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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Street Health OPS retweeted
Proud @tngcommunityTO is in good company with court submissions from Toronto Board of Health, two former Mayors, and @StreetHealthOPS and @PQWCHC and more! People of good conscience speaking up.
Live: Counsel for former #TorontoMayors, Barbara Hall and John Sewell, who have supported this Charter Challenge, is now up to intervene.
It is essential to consider those who use drugs and have lived realities, and how the SCS can shape their lives.
#SaveOurSites
Street Health OPS retweeted
If you can afford it, why not donate your $200 to @StreetHealthOPS and help Ontario more than Doug has?
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Donate to the candidate in your riding most likely to defeat the PCs
Sign the pledge
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#ONPoli #TOpoli #NotOneSeat #VoteFordOut
ALT Thanks for the $200 bucks, Doug! Without safe injection sites to protect loved ones amid an opioid crisis, I'll need funeral clothes Under Doug Ford, supervised injection sites have been closed Safe injection sites are an evidence-based harm reduction intervention that saves lives Image: Black-clad arms lay flowers on a coffin $3 Billion spent sending out $200 What else could we do with the money? Vote for the candidate in your riding most likely to defeat Ford's PCs NotOneSeat.ca
Street Health OPS retweeted
ICYMI, @TOPublicHealth released preliminary data on homeless deaths in Toronto. Unfortunately, it paints a particularly violent picture for homeless women, who are dying younger than ever before — age 36 on average, and overwhelmingly from toxic drugs and increasingly outdoors.
Street Health OPS retweeted
What will it mean if 6 SCS/CTS sites close in Toronto? 636 people will lose access to services each month. Read more here.
New report with @MAP_Health led by @AMBayoumi investigates the impact of Supervised consumption site (SCS) closures in #Toronto and found that if 6 sites close, 636 people (47% of clients) could lose access each month.
Read the full report at odprn.ca/research/publicatio…
Street Health OPS retweeted
On #WorldHomelessDay, we recognize the health disparities faced by people experiencing homelessness, who are disproportionately affected by the opioid crisis. Our report found opioid-related deaths in Ontario shelters nearly quadrupled between 2018-2022 #WHD @HomelessDay
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Street Health OPS retweeted
My ex contracted HIV by using a syringe he found on the street. Cutting off harm reduction supplies doesn’t stop drug use. It just makes it less safe. I personally used the same syringe for a year because I had no access. It was barbed and I shared it with three other ppl.
Street Health OPS retweeted
SCOOP: The Ford government’s decision to shut down 10 supervised drug consumption sites goes against the advice of the province’s own experts.
Reviews recommended increasing funding for sites, not closing any. #onpoli cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/s…
Street Health OPS retweeted
Rest in Power & Peace, Peter. Last night, with family by his side, Peter Leslie ended his journey in this world. Peter played a significant role in Toronto’s harm reduction community - he will be deeply missed.
Street Health OPS retweeted
When we overcome drug exceptionalism regulate all drugs & reverse failed prohibition, some years from now, society will look back at this period of mass overdose death, drug related harms & incarceration of people who use drugs & ask, why.
Street Health OPS retweeted
Great new study in @TheLancetPH, showing a significant decrease in fatal overdoses in the Toronto neighbourhoods surrounding supervised injection sites - a 67 per cent reduction in overdose deaths in neighbourhoods within 500 metres of the sites thelancet.com/journals/lanpu…
Street Health OPS retweeted
1/3: #DrugAlert: @TorontoMedics attended to an increased number of fatal suspected opioid overdose calls from Aug 19-22, including 7 deaths.
Street Health OPS retweeted
Can you guess what happens when you provide temporary financial assistance to those at risk of homelessness?
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You *massively* reduce the chances that those people experience homelessness.
The benefits to homelessness prevention exceed costs.
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Street Health OPS retweeted
“We are seeing a perfect storm. A housing crisis because we are failing on housing as a human right, people without health insurance unable to access health care, and now a humanitarian crisis playing out at 129 Peter. It is unconscionable.” @drandrewb
Street Health OPS retweeted
🆘Air quality emergencies expected all summer.
🔥We need a public health response by federal gov't. Right now government platforms don't even identify living outside 24/7 as a risk population. @jyduclos @s_guilbeault @CPHO_Canada Ottawa, it needs to start with you. @LeighChappy
Street Health OPS retweeted
Substance use is a rational response to stigma, discrimination, and material deprivation. Instead of blaming individuals as they try to survive oppressive systems, why not target the systems themselves? @nicolemluongo
Street Health OPS retweeted
do people who use drugs want to
88%not die
12%be a political football
52 votes • Final results Street Health OPS retweeted
The ODPRN and @ChiefsofOntario are looking for First Nation people with lived experience with #opioids to become members of an advisory committee. Email [email protected] for further details!
Street Health OPS retweeted
The city is continuing to close shelter hotels with no 24/7 adequate and accessible respite centres. People have no where to go, with increasingly limited shelter and housing options. Hold the city accountable with us WEDNESDAY MARCH 22 @ 6PM: eventbrite.ca/e/590568475207
This is all part of a plan to close shelter sites, join us on Wed March 22 @ 6PM to tell council to open respite spaces and keep shelter sites open!!
RSVP: eventbrite.ca/e/590568475207
Street Health OPS retweeted
I've updated the printable, one-page Toronto Homeless Resource List! For unhoused people seeking daytime drop-ins, free meals, showers, laundry, and other resources. Bookmark here (regularly updated): tinyurl.com/HomelessResource…
ALT Page one of the Toronto Homeless Resource List, detailing drop-ins, meals, supervised consumption sites, and more amenities available for unhoused people in central Toronto (Etobicoke/Scarborough currently not included).
ALT Page two of the Toronto Homeless Resource List, detailing drop-ins, meals, supervised consumption sites, and more amenities available for unhoused people in central Toronto (Etobicoke/Scarborough currently not included).