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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · about 8 hours ago

"The Symposium on Toxic Drug Deaths in Ontario: Having Collaborative Discussions was held February 13-15, 2024." "Three years on, the ministry won't talk about it – and never released its report." "Ontarians should know why it was silenced." #Ontario #Alberta #Canada #Drugs #Healthcare #Policing

drugdatadecoded.ca

Ford government silenced symposium of experts whose overdose remedies conflicted with Alberta Recovery Model

As the Ford government faced one of the worst public health crises in Ontario's history, it convened more than 100 experts from policing, health, and lived experience to find solutions. Three years on, the ministry won't talk about it – and never released its report.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 7 days ago

"Three years after working to influence federal safe supply policy, several of the same small group of addiction doctors may have manoeuvred the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario to place major new barriers on life-saving prescribed safe supply." #Ontario #Canada #Drugs #Healthcare

drugdatadecoded.ca

Meet the physicians stonewalling safe supply: Call to Action

Three years after working to influence federal safe supply policy, several of the same small group of addiction doctors may have manoeuvred the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario to place major new barriers on life-saving prescribed safe supply.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 7 days ago

"[E]xpansion of the U.S. military presence in the Philippines." "[P]rivate capital is financing." "[R]ationalized as [...] reining in China's [...] power and garnering Manila's support in a possible war between China and the U.S." #USA #Philippines #China #Taiwan #Military #Drugs #Genocide

theintercept.com

Bankrolling American Empire in the Philippines

The Pentagon and private capital have teamed up to militarize the island nation.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 9 days ago

"On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced a slew of charges against Virginia State Sen. Louise Lucas (D), a critic of President Donald Trump and a proponent of redistricting." #Virginia #USA #Voting #Courts #Drugs

truthout.org

Trump Critic State Sen. Louise Lucas of Virginia Indicted as DOJ Ignores Election-Year Guidelines

"I spent my life fighting back, and I'm not stopping now," said Virginia State Sen. Louise Lucas.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 10 days ago

"A photocopy cannot replace [...] the faint smell of home." "It cannot replace the quiet dignity of holding something your child touched." "And once that small dignity is taken, it is hard to believe it will ever be handed back." #NewYork #USA #Incarceration #Media #Censorship #Drugs

prisonjournalismproject.org

Mail Scanning Has Isolated Me From My Loved Ones

An incarcerated writer reflects on how mail scanning affected his ability to connect with his son through personal letters.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 13 days ago

"People, for example, [are] swallowing razor blades, but the razor blades are covered in tape." "It seems like their goal was to come to the hospital, and I can understand why they'd rather be here than the jail." #Missouri #USA #Incarceration #Healthcare #Drugs #Suicide

www.themarshallproject.org

'It's Just So Dangerous': Why People Keep Dying at the St. Louis City Jail

A Marshall Project/St. Louis Public Radio analysis shows the top causes of death at the jail are untreated medical conditions, drug use or suicide.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 15 days ago

"A constitutional amendment in Missouri would not only reimpose an abortion ban, it would also prohibit youth gender-affirming care." "An Alabama mother died in jail a few days after giving birth." #USA #Healthcare #Courts #Censorship #Policing #Drugs #Voting

www.autonomynews.co

Arizona Judge Awards Man $67,000 Over Aborted Embryo, Alabama Mom Dies in Jail: October 19 News Roundup

Plus, what you missed on Autonomy News last week.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 17 days ago

"Trump made it clear that Brazilians would suffer 'tariffs and other punishments if they do not elect Bolsonaro.'" "Lula's campaign team accused Meta of interfering [...] by restricting the reach of his Instagram posts." #Brazil #USA #Honduras #Colombia #Argentina #Poland #Ukraine #Voting #Drugs

canadiandimension.com

Trump can't stop interfering in other countries' elections

Brazil's first round of voting has brought renewed attention to Trump's pattern of interfering in foreign elections.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 17 days ago

"Trump loaded up on shares of major pharmaceutical companies last year as his administration and Republican allies enacted policies that benefited the industry — at the expense seniors and other patients." "[F]rom $1.7 million in 2024 to as much as $56.2 million last year." #USA #Healthcare #Drugs

truthout.org

Trump Profited From His Giveaway to Big Pharma While Jacking Up Drug Costs

An analysis estimates Trump increased his stock holdings from $1.7 million in 2024 to up to $56.2 million last year.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 19 days ago

"In spring 2026, several men died of suspected overdoses at the Estelle Supermax Penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas." "I fell back on old-school reporting—from my cell in solitary confinement." #Texas #USA #Incarceration #Solitary #Media #Drugs

inquest.org

This is How I Report from Solitary Confinement

Two years after I was placed in solitary for my reporting, a wave of drug overdoses swept through Texas prisons. I followed the story from my cell.

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