.Substance getting a nod in the The New York Times Canada Letter this week, as Vjosa Isai reports on a study trip that brought Mexican scientists, researchers and NGO workers to Canada to learn how Canadian agencies are responding to the toxic drug supply. nytimes.com/2024/05/04/wor…

'Data from the ministry shows that the number of drug seizures dropped from 1,283 to 86 between 2022 and 2023.'

You know what doesn't require bad batch alerts for literally killing people? Safe supply of regulated drugs.

And 5 people are dying a day right next door in Alberta, which doesn't have decrim or safer supply & has been cutting back on harm reduction.

THE PROBLEM IS THE TOXIC DRUG SUPPLY. This divisive BS needs to stop. We've never scaled up a proper response to this crisis ANYWHERE.

Our weekly report is out for the week of April 22nd showing results from our #drugchecking project in Victoria, BC ( #yyj ). To learn more about our project and to access our monthly and yearly reports, please visit substance.uvic.ca #bcpoli #safesupplyNOW #harmreduction

Very excited for the release of this paper, mapping the emergence of a moral panic around safer supply prescribing. Led by Liam Michaud 🇵🇸, our team uses established criteria for moral panics to explore recent rhetoric around safer supply, diversion and youth drug use 🧵

Our weekly report is out for the week of April 15th showing results from our #drugchecking project in Victoria, BC ( #yyj ). To learn more about our project and to access our monthly and yearly reports, please visit substance.uvic.ca #bcpoli #safesupplyNOW #harmreduction

New Yorkers - come get your drugs checked!

'Living on the EIDGE' is a brand new VANDU Zine produced by and for illicit drinkers! (1/3)

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You should read this 👇

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Queensland opens first permanent pill testing service as experts warn drugs are becoming 'more and more risky' abc.net.au/news/2024-04-1… via ABC Australia

People are dying from illicit fentanyl mixed with other drugs not safe supply. The conservatives, politicians and those rage farming are using this crisis to further criminalization and fuel more deaths. 1 in 2 young people (20-39) who died in Alberta, died from fentanyl.

'Aberdeen could be the first Scottish city to operate a drug-checking facility after an application was submitted to the UK Government.' planetradio.co.uk/northsound/loc…

This is the first drug checking project in the NWT

Toronto's Drug Checking Service bi-weekly report: highlights from 133 samples checked between March 23 - April 5, 2024. Use the link below and in bio to view the full report and interact with our data. #DrugcheckingTO

It’s a big month for The Loop Australia.
Exciting #harmreduction announcements by The Loop Australia about introducing #drugchecking , in NSW last week & in QLD this week.
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Quizás la foto mas famosa y usada del 'Tusi' en internet y medios de comunicación es nuestra, todo porque en el año 2016 hicimos un banco de fotografías gratuito para que la prensa, investigadores y escritores, dejaran de usar las mismas imágenes estigmatizadoras y prejuiciosas…

Our weekly report is out for the week of April 8th showing results from our #drugchecking project in Victoria, BC ( #yyj ). To learn more about our project and to access our monthly and yearly reports, please visit substance.uvic.ca #bcpoli #safesupplyNOW #harmreduction

Time to rethink messaging around “the chocolate chip cookie effect” re: fentanyl as “hot spots” across batches are uncommon, so excited to read this paper by Substance!

133 samples checked: March 23 – April 5, 2024 drugchecking.community/report/march-2…