CaractacusPotts

joined 10 months ago
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/16064584

“For young people, [they] often don’t have access to harm reduction services to the extent that older people have,” said DeBeck. “A lot of it is a reluctance to give them access to evidence-based harm reduction programs, I think out of fear that they might encourage substance use among young people or somehow send the wrong message.”

“The impact is that young people aren't given the protections that those evidence-based interventions can provide,” added DeBeck.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/16064288

Safe supply programs provide prescribed medications as a safer alternative to the toxic illegal drug supply to people who are at high risk of overdose.

On the Government of Canada's website, it says safer supply services help save lives, stating, "Safer supply services can help prevent overdoses, save lives, and connect people who use drugs to other health and social services."

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/16062941

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/16062938

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/16062930

Substance-users who got drugs vetted for fatal contaminants from a now-closed compassion club significantly reduced their overdose rates, keeping them alive during the fatal drug overdose crisis, says a University of B.C. professor involved in newly released research.

The findings, published Thursday in an international drug-policy research journal, tracked 47 participants of a compassion club run by the Drug User Liberation Front (DULF), which received Vancouver Coastal Health funding to test drugs in a University of Victoria lab before selling them to members in a Downtown Eastside storefront in Vancouver

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/16062938

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/16062930

Substance-users who got drugs vetted for fatal contaminants from a now-closed compassion club significantly reduced their overdose rates, keeping them alive during the fatal drug overdose crisis, says a University of B.C. professor involved in newly released research.

The findings, published Thursday in an international drug-policy research journal, tracked 47 participants of a compassion club run by the Drug User Liberation Front (DULF), which received Vancouver Coastal Health funding to test drugs in a University of Victoria lab before selling them to members in a Downtown Eastside storefront in Vancouver

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/16062930

Substance-users who got drugs vetted for fatal contaminants from a now-closed compassion club significantly reduced their overdose rates, keeping them alive during the fatal drug overdose crisis, says a University of B.C. professor involved in newly released research.

The findings, published Thursday in an international drug-policy research journal, tracked 47 participants of a compassion club run by the Drug User Liberation Front (DULF), which received Vancouver Coastal Health funding to test drugs in a University of Victoria lab before selling them to members in a Downtown Eastside storefront in Vancouver

[–] CaractacusPotts@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 months ago (9 children)

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20231211-report-nearly-25000-children-in-gaza-now-orphans/

Initial figures from Gaza indicate that 24,000-25,000 Palestinian children in Gaza have become orphans as a result of Israel’s genocidal bombing campaign on the besieged enclave, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said.

The rights group’s initial report highlighted that 10,000 children had been killed as a result of Israel’s bombs, while some 25,000 had lost one or both of their parents. Some 640,000 children had lost their homes after they were either partially or totally destroyed, leaving them homeless.

In addition, the future of hundreds of thousands of children is still unknown, as 217 schools in the Gaza Strip have been damaged or destroyed during the Israeli attacks, severely affecting the education process in the Strip.

[–] CaractacusPotts@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago (11 children)

In both cases a smaller weaker nation has been on the receiving end of military aggression. In both cases civilians were displaced causing them to become refugees.

[–] CaractacusPotts@lemmy.ca 7 points 9 months ago

I am a socialist, so for me this is a good news source. Feel free to dispute any facts found in the article. Also as I've said before to quite a few folks, if you don't like what I post you should probably block me.

Anyway I did a little Google search for you https://www.texasobserver.org/ivan-cantu-is-set-to-be-executed-but-did-he-get-a-fair-trial/

[–] CaractacusPotts@lemmy.ca 14 points 9 months ago

Among younger Americans, and along political lines, divisions are more prominent. Almost half of those surveyed aged 18-29, 49%, say Israel is committing genocide, with 24% disagreeing and 27% uncertain.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/24/americans-believe-israel-committing-genocide-poll

[–] CaractacusPotts@lemmy.ca 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

The number of people facing possible starvation in the Gaza Strip in the coming weeks is the largest share of a population at risk of famine identified anywhere since a United Nations-affiliated panel created the current global food-insecurity assessment 20 years ago.

