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Alberta to opt out of pharmacare, renewable energy, the wheel (www.thebeaverton.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

My understanding of the drugs being provided is that they are required to be used in a supervised site when they are acquired, not that they're just given out willy-nilly. That said I can see, and understand, where you concerns lay in that.
Oh yeah, Aaron Gunn, he's a real piece of shit, if you'll pardon my language.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Where do you reside in Canada? Sorry, I don't get to talk Canadian politics much

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

I was born and raised in Vancouver. I am however an ex-pat. Currently I live in Edinburgh, Scotland. Still pretty tied in with things back home, all my family and friends still live there, and I keep pretty close tabs on happenings back home.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I am sorry to tell you that is 100% not correct. I work in the industry and people get given whopping amounts of hydromorphone tablets that end up in highschool and university students pockets for partying and anxiety. We have over 20x more clients under 25 than ever before

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

So you work in a harm reduction site in Vancouver?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I work on the medical side of addiction treatment. Not doxxing myself and you can choose to believe what you would like but I see this policy as an absolute failure of duty to our youth and young adults.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Didn't ask you to doxx yourself bud. I'm asking if you have direct experience with Vancouver specifically.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I dont work in Vancouver but work with partnered organizations with reports from the public nursing teams in that area and the harm reduction programs.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Fair enough. But just from a different point of view, when I was 18 I injured my shoulder at work, quite severely. I went the Emerg, at Vancouver General, and instead of being given what I would consider treatment of an appropriate kind. I was handed a packet of 40 hydromorphine. I'd say the issue is a bit more widespread than just with the harm reduction system.
That aside, thanks for your insights into the issues with harm reduction sites. I hadn't known that side of it, and that's quite disheartening.