South Island Community Overdose Response Network (SICORN). We work alongside people who use(d) drugs to speak truth about the failed war on drugs and it’s harms
BC has abandoned people who use drugs. Overdose Deaths are Preventable. #decriminalize NOW !!🖤🖤Join us: Mask Up, Rage, Grieve and Love. Friday, June 26th @ health ministries building. 1515 Blanshard, Victoria.
Bylaws such as the 7-7 intentionally harm and displace our communities, & uphold violent, colonial institutions that value property over life, & housed above unhoused. These laws and their institutions separate community, incite violence and increase risk of preventable overdoses
People line up to receive free doses of cocaine and opium that has been tested for fentanyl and other contaminants handed out by the Drug Users Liberation Front:
BC has abandoned people who use drugs. Overdose Deaths are Preventable. #decriminalize NOW !!🖤🖤Join us: Mask Up, Rage, Grieve and Love. Friday, June 26th @ health ministries building. 1515 Blanshard, Victoria.
Today we remember a community member, whose leadership & care for others was inspiring. This untimely death is another reminder of the untenable war on the people who use drugs. Overdose Advisories are important, but preventing deaths in our communities demands Decriminalization
Last yr we amplified an event about safe narcotic drug supply, with @sicornvic.
Today, with the borders closed and access to opioid drugs increasingly limited & dangerous, this conversation is still very relevant.
Learn about SICORN's important work: https://t.co/7W3Roi0x8v
Provincial Health Officer Bonnie Henry: "I continue to push for decriminalization of people who have possession of small amounts of drugs for their own use." (https://t.co/JGLovRIxOP)