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The DSM was born inside colonial medicine. It wasn’t about care, it was about categorizing, controlling, and disciplining people who didn’t fit the colonial project.
University Health Network - Toronto Western Hospital - Outpatient Clinics - Rapid Access Addiction Medicine (RAAM) Clinic - torontocentralhealthline.ca
Provides low barrier access for patients seeking treatment for any substance use disorder. Provides brief counselling, prescribe medications (including anti-craving medications for alcohol and buprenorphine/naloxone for opiate use disorder) and connect
Concurrent Outpatient Medical & Psychosocial Addiction Support Services (COMPASS) is an outpatient service specializing in evidence–based, medical and psychosocial interventions for clients with addiction/concurrent disorder concerns.
Heavy drinkers who have 8 or more alcoholic drinks per week have signs of brain injury that are associated with memory and thinking problem. They also had higher odds of developing tau tangles, a biomarker associated with Alzheimer’s disease. : r/science
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Voting is Not Harm Reduction – An Indigenous Perspective
Voting is Not Harm Reduction An Indigenous Perspective February 2020 – www.indigenousaction.org Zine format printable PDF download: Voting is Not Harm Reduction Zine-FINAL-PRINT (9.8MB) When proclamations are made that “voting is harm reduction,” it’s never clear how less harm is actually calculated. Do we compare how many millions of undocumented Indigenous Peoples have been deported? […]
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Your are Energy. Energy is Power. YOU are Power. Owning it = Liberation. Own your value, step into your power and lead revolutions, including a revolution of your inner self.
Your are Energy. Energy is Power. YOU are Power. Owning it = Liberation. Own your value, step into your power and lead revolutions, including a revolution of your inner self.
Our Services — Indian Residential School Survivors Society
IRSSS provide culturally-safe programs and services to support healing journeys for First Nations people who experienced the Indian Residential School system and other intergenerational traumas. To show your support, please consider donating directly to our organization.
Red Disability, Queer Death, and Native Love “at the End”
Your art will live on. A call across time and space. Honour the sacredness of how we remind one another that we existed across time.
— Maria Buffalo, as read by Jessie Loyer in nanekawâsis (2024)
There are empty spaces that must be respected—those often long periods when a person can’t see th
'Unpacking Black Trans Legacy' - and why it should be added to your resource toolkbox
Discover Unpacking Black Trans Legacy, a powerful documentary by Adebayo Chris Katiiti, celebrating the resilience, joy, and untold stories of Black trans leaders in Canada.