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"Policy and social behaviors are changing very quickly during #COVID. It's a great time to have this conversation" - @SteveTransform #DPACOVIDSeries
"Safe supply is a subset of legalization. The term has come from Canadian discourse. It's a medicalized prescribing model for a drug of choice. You avoid all the particular risks of unsafe supply" - @SteveTranform #DPACOVIDSeries
"We need to find ways to regulate substances that don't replicate the pharmaceutical industry" - @Lb_Sterling #DPACOVIDSeries
"From the law enforcement perspective, legalization means ending violent drug markets. It means removing the police from drug law enforcement. That would be a significant step to reform the police, something that is really needed." @NeillFranklin #DPACOVIDSeries
Note that @NeillFranklin also uses words like "reconstructing" the police rather than reform, because we've BEEN trying to reform the police. He wants to indicate a different approach. #DPACOVIDSeries
"People who have been marginalized or harmed by drug policy ought to have the opportunity to be involved in the regulation of these substances. Regulation offers choice - it allows us to get what we need, what we want" - @ericatwrsfv #DPACOVIDSeries
What about a "heroin compassion club"? @ericatwrsrv brings up a comparison to cannabis compassion clubs. #DPACOVIDSeries
Some of the current attempts at creating a safer drug supply are well-intentioned, but fall short, according to @ericatwrsfv. "It's safer for many, but it's not meeting the diverse needs of substance users." #DPACOVIDSeries
"COVID has completely changed the drug market. It's gone completely nuts. The current state is very scary. We're losing a lot of people" - @ericatrwsfv #DPACOVIDSeries
"If you're prescribing a drug just so I'm not sick, you're missing the mark" - @ericatwsfv, talking about the limits of a pharmaceutical model of regulation #DPACOVIDSeries
"COVID has completely changed the drug market. It's gone completely nuts. The current state is very scary. We're losing a lot of people" - @ericatwsfv #DPACOVIDSeries
"COVID has completely changed the drug market. It's gone completely nuts. The current state is very scary. We're losing a lot of people" - @ericatrwsfv #DPACOVIDSeries
