Mick B

What If Keeping People Alive Isn't Enough? "Of Course Drug Policy Is About Morality Apparently morality is dangerous. Crack pipes, less SO." Read @Annemarieward ‘s latest at substack. (Link in comments) Drug policy is never morally neutral. Harm reduction matters - keeping people alive matters. But survival shouldn't be the final goal. Recovery should mean more: freedom from addiction, rebuilding relationships, taking responsibility, finding purpose and getting your life back. Evidence tells us what works. Values

‘ “Calling a supply “safe” doesn’t make it safe. Language matters, George Orwell spoke about this in his book 1984. He outlined how governments hide the truth and change the language to compensate for failing and avoiding accountability. Our government and systems have absolutely failed society and instead of treating it, we change the language. We have federal health policy that gives people the thing that makes them sick and your tax dollars pay for it. It is not normal to step over bodies in a downtown community. It is not normal to have people drugged out of their mind in complete psychosis, terrorizing, transit systems, parks, and communities. It is not normal to expect a teenager working part time at a grocery store to have to manage a person in drug psychosis to leave the store. There is nothing normal about this. And calling it safe supply is a complete abomination of truth.” Read the full stack to learn what you can do to change it ⬇️⬇️ michelleferreri.substack.com… #linkinbio #addiction

107 NEAR-DEATH INCIDENTS: WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING AT THE THISTLE? "SAVED LIVES" - BUT WHERE'S THE EVIDENCE? The Scottish Sun reports there were 107 near-death incidents at The Thistle drug consumption facility between January and August. Justice Secretary @neilcgray has said the facility has "demonstrably" saved lives. But @Annemarieward of Faces & Voices of Recovery UK is challenging that claim, saying an FOl response shows there is no completed analysis quantifying The Thistle's impact on drug-related deaths. Her question to ministers: "Demonstrably according to what?" Scotland recorded 1,133 drug-related deaths last year, according to the figures cited in the report. What do the data actually tell us about The Thistle's impact? #Scotland #DrugDeaths #TheThistle #NeilGray #ScottishPolitics