Jessica Holtsbaum

Co-founder of Change the Face of Addiction ~ Grieving Sister ~ Harm Reduction Advocate ~ Progressive Drug Policy ~ #SupportDontPunish ~ #HarmReduction

[Jessica Holtsbaum @jessafcfa]

The reason I care so much about the current opioid epidemic. Always missing you Nath❤️

[Jessica Holtsbaum @jessafcfa]

@sheldonbailey @KassandraKitz @momsstoptheharm No one has pushed for a one pillar model. Harm reduction is part of the continuum of care that’s needed, alongside other approaches, such as abstinence. It all falls under the same umbrella ☂Please stop further creating a divide!

[Jessica Holtsbaum @jessafcfa]

@TheotherJFarkas @jasonluan88 @momsstoptheharm @heathersweetab And really @jasonluan88, no comment on this? You know it’s human and respectful to admit when you’re wrong, just sayin🤷‍♀️

[Jessica Holtsbaum @jessafcfa]

@momsstoptheharm @KassandraKitz ✊

[Jessica Holtsbaum @jessafcfa]

@KassandraKitz To say you “believe in a person’s ability to achieve recovery, health and wellness” ignores the true nature of addiction, and the complex paths people take into and out of it.

[Jessica Holtsbaum @jessafcfa]

@roni_kgg Chasing the Scream or Narconomics. Not solely harm reduction based, but really good reads to help understand why supply side interventions do not work.

[The other J Farkas @TheotherJFarkas]

Dr. Theresa Tam calls for leaders to provide full range of addiction services, including Safe Consumption sites, methadone treatment, opioid agonist services. "Addiction is not a choice"
@jkenney @tylershandro @jasonluan88
#compassionUCP @momsstoptheharm @jessafcfa

[Jessica Holtsbaum @jessafcfa]

@2020Derek @TheotherJFarkas @momsstoptheharm @jkenney @tylershandro @jasonluan88 Just nope. Every life lost matters. My brother didn’t deserve to die, and comments like yours are the real problem.

[Change the Face of Addiction @ChangetheFaceAB]

Join us on Monday, August 31st, 12:00-1:30pm

#IOAD2020 #music #hope #awareness

https://t.co/49uwdYzBWs

[Change the Face of Addiction @ChangetheFaceAB]

Meth Use Presentation & Community Consultation presented by @HIVCommLink on August 27th

#ioad2020 #overdoseawareness

Eventbrite Link 👇
https://t.co/JAOoyxj0iJ

[Change the Face of Addiction @ChangetheFaceAB]

Talking to Teens about Substance Use 101 presented by @RebeccaSaah on August 26th

#ioad2020 #overdoseawareness

Eventbrite Link 👇
https://t.co/xgm3EjOWUP

[Change the Face of Addiction @ChangetheFaceAB]

Vulnerable Peoples Training presented by @alphahouseyyc on August 25th

#ioad2020 #overdoseawareness

Eventbrite link👇
https://t.co/WQoutVTMkp

[Change the Face of Addiction @ChangetheFaceAB]

Harm Reduction & Best Practices presented by @HIVCommLink on August 24th

#ioad2020 #overdoseawareness #harmreduction

Eventbrite link👇
https://t.co/SUYshDCG6G

[AAWEAR @AAWEAR_]

Step One: Recognize that it is a public health emergency

Step Two: Engage people DIRECTLY involved with the impact of the public health emergency to understand what is needed

Step Three: Take action to address the needs

https://t.co/NIw6wSWPYv

[Elaine Hyshka @ehyshka]

BC adding 17 new supervised consumption services and 12 inhalation services in response to dramatic spike in ODs during COVID-19. https://t.co/eCgeXQO90w

[Jessica Holtsbaum @jessafcfa]

@ChangetheFaceAB @jasonluan88 @DarcyJudy @momsstoptheharm @shmitzysays @JeremyAppel1025 @heathersweetab @JanisIrwin @ANCHR_nurses @StreetworksAB @CovidEquity That’s what our government should be doing, but instead they’re dismantling everything many people worked hard to build😢 #AbLeg #abpoli #harmreductionworks

[Change the Face of Addiction @ChangetheFaceAB]

The #Alberta model. Works best when you don’t keep score.

Release #overdose data for Q2 @jasonluan88.

#ABLeg #ABpoli

[Jessica Holtsbaum @jessafcfa]

@Eight_gop @momsstoptheharm @ChangetheFaceAB @jasonluan88 Wow Alex...what an unnecessary comment. @momsstoptheharm much love always 💜

[Neil Woods @wudzee0]

The inevitable result of the war on drugs. Legally regulate the supply and these people lose their power. Someone on this thread suggested a missile would ‘take them out’. No. A missile would merely make rivals happy. Rivals are endless- until it’s legal.

[Change the Face of Addiction @ChangetheFaceAB]

Save lives. Decriminalize.

As Canada continues to battle an opioid epidemic, the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police is calling on federal lawmakers to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of illegal drugs for personal consumption.
#cdnpoli

https://t.co/9LIAMlwWuy