Thread: It's just too bad that at the same time as they are eliminating fees @shandro and the Jasons are also eliminating treatment centres, like the one in Gunn, AB that had a waiting list of 150 men, mostly homeless, when it stopped intake.
#abpoli #abhealth
1/ https://twitter.com/shandro/status/1324779256547745793
It is too bad that the spaces @shandro now proclaims free do not save the lives of people who are not seeking treatment today, or not at all.
#harmreduction incl. SCS does that, but that's not supported and in Lethbridge the SCS was defunded.
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It is too bad that the spaces @shandro now proclaims free don't include funding for the iOAT program that has some of the best retention rates and outcomes for people who have not done well with other approaches.
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It is too bad that the spaces @shandro now proclaims free are not the way to help people using opioids, where OAT (opiod substitution) is the approach supported by evidence that shows positive health outcomes.
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It is too bad that the spaces @shandro now proclaims free won't stop the bodies piling up in the morgue.
Show us the numbers.
We know people are dying and your actions are just another #ABgovFail.
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I will add that these treatment programs work for some people and its great they don't need to pay, but we need to also invest in harm reduction and non-abstinence treatment approaches known to work.
If not, there will be more families grieving.
#ableg #abhealth
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