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@nobill53ab.bsky.social
Healthcare professionals against the Compassionate Intervention Act (Bill 53) in Alberta. Committed to providing education, support, and resources so we can better care for patients, each other, and community.
theijf.org/article/r... “People are desperate. It takes so long to get treatment,” So many desperate for voluntary treatment in AB - we see them daily in the ED, pleading for help... But our govt spends all its time and resources on COMPULSORY treatment make it make sense!
Recovery Alberta closes Edmonton addiction treatment program, drops nearly 600 people from wait list
Staff at Henwood Treatment Centre were told last week program ending, future of facility uncertain
theijf.org
At its core the Alberta Recovery Model means union-busting, disinformation, private theft of public goods, a police state, and a bait-and-switch of “treatment” to confinement. @brettmckay.bsky.social is following all of it ⬇️ theijf.org/article/reco...
Recovery Alberta closes Edmonton addiction treatment program, drops nearly 600 people from wait list
Staff at Henwood Treatment Centre were told last week program ending, future of facility uncertain
theijf.org
“This legislation does not address any of those root causes; instead, it creates a new coercive system enforced by police and courts, the very institutions where First Nations people face the most entrenched racism and documented discrimination.” Same ⚠️ in #AB! www.ctvnews.ca/regina/artic...
‘Systemic failure’ found in Sask. forced addiction treatment legislation: First Nations Health Ombudsperson
The First Nations Health Ombudsperson Office (FNHOO) says it has found “systemic failure” in the province’s new involuntary treatment legislation.
ctvnews.ca
It continues to elude me why on earth a health system would build an involuntary system of “care” BEFORE properly resourcing a voluntary one. Actually TAKING AWAY from that voluntary system, however, is egregious.
Brett McKay@brettmckay.bsky.social · 2mo agoPublicly, the UCP have said they won't take beds away from voluntary addiction recovery centres in Edmonton to make space for the province's forthcoming forced treatment program. Internal Recovery Alberta docs tell a different story. zurl.co/IRjG4
My first thought is that will increase pressure on the emergency departments in Edmonton. #abpoli
Courtney Theriault@ctheriault.bsky.social · 7d agoRecovery Alberta closes Edmonton addiction treatment program, drops hundreds from wait list globalnews.ca/news/1203509...
Recovery Alberta is closing the voluntary addiction treatment program at YEG’s Henwood Treatment Centre to secure “compassionate intervention” beds under Alberta’s involuntary treatment plan. Albertans need more voluntary treatment, not fewer options, and they deserve transparency about Henwood.
Elaine Hyshka@ehyshka.bsky.social · 7d agoSad news about Henwood and a big loss for the #yeg area. My first research project on substance use treatment was at Henwood, 16 years ago. Thinking of all patients and the staff affected by this closure. theijf.org/article/reco...
When Recovery AB brags about its world class voluntary treatment system, insists it's underused, and that involuntary treatment is the only answer, remember this. 👇👇👇
Brett McKay@brettmckay.bsky.social · 7d agoEXCLUSIVE: Recovery Alberta closes Edmonton addiction treatment program, drops nearly 600 people from wait list theijf.org/article/reco...
Here I’m criticizing the Alberta government’s ‘study’ on its own supervised consumption site closures by the merits of its *corruption alone* Someone more qualified should examine its methodology. Knowing this government, I expect it’s very bad. drugdatadecoded.ca/centre-of-re...
Centre of Recovery Excellence using health information of people who use drugs to undermine their safety
The Alberta government's Crown corporation has published its first study using personal health numbers of people accessing supervised consumption sites. While its findings fail to hold up, it offers ...
drugdatadecoded.ca
drugpolicy.ca/our-work/add... “Addiction treatment: what it is, where it currently fails, and how it could meet the needs of people and communities.”
Addiction Treatment in Context: Principles for a System of Just, Accessible, and Voluntary Care - Canadian Drug Policy Coalition
Position Statement Veuillez noter : une traduction française de cette déclaration sera bientôt disponible. December 30, 2025 This statement outlines the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition’s organization...
drugpolicy.ca
“Canada appears to be the country with the highest average rate of involuntary psychiatric detentions in the western world.” Note this is *before* new forced abstinence measures hit full speed in AB and BC. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: Why does Canada have such high rates of forced psychiatric hospitalizations?
We should push our governments to better report on who’s being involuntarily committed and why, and if they’re more often helped or seriously harmed
theglobeandmail.com
Marginalized communities are being blamed for crises caused by political choices to underfund healthcare & essential services. Join us on Dec 10 as we confront these escalating threats, strengthen cross-movement solidarity, and share actionable solutions. Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
"It’s a classic example of governments using words to not mean what they actually mean" @dsdp.ca filtermag.org/bc-governmen...
BC Government Doubles Down on Forced Drug Treatment - Filter
The British Columbia government is doubling down on involuntary treatment for people who use drugs, fast-tracking a law to skirt ...
