@JulsBudau The idea that drug use leads to misery & failure is a fundamental tenet of the failed War On Drugs. Studies show a safe, legal supply improves every aspect of a person's life. This plague of death & despair is 100% preventable! #harmredu
@dwshelf @guyfelicella @Twolfrecovery @RS_McNeil Salome and Naomi for starters. https://t.co/lXftKg2SRg
Simply handing out free drugs is INSANE! It's not "harm reduction". NAOMI trials provided a much better solution: chronic drug users can get safe supply from a physician, consumed on-site (https://t.co/MSj8fhUaLd) along with on-site access to treatment, so
@garthmullins @IslandFamily5 Are you quoting a study from 2008? Is that a joke. 15 years ago, nothing to do with overdoses in current B.C. and “Safer Supply” is being linked to deaths of youth. more than 1 year before tests are available to confirm % of de
@PierrePoilievre 2005 is when Health Canada allowed narcotics to be given out, and the Conservatives Paul Martin was in power. The North American Opiate Medication Initiative (NAOMI): Profile of Participants in North America’s First Trial of Heroin-Assist
@SherryannMcNei2 @michaelgeller @CBCStephenQuinn Also worked with Dr Martin Schechter OBC, PHd on the city planning approval for the North American Opiate Maintenance Initiative (NAOMI). https://t.co/5zUOJ7doOy
@VaticanPR @PeepPnw @pdxlawgrrrl @multco_johs Actually, "enabling" is the most effective form of harm reduction. Here is the research to prove it! https://t.co/O0cWH69zF6
@wesxmichaels @Brian_A_Hackel And before you joke about giving away drugs, check out the NAOMI and SALOME studies. https://t.co/O0cWH69zF6
@janephilpott @howardbeale1985 It works if we work it!!! #harmreduction https://t.co/O0cWH6rawE
@DanaLarsen @sarahblyth @DTESMarkets Thanks, I did not know that. I think I'm not the only one who didn't. What about doing a #cannabis version of #NAOMI in #DTES with @vancouverops? North American Opiate Medication Initiative NA's First Trial of Heroin-A
The North American Opiate Medication Initiative (NAOMI) says it all! https://t.co/O0cWH69zF6 https://t.co/0PHLH4frFX
Data from the NAOMI study, and countries like Portugal & Czech Republic indicates it's not the drugs as much as it is #drugpolicy https://t.co/O0cWH69zF6 https://t.co/kZmcGuvPhj
RT @john_dittmann: @DrSarahWakeman just wanted to send this NAOMI study link (from Journal of Urban Health) for easy access https://t.co/e…
A great study https://t.co/a8fSbyF83s
RT @john_dittmann: @DrSarahWakeman just wanted to send this NAOMI study link (from Journal of Urban Health) for easy access https://t.co/e…
@DrSarahWakeman just wanted to send this NAOMI study link (from Journal of Urban Health) for easy access https://t.co/eKjzbk6q8W
@naloxoneguru It's not the drugs or users, NAOMI study (NE Journal of Medicine, 2009) concluded heroin maintenance is effective! https://t.co/O0cWH69zF6
This study by @ejoekes1 looks at NAOMI participants. For many, traditional treatments have repeatedly failed: https://t.co/6SyFWwlklr https://t.co/7qNQ6ivOgU
NYT video on @Providence_Hlth's Crosstown Clinic https://t.co/c8vu8f43Rs, supported by @UBC research https://t.co/iVuaI4pRKm
Happy to start a dialogs on this http://t.co/LIrMWf62l5
@peterwoolf57 Quite a lot of evidence #heroinprescribing better than MMT http://t.co/VYUAjoq6NV http://t.co/pfG5s1u6Ln #druglawreform