KMOPS

Kensington Market Overdose Prevention Site

[KMOPS @kmops_]

“[…] ensure the health and safety of all Ontarians. SCSs and CTSs reduce deaths, injuries, hospitalizations, emergency room visits and the incidence of HIV and hepatitis. These sites keep people alive and provide a gateway to supportive services, including addiction treatment.”

[RNAO @RNAO]

The scale of Ontario’s #ToxicDrugCrisis is staggering. Across Ont., 10 people per day are dying from tainted drugs. In 2023 alone, over 3,800 people died from Ont.'s #ToxicDrugSupply.

Print, sign & circulate our petition to help save lives: https://t.co/QdXfpd21fh

[KMOPS @kmops_]

“There is a high risk that reducing access to harm reduction and overdose support services will result in increased emergency department visits, health impacts, overdose and death.”- Government of Ontario

[Toronto Harm Reduction Alliance @NoHarmToronto]

Ontario government could face potential legal challenge over supervised consumption site ban

⁦⁦@fordnation⁩ knows this is a Charter violation & that people will die. He doesn’t care about #ontario families who will be affected by #overdose deaths https://t.co/iNdyipE4WK

[KMOPS @kmops_]

“Our analysis underscores the urgency in reconsidering the planned SCS closures”
#harmreduction #TogetherWeCan #SaveOurSites

https://t.co/38A8C9zwz8

[KMOPS @kmops_]

Truth! #TogetherWeCan #SaveOurSites

[Bill Sinclair @BillTNGCS]

Very worrying - locations of EMS calls for suspected overdoses in Toronto in September. Are we ready for even more 911 calls in all of these neighbourhoods? We need more services, not less. @kmops_

[KMOPS @kmops_]

“Over the past year, more than 4,000 visits to ERs in Toronto were made by a small group of 100 unhoused people. Now, the city’s University Health Network is supporting Dunn House, a project offering homes to people in that group, with onsite medical and social supports.”

[TNG Community Services @tngcommunityTO]

ICYMI - Dr Andrew Boozary (@drandrewb) spoke to @TheCurrentCBC about how @UHN is supporting Dunn House, a project offering homes to unhoused people, with onsite medical and social supports https://t.co/IJsRAcoqAX

[KMOPS @kmops_]

We run on donations and have for years. We are not funded; we keep our own doors open & are still at risk of closure. We. Need. Help. Please if you can; donate here: https://t.co/qvgFz5b23p

[Bill Sinclair @BillTNGCS]

We cannot keep this @kmops_ @tngcommunityTO service going without help! If you have any ideas about donations or want to do a fundraiser for us, please contact me. Thank you!

[Toronto Harm Reduction Alliance @NoHarmToronto]

Supervised Injection Facilities as Harm Reduction: A Systematic Review

⁦@MichaelTibollo⁩ at ⁦@AMHOnt⁩ conf said there’s no evidence that Supervised Consumption Sites work. Here ya go! Read up! #overdose #saveoursites ⁦@fordnation⁩ https://t.co/PC6NcZTbJS

[KMOPS @kmops_]

Happening NOW folks! #TogetherWeCan #SaveOurSites

[Toronto Drop-in Network (TDIN) @TODropinNetwork]

You are invited to attend the action to demand changes. Please show up to the Die-In in black clothing to mourn our lost loved ones and fight for those still living! https://t.co/VcbtCFYLaX

[Drug User Liberation Front @DULFBC]

Watch today’s press conference here:

https://t.co/a3KFnzoBCO

[KMOPS @kmops_]

Saddened to hear of yet another business closing in Kensington Market due to raises in rent.

[Kensington Market @KensingtonMkt]

Kensington Market bakery Nu Bugel, known for its Montreal-style bagels, has permanently closed https://t.co/p1WDg1mWL4

[KMOPS @kmops_]

“[…] future overdose risk among people who inject drugs (PWID) are needed to inform planning of targeted overdose preventions in the United States.”
#PWUD #harmreduction #PWID

[Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports @DrugAlcReports]

New study in a predominantly Black sample in Baltimore, MD tracks overdose risk in #PWID. While prior #overdose was the strongest predictor of future overdose, insights into buprenorphine and methadone treatment were also discovered. https://t.co/CCADe46nc6

[KMOPS @kmops_]

“Experts and advocates for those suffering from addiction, however, say that involuntary treatment is an ineffective approach.”

https://t.co/YrJorYl284

[KMOPS @kmops_]

We have plenty of folks using the site pain management reasons. Why should pain be a daily obstacle, having to live without relief?
#painispain #toxicdrugsupply #harmreduction #kensingtonmarket

[Substance Overdose Prevention & Education Network @sopenhamilton]

https://t.co/gbv9fkFx6N ⬅️support harm reduction! Get a sign! #SaveSCS #SaveOurSites

[KMOPS @kmops_]

Great thread about Xylazine
#harmreduction #xylazine #toxicdrugsupply

[Harm Reduction International @HRInews]

We need to provide mental health support without framing drug use as a disorder. People use drugs for many reasons, including pleasure and coping. Let's embrace this complexity and advocate for evidence-based discussions about drug use and mental health. #WorldMentalHealthDay

[KMOPS @kmops_]

#TogetherWeCan #SaveOurSites #SaveYourSite #HarmReduction #KensingtonMatket #ToxicDrugSupply

[KMOPS @kmops_]

“That’s why it’s more accurate to say that the drug supply in Canada is “toxic” rather than talking about the “overdose crisis.”[…] A single grain of fentanyl or carfentanil can be lethal. “
#toxicdrugsupply #harmreduction
https://t.co/PKkn1CJY5j

[KMOPS @kmops_]

These wee little post-it drawings are courtesy of one of our kickass KMOPS staff. Pass on the good vibes in all that you're up to today.
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#TogetherWeCan #EndOverdose #harmreduction #goodvibes #postit #postitart

[KMOPS @kmops_]

#TogetherWeCan #SaveOurSites

[TNG Community Services @tngcommunityTO]

Did you know that TNG Community Services manages to operate a vital safe consumption site and related services without government funding?

Help us to help vulnerable community members by donating directly to our overdose prevention services: https://t.co/hchf56oO0N