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“The Alberta government has confirmed it will follow through with a longtime pledge to shutter Calgary’s only supervised drug consumption site.” Alberta’s ongoing policy of social murder. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta government to close Calgary’s sole supervised consumption site in 2026 | CBC News
The Alberta government has confirmed it will follow through with a longtime pledge to shutter Calgary’s only supervised drug consumption site at Sheldon Chumir Health Centre, despite criticism from ad...
cbc.ca
RIP RAH SCS! Today my love goes out to everyone whose life was saved at the RHA SCS. To their families. To SCS staff. To those who fought to have it opened. 💜 I sent my anger and outrage to a heartless government that does not care if people who use drugs die 💔 #ABpoli
Today marks the 10th anniversary of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's final report. Let's review why Truth and Reconciliation matters in any discussion of forced substance use treatment. afn.ca/all-news/pre...
National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak Recognizes 10th Anniversary of Truth and Reconciliation Commission Final Report, Presses for Urgent Action - Assembly of First Nations
(December 15, 2025 – Unceded Algonquin Territory, Ottawa) — On the 10th anniversary of the release of the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) and its 94 Calls to Ac...
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Reminder that Edmonton AND Calgary police used public resources to hold town halls + other events to steer business communities & other stakeholders in favour of UCP drug policy. The specified timeline for this campaign was “before the May 2023 election.” drugdatadecoded.ca/alberta-poli...
"Before May election": Alberta police chiefs organized support for UCP campaign
Alberta Association of Chiefs of Police built a "Coalition of the Willing" to conduct a public advocacy campaign supporting United Conservative Party drug policy with an explicit timeframe "before the...
drugdatadecoded.ca
"While the new clinic may be helpful to people open to treatment, it’s not going to be a favoured destination for those who aren’t — especially if there is any hint that the clinic might act as a gateway to push people into involuntary treatment facilities." edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
Keith Gerein: UCP ideological myopia costs Edmonton another safe consumption site, at the worst possible time
Alberta's UCP government has an ongoing campaign against supervised drug consumption sites and the latest victim is at Edmonton's Royal Alex.
edmontonjournal.com
Folks, we’re not just a bunch of outlier weirdos calling out forced treatment. Here is another mainstream organization saying the same thing. We don’t want to have any involvement in locking ppl up when we have no reason to believe it will help. csam-smca.org/wp-content/u...
csam-smca.org
We Refuse: Health Workers Against Involuntary Care is now public. @hrna.bsky.social and DSDP are circulating a joint statement opposing BC’s plan to expand involuntary drug treatment. This approach is ineffective, increases overdose risk, violates autonomy, and harms marginalized communities.
📣📣📣 We cannot be silent. Push back against carceral solutions.
@bonnierae.bsky.social · 9mo agoI contributed to this @cmaj.ca Commentary because: 1. Choosing control over care is a failure of imagination that invites despair; and, 2. Health equity requires advocacy. #HealthEquity #DecolonizeCare #CareOverControl @dsdp.ca @nobill53ab.bsky.social www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.250910
Under the Compassionate Intervention Act, people with substance use disorder can be forced to take any prescription medication without consent. It doesn't matter if they have decisional capacity. While doctors are involved, ultimately a lawyer gets to decide what the treatment order will be. #ableg
The Breakdown AB@thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 10mo ago“When a government grants itself license to override physician judgment and patient consent, who - at any stage of life — will be next?” The AMA raising very serious concerns about the UCP’s invocation of the notwithstanding clause. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
“The Lovejoy Trap is a tool people use to construct their identities in a way that makes them appear morally virtuous. It’s also frighteningly effective at packaging extreme inhumanity as being necessary ‘for the children.’” www.liberalcurrents.com/the-lovejoy-...
The Lovejoy Trap: Fascism Masquerading As Care
Protecting children from danger: it’s one of the most virtuous aims we can think of. Children are seen as innocent, adorable, and helpless. Want to raise the stakes in your screenplay? Put a child in ...
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦@senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 10mo agoWhy shouldn’t governments invoke the notwithstanding clause, if there is no political cost or moral hazard? If voters don’t hold them accountable? If we just shrug and turn the page? #ableg #abpoli #abheritage #Alberta #DelwinVriend #LeilaniMuir
Mandatory recovery treatment doesn't solve homelessness, building affordable housing does. I CAN'T BELIEVE PEOPLE HAVE A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING THIS .....
When the Alberta government claims that deaths from the toxic drug crisis are decreasing or stabilizing, take a look at this graph — it tells a very different story. Involuntary care won’t fix this. Compassion, harm reduction, on-demand voluntary treatment options, and real supports will.
9 years of advocating and fighting for the rights of people who use drugs .. not once did they acknowledge families who have tried forced treatment within my community. I have no words .. just a lot of anger and sadness at the harm this will cause so many folks.
The Breakdown AB@thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 11mo agoNew mandate letters! And Danielle Smith has directed Rick Wilson to introduce forced treatment to Alberta! #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
Implementation pushed back to 2027 (originally promised for Spring 2026). Guess it’s been harder than expected to ring fence at-capacity voluntary treatment infrastructure for unproven, forced care.
The Breakdown AB@thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 11mo agoNew mandate letters! And Danielle Smith has directed Rick Wilson to introduce forced treatment to Alberta! #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