“The rigor, scale and speed of the destruction of the structures necessary for survival, and enforcement of the siege, surpasses any other case of man-made famine in the last 75 years,” said Alex de Waal, an expert on humanitarian crises and international law at Tufts University who wrote “Mass Starvation: The History and Future of Famine.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/11/health/gaza-israel-hunger-starvation.html

[–] CaractacusPotts@lemmy.ca 7 points 9 months ago

Israeli Intelligence Has Deemed Hamas-Run Health Ministry's Death Toll Figures Generally Accurate

According to the Ministry of Health, which reports to Gaza’s Hamas-led government, at least 27,500 civilians have been killed and more than 63,000 wounded since Israel began military operations in response to the Oct. 7 attacks, which killed at least 1100 Israelis and left more than 250 people hostage.

https://www.vice.com/en/section/news

[–] CaractacusPotts@lemmy.ca 16 points 9 months ago (2 children)

ICJ says its not a genocide

This is incorrect.

LONDON — The International Court of Justice has found it is "plausible" that Israel has committed acts that violate the Genocide Convention. https://www.npr.org/2024/01/26/1227078791/icj-israel-genocide-gaza-palestinians-south-africa

I blocked the user, because he was clearly not interested in having a discussion.

[–] CaractacusPotts@lemmy.ca 18 points 9 months ago (4 children)

The Zio-troll has entered the chat

[–] CaractacusPotts@lemmy.ca 9 points 9 months ago

Take that up with the young Americans being polled.

[–] CaractacusPotts@lemmy.ca 14 points 9 months ago

I think you're confusing an informal opinion poll taken by the media outlet with official polling numbers. It would have been better to list the polls being cited, but in general most Americans want to see an immediate cease-fire. I'll keep my eyes open for more data

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/6/us-congress-support-for-gaza-ceasefire-lower-than-american-public

[–] CaractacusPotts@lemmy.ca 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Go visit Somalia. Cops are defunded there. Come back in a year if you can.

Or, if that’s not what you want. Pick a better fucking slogan so the anarcho-kids aren’t your supporters in name only.

And maybe you pick up a badge and do it. There are many openings for a big brain.

Do you put salt on the boots before you lick them? Just asking for a friend.

[–] CaractacusPotts@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Well then perhaps you should've read the piece. The idea as put forward in the article is that we should close tax loopholes to prevent Canadians from donating to Israeli universities taking part in the repression of Palestinians.

As for your opinion about the title, perhaps you'll take the time to write the author and suggest he word things more to your liking in the future.

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has effectively granted IOF supporting universities charitable status, notably the ability to offer donors’ tax receipts. The CRA has a special category for international universities. The idea is that people should be able to get a tax deduction when donating to their alma mater or a university that would “ordinarily include Canadian students in its student body.” In other words, Canadian taxpayers can subsidize educational institutions that train Canadians.

But when it comes to Israeli universities the number of fundraising groups and sums raised is far beyond individuals donating to their alma mater or the number of Canadians studying there. While the universities have been empowered to offer Canadian donors tax credits, they also have fundraising branches in this country. Canadian Friends of Tel-Aviv University, Canadian Friends of the University of Haifa, Canadian Friends of Hebrew University, Canadian Friends of Ben-Gurion University, Canadian Friends of Bar Ilan University, Weizmann Canada and Technion Canada help raise money for Israeli universities. And the sums raised are astounding. Last month Canadian billionaire Sylvan Adams gave $135 million ($US 100 million) to Ben-Gurion University at a Canadian Friends of Ben-Gurion University gala. According to the 2021 report Who Gives and Who Gets: The Beneficiaries of Private Foundation Philanthropy, the single top recipient of private Canadian foundations between 2014 and 2018 was Israel’s Technion, which received $89 million.

In other words, Canadians are subsidizing universities with extensive ties to a genocidal force. Beyond that, the registered Canadian charities often instigate initiatives specifically to strengthen the Israeli military. As I detail here and here, Canadian Friends of Hebrew University and Technion Canada have instigated many IOF focused initiatives. Canadian Friends of the University of Haifa also funds an IDF training initiative. For its part, Canadian Friends of Haifa University is listed as a funder of an initiative that “form the backbone of the IDF’s elite training program”.

Yet according to CRA rules, registered charities are not allowed to support another country’s military. CRA guidelines state that “increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of Canada’s armed forces is charitable, but supporting the armed forces of another country is not.”

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