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Harm reduction nurse with lived experience.

[k rock @KinnonRoss]

A little look into the monitoring program I was mandated into from 2016-2020. Thousands of dollars. Hundreds of urine samples.
This is causing so much harm to so many people.

[PressProgress @pressprogress]

Workers in British Columbia are being forced into mandatory drug testing and controversial ‘recovery’ programs run by private companies.

https://t.co/ppFIvvxgga #bcpoli #canlab

[k rock @KinnonRoss]

@ossyjay1 @TheBreakdownAB Add CNS as well. 2yr post grad/ masters degree:)

[k rock @KinnonRoss]

@dani_susanna 😆
Buddy. You jinxed us.
#blamedani

[k rock @KinnonRoss]

@dani_susanna I sobbed through the entire thing. actually most of the episodes have left me in tears. But that one…

[k rock @KinnonRoss]

@dani_susanna Agreed. The concept is fantastic. An entire season representing one shift. ONE SHIFT. lol
Good capture of the madness.

[k rock @KinnonRoss]

@dani_susanna Ugh. It’s such a well done production: accurate af
(Except the shoulder distocia birth. I have questions lol)

[k rock @KinnonRoss]

@billkinkle That’s called exploitation.

[Stephen Murray, MPH, NRP @stephenHRNRP]

Harm reduction isn’t about nudging people toward abstinence—it’s about rejecting the idea that drug use makes someone disposable in the first place.

[k rock @KinnonRoss]

@STEMcelMoron @Marielaina3 @imchilee @alanfryermedia I think the people who have been arrested for possession might disagree. They are very illegal.

[k rock @KinnonRoss]

@STEMcelMoron @Marielaina3 @imchilee @alanfryermedia Amounts for personal use are decriminalized in BC. Section 56 exemptions are part of SCS permits. None of this is scandalous or hidden. Public intoxication is tolerated on bar strips all over the country. You can drink in many parks, legally.

[k rock @KinnonRoss]

@STEMcelMoron @Marielaina3 @imchilee @alanfryermedia Yes- they have a criminal code exemption in SCS settings. So you can legally losses drugs inside the building.

[k rock @KinnonRoss]

@Marielaina3 @imchilee @alanfryermedia All unregulated drugs are illegal.
Scs’s are health care sites- they don’t supply or sell any substances.

[Elaine Hyshka @ehyshka]

The gap between First Nations and non-First Nations life expectancy in Alberta is 19 years, wider now than any other point on record. This is a provincial and national emergency. #ableg

https://t.co/opiNmBqM6K

[karen ward @kwardvancouver]

the fact that the decline in deaths is consistent across jurisdictions with vastly different approaches indicates that the primary cause of the reduction of fatalities is the changes in the unregulated drug supply –
#bcpoli
https://t.co/nPv55OHHtt

[Elaine Hyshka @ehyshka]

Frustrating to watch drug deaths being used as a vehicle for advancing economic agendas, but no new policies or new investments that are likely to actually make a difference for the people at risk of dying. #cndpoli #ableg

[k rock @KinnonRoss]

@ehyshka This is awful

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@billkinkle Sensitive to negligent practice, maybe?

[k rock @KinnonRoss]

@billkinkle Oh boy. Indication for direct iv administration is pretty clear- why on earth wouldn’t they infuse it by pump?!

[k rock @KinnonRoss]

@JulsBudau Ohhhhhh boy. This is next level stupidity.

[k rock @KinnonRoss]

@billkinkle I’ve been doing education sessions on this for the site I’m at now. COWS needs to be demystified allllll around