.@BCCSU's Dr. Ken Tupper has resource on destigmatizing language use surrounding drug use. (Can I ask for this and forward it to @consciousstyles, please?) #BCSUC19
November 11, 2024 at 12:09 AM
.@BCCSU's Dr. Ken Tupper has resource on destigmatizing language use surrounding drug use. (Can I ask for this and forward it to @consciousstyles, please?) #BCSUC19
Mullins, on @crackdownpod: "We punch up, we never punch down." Will be hard on policy makers, people in power. But enable more space and solidarity to people who are just trying to get by. #BCSUC19
November 10, 2024 at 11:32 PM
Mullins, on @crackdownpod: "We punch up, we never punch down." Will be hard on policy makers, people in power. But enable more space and solidarity to people who are just trying to get by. #BCSUC19
Henry: "The fact that the sky didn't fall when we legalized cannabis is a good thing." Gives the public a basis for understanding other substances. #BCSUC19
November 11, 2024 at 1:14 AM
Henry: "The fact that the sky didn't fall when we legalized cannabis is a good thing." Gives the public a basis for understanding other substances. #BCSUC19
Sutherland on prohibition: The public should be outraged that the gov't is spending so much money on an intervention that actively causes harm. #BCSUC19
November 11, 2024 at 1:08 AM
Sutherland on prohibition: The public should be outraged that the gov't is spending so much money on an intervention that actively causes harm. #BCSUC19
Everything that works for people who use drugs started as civil disobedience: clean needles and other supplies, overdose prevention sites, etc. Then the research followed. #BCSUC19
November 11, 2024 at 1:01 AM
Everything that works for people who use drugs started as civil disobedience: clean needles and other supplies, overdose prevention sites, etc. Then the research followed. #BCSUC19
Burton: "I don't think people realize how much politicians need to read." Be brief and concise. Your briefing notes need to be no more than 2 pages. Boil down to key message. #BCSUC19
November 11, 2024 at 1:01 AM
Burton: "I don't think people realize how much politicians need to read." Be brief and concise. Your briefing notes need to be no more than 2 pages. Boil down to key message. #BCSUC19
The harms Thomson experienced have been from the system, not from the drugs. "We can't heal from being traumatized while we're continually being traumatized." #BCSUC19
November 11, 2024 at 12:54 AM
The harms Thomson experienced have been from the system, not from the drugs. "We can't heal from being traumatized while we're continually being traumatized." #BCSUC19
Started heroin compassion club to provide a safe supply. "This isn't just about resilience—it's about resistance against racialized systems of oppression." —Erica Thomson #BCSUC19
November 11, 2024 at 12:48 AM
Started heroin compassion club to provide a safe supply. "This isn't just about resilience—it's about resistance against racialized systems of oppression." —Erica Thomson #BCSUC19
Burton: Be very strategic about picking your stakeholders. You need 2 or 3 really passionate ones. Take the time to learn who they are. #BCSUC19
November 11, 2024 at 12:48 AM
Burton: Be very strategic about picking your stakeholders. You need 2 or 3 really passionate ones. Take the time to learn who they are. #BCSUC19
Work in the community driven by sense of desperation. Rather than seeing results like # of people reunited with their kids, # of people connected to services, these past few years have just been about preventing death. #BCSUC19
November 11, 2024 at 12:41 AM
Work in the community driven by sense of desperation. Rather than seeing results like # of people reunited with their kids, # of people connected to services, these past few years have just been about preventing death. #BCSUC19
Maté says psychedelics are never going to be *the* answer. First, they are resource and time intensive. Second, they don't address the underlying social issues that lead to mental illness or substance use in the first place. #BCSUC19
November 11, 2024 at 12:41 AM
Maté says psychedelics are never going to be *the* answer. First, they are resource and time intensive. Second, they don't address the underlying social issues that lead to mental illness or substance use in the first place. #BCSUC19
Spike: "I remember SARS. I remember the millions of dollars that were thrown at SARS." There has not been an appropriately proportionate response to the opioid public health emergency—of which we're entering our 4th year. #BCSUC19
November 11, 2024 at 12:41 AM
Spike: "I remember SARS. I remember the millions of dollars that were thrown at SARS." There has not been an appropriately proportionate response to the opioid public health emergency—of which we're entering our 4th year. #BCSUC19
Free online course on addiction care and treatment: https://ubccpd.ca/course/addiction-care-and-treatment #BCSUC19
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November 11, 2024 at 12:41 AM
Free online course on addiction care and treatment: https://ubccpd.ca/course/addiction-care-and-treatment #BCSUC19
Erica Thomson: regional peer coordinator, innovated OPS and safe supply. "Almost everything I've learned about drugs has come from my own experience and from other people who use drugs." #BCSUC19
November 11, 2024 at 12:35 AM
Erica Thomson: regional peer coordinator, innovated OPS and safe supply. "Almost everything I've learned about drugs has come from my own experience and from other people who use drugs." #BCSUC19
At the peak of the Oxy crisis ~10 to 20 years, the sled dogs weren't fed. The wrap-around care reinvigorated culture and connection to the land, including dog sledding. #BCSUC19
November 11, 2024 at 12:35 AM
At the peak of the Oxy crisis ~10 to 20 years, the sled dogs weren't fed. The wrap-around care reinvigorated culture and connection to the land, including dog sledding. #BCSUC19
Gabor Maté: this conference on substance use doesn't have a single session devoted to trauma. But it's trauma that changes people's brains in a way that increases risk for substance misuse. Trauma not integrated into psychiatric practice. #BCSUC19
November 11, 2024 at 12:35 AM
Gabor Maté: this conference on substance use doesn't have a single session devoted to trauma. But it's trauma that changes people's brains in a way that increases risk for substance misuse. Trauma not integrated into psychiatric practice. #BCSUC19
13. Peer-based support for people with AUD. No RCT evidence because anonymous interventions hard to study. AA tends to work for those who find it helpful, but coercing people to attend is not helpful. #BCSUC19
November 11, 2024 at 12:35 AM
13. Peer-based support for people with AUD. No RCT evidence because anonymous interventions hard to study. AA tends to work for those who find it helpful, but coercing people to attend is not helpful. #BCSUC19
In-school suboxone pilot in 2011. Opioid history for most students <3 years. Treatment 30 days to 2 years. In 2018, follow-up study: average age 24 years, all participants still alive. #BCSUC19
November 11, 2024 at 12:28 AM
In-school suboxone pilot in 2011. Opioid history for most students <3 years. Treatment 30 days to 2 years. In 2018, follow-up study: average age 24 years, all participants still alive. #BCSUC19