@heartsalberta.bsky.social
We’re a collective of Alberta advocates committed to compassion, inclusion, and justice. Guided by HEARTS: Harm Reduction, Equity, Advocacy, Respect, Trust, and Support, we stand with people who use substances and who deserve dignity and care.
@msthpetra.bsky.socialReposted by @heartsalberta.bsky.socialThe AB government spends money freely when the $$$ go to their friends, like Last Door Recovery from BC (received millions for a now defunct app), for the Recovery conference, Recovery Day concerts, but not for an effective Indigenous program. #TruthAndReconcilliation
@candrugpolicy.bsky.socialReposted by @heartsalberta.bsky.socialDULF WINS.
Today, the BC Supreme Court found the criminal law used to arrest and convict DULF co-founders Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx unconstitutional.
Read our full press release: drugpolicy.ca/bc-supreme-c...
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@hrna.bsky.socialReposted by @heartsalberta.bsky.socialToday, on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we honour residential school Survivors, their families and communities, and the children who never returned home. We also reaffirm our commitment to resisting anti-Indigenous racism and residential school denialism.
@ehyshka.bsky.socialReposted by @heartsalberta.bsky.social@msthpetra.bsky.socialReposted by @heartsalberta.bsky.socialMy reflection on #TRD
Thinking back to 2014 when the TRC hearings were Edmonton weeks before Danny died.
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@heartsalberta.bsky.socialOur latest Substack by @msthpetra.bsky.social.
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@msthpetra.bsky.socialReposted by @heartsalberta.bsky.socialWhere is the funding for a so called „recovery oriented system of care“ when you need it? Many can‘t afford inpatient treatment, especially mothers of young children and people who want to maintain their jobs. This program filled an important gap.
@wesup.bsky.socialReposted by @heartsalberta.bsky.socialSept. 18th in Vancouver
@msthpetra.bsky.socialReposted by @heartsalberta.bsky.socialAnyone who questions why we need harm reduction AND Treatment, must listen to the voices of these amazing people who are here today to find wellness thanks to a consumption site.
Thank you all 🙏🏻
Closing the sites means fewer people will get help, and more people will die.
youtu.be/Rb4umIE53GI?...
@msthpetra.bsky.socialReposted by @heartsalberta.bsky.socialWill it be clawed back by AB?
@zacharyweeks.bsky.socialReposted by @heartsalberta.bsky.social$150 one time payment for people on the Canada Disability Benefit. You do not apply for it.
It is meant to offset the doctor's fee for the DTC form.
No payment date posted yet.
@drugdatadecoded.caReposted by @heartsalberta.bsky.socialThis is a devastating interview describing the last hours of Calgary’s supervised consumption site and the aftermath of the UCP government shutting it down.
www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p....
@garthmullins.bsky.socialReposted by @heartsalberta.bsky.socialYou heard of the performative male? Check out Canada’s performative police accountability theatre. New @crackdownpod.bsky.social ep. www.crackdownpod.com/episodes/epi...
@drugdatadecoded.caReposted by @heartsalberta.bsky.socialReally loving the new format and voice to @crackdownpod.bsky.social after their hiatus.
Give an ear to their latest, Toothless Tiger, focusing on police impunity (plus a variety of other topics!):
www.crackdownpod.com
@msthpetra.bsky.socialReposted by @heartsalberta.bsky.socialHow to address the homelessness, substance use, and a mental health crises?
Lloydminster, #AB has found the answer and it’s simple:
Remove the benches and it will all go away!
@ehyshka.bsky.socialReposted by @heartsalberta.bsky.social@drugdatadecoded.caReposted by @heartsalberta.bsky.socialAlso pointing out the photo they chose for this story. Nothing has changed at the Herald in ten years of this crisis. Editors are still choosing to visually, insidiously link drug use and filth by placing the classic needles in dirt photo over a largely unrelated story.
@drugdatadecoded.caReposted by @heartsalberta.bsky.socialSCOOP
To prevent this story from coming to light, Alberta’s UCP government billed me $1,500 for a freedom of information request, misled me into trimming it, then delayed it by six months after I paid $646.
That’s why you should read it.
drugdatadecoded.ca/alberta-gove...
@drugdatadecoded.caReposted by @heartsalberta.bsky.socialNEW
A months after incorporating, ROSC Solutions Group had over $70,000,000 in funding from Alberta's UCP government – despite senior officials knowing that the politically connected company was ineligible.
Now, the UCP is stonewalling access to contract records.
drugdatadecoded.ca/alberta-gove...
