In a media briefing on community policing in St. Albert on April 18, 2023, you were asked if people who use drugs should be forced into treatment and you replied, "All options are on the table”. Furthermore, an article in the Globe and Mail from April 18 suggests potential legislation on involuntary care, called the “Compassionate Intervention Act”.

We understand that having a loved one who is using substances can make parents and others feel desperate and grasp at any straw. We have been there, but our experience, supported by the available evidence, has taught us that the answer is prevention, treatment and harm reduction and not involuntary care.

On Friday, April 14th 2023, BC Moms Stop the Harm advocates will be stepping up pressure for a safer supply of substances with rallies and events across the province. We invite you to join us in this provincial action by hosting an event in your community

Moms Stop the Harm BC Member, Jessica Michalofsky is training to run across BC during the months of May and June of 2023. After running around the BC Ministry of Health Building for six weeks this past winter, Jessica decided to redirect her focus. Jessica will begin her run in Nelson, BC where her son Aubrey lived and died. “I decided to put my focus somewhere else and so for the run across BC, my focus is more on the people involved, people who use drugs, their families and young people….I feel like we need to band together” (The Northern View).

In Alberta people are DYING FOR ACCESS to harm reduction, safer supply and evidence based treatment.

In February of 2022, Moms Stop The Harm and Albertans for Evidence-Based Drug Policy joined in solidarity with people who use drugs in rallies and vigils held in Edmonton, Calgary and Lethbridge for the many lives lost to drug poisoning deaths. Nothing has been done since that time and in fact the Alberta government has made matters incrementally worse and the deaths continue to ravage communities and Albertan families.

Please consider helping by doing a petition!

In November of 2019, Moms Stop The Harm members launched a petition urging the Government of Canada to take action on the drug poisoning and overdose crisis.

This was all during the time of COVID lock downs, but our members took heed and completed petitions and sent them to their MPs who then presented them in the House of Commons, thereby sending our urgent message to the federal government!

You can find out more information here on how you can help us continue this important work by reading more below.