @CMiddleton38533 explains how "safer supply" fuelled drug trafficking and public disorder in Nanaimo, British Columbia. breakingneedles.com/p/how-safer-su…
In our latest podcast, @elenoresturko explains why it is unacceptable that crime and illicit drugs have been normalized in British Columbia's hospitals. Patients and nurses should not have to contend with knives and plumes of meth in healthcare settings. breakingneedles.com/p/weapons-and-…
Safer supply advocates misled the public for years about the prevalence of hydromorphone diversion. But now they’ve finally been forced to admit that the problem is real, not “disinformation.” breakingneedles.com/p/can-we-now-a…
How can Canadians effectively advocate for better drug policies in their communities? @Twolfrecovery shares some ideas based on his experiences in San Francisco. Watch the full podcast: breakingneedles.com/p/learning-fro…
🚨“Disastrous results”: BC addiction counsellor says students increasingly addicted to safer supply drugs🚨 New contributor @maeveellis_ reports how lower prices and mental health issues are pushing teens towards diverted government-supplied opioids. breakingneedles.com/p/disastrous-r…
Supervised consumption sites aren't necessarily bad. As @Twolfrecovery explains, they just need to be better managed and integrated into a medical continuum of care. Watch the full podcast here: breakingneedles.com/p/learning-fro…
San Francisco embraced harm reduction and decarceration in 2018 – but, after several years of poor results, the city veered back towards more traditional policies in 2022. @Twolfrecovery explains how that happened. Watch the full podcast here: breakingneedles.com/p/learning-fro…
In our latest podcast episode, Indigenous recovery advocate @EarlThiessen explains how culturally-sensitive treatment, not decriminalization and safer supply, saves lives. breakingneedles.com/p/how-indigeno…
Some people believe that recreational opioid use is unproblematic. @Twolfrecovery disagrees and explains how addiction "broke his soul." Watch the full podcast: breakingneedles.com/p/learning-fro…
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In this excerpt, @EarlThiessen explains how he, and other Indigenous leaders, predicted that Canada's "safer supply" experiment would be a disaster. Listen to the full podcast here: breakingneedles.com/p/how-indigeno…
Now that NDP Premier Eby admits he and Trudeau were wrong to decriminalize public use of hard drugs, will the media quit quoting the “experts” who told us it was a great idea? More importantly, will these “experts” be held accountable for the lives ruined and lost by following…
@BreakingNeedles @EarlThiessen Earl is 100% accurate in urban recovery centers surrounded by culture that are successful. We have to learn our culture in healthy ways and bring that back to the Rez and teach our community members a new way of living.
Exactly this, but intimidation seems to be the whole point.
If you don’t want stories of intimidation and harassment at your protest to become a distraction from the issue you’re protesting, one very easy thing you can do is not intimidate and harass people
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The BC Govt failed to implement urgently needed services while funding “safe supply” companies owned by senior leaders. Then they failed to measure outcomes while denying harms. A thorough investigation is needed.
"Safer supply" has been widely available in Canada for almost 4 years – yet there are no rigorous studies showing that it works. Read our full article here: breakingneedles.com/p/71-doctors-s…
Dude, WTAF are you doing. Marketing illegal drugs (and to youth!) is certainly beyond the pale. This is unethical, immoral, and illegal under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. Not liking the rules doesn’t mean you aren’t obliged to follow them. canada.ca/en/health-cana…
“It is virtually unheard of for a potentially dangerous medical intervention to be expanded beyond a pilot project without significant evidence showing efficacy, and similarly significant evidence showing an absence of harm." Why do we tolerate people who are experimenting on us…
EXCLUSIVE: 72 doctors in B.C., including several of the province’s leading physicians, have signed a letter criticizing Canada’s “safer supply” programs. They argue that these unscientific programs are being widely defrauded and harming youth. breakingneedles.com/p/71-doctors-s…
That this statement passes for “hard right wing” is indicative of where our politics are at as a society in Canada today. By every measure, this is a reasonable, thoughtful, deliberate statement aimed at advancing public health and safety…and yet ________ (fill in the blank).
We know encampments have dangerous drugs, crime and violence that lead to unsafe situations for those living in them, as well as neighbouring residents and businesses. We won’t stand by and watch as vulnerable Albertans and the general public continue to be extorted and taken…
Yes, San Francisco spends as much or more than NYC on public health. New York has 10x the population.
As more evidence comes in about the harms these programs cause, and the fear of speaking out lessens with numbers, more and more physicians are voicing criticism of "safer supply" programs.
EXCLUSIVE: 72 doctors in B.C., including several of the province’s leading physicians, have signed a letter criticizing Canada’s “safer supply” programs. They argue that these unscientific programs are being widely defrauded and harming youth. breakingneedles.com/p/71-doctors-s…
"... safer supply patients are currently permitted to take almost all of their drugs “home” for unwitnessed use. Many physicians say that this urgently needs to stop and that supervised consumption must be mandatory." 💯 This would mitigate many of the issues @melishee expressed.
EXCLUSIVE: 72 doctors in B.C., including several of the province’s leading physicians, have signed a letter criticizing Canada’s “safer supply” programs. They argue that these unscientific programs are being widely defrauded and harming youth. breakingneedles.com/p/71-doctors-s…
This. 👇🏻
EXCLUSIVE: 72 doctors in B.C., including several of the province’s leading physicians, have signed a letter criticizing Canada’s “safer supply” programs. They argue that these unscientific programs are being widely defrauded and harming youth. breakingneedles.com/p/71-doctors-s…
The Medical Chiefs of Staff for Victoria General and Royal Jubilee are now among the 72 doctors sounding the alarm on “safe supply”. No evidence it works. Diversion is undeniable. Yet radicals in NDP want to EXPAND it. Insane. BC Conservatives will make it harder to get…
EXCLUSIVE: 72 doctors in B.C., including several of the province’s leading physicians, have signed a letter criticizing Canada’s “safer supply” programs. They argue that these unscientific programs are being widely defrauded and harming youth. breakingneedles.com/p/71-doctors-s…
And you know very little about the realities of the safer supply program negative impacts here in #ldnont & you can't accept that anyone other than Dr. Sereda knows what they're talking about, & seem to think you know better than those who live here. What's your point?
The review is a result of a mismanaged SCS that ignored the safety concerns of its community for years, culminating in a woman being killed by drug dealers. Also: should these fentanyl dealers be encouraged to operate within 150 meters of 2 elementary schools & 6 daycare centres?
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Important ongoing discussion about the serious harms of diversion from Canada's first "safe supply" program in London that launched in 2016.
I've seen enough incidents where people who access safer supply programs are targeted by those in the illicit drug market with very little support or protection to know that the way things are run now need to change & be better.#ldnont
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