HEPCanada is an independent advocacy association that was established in 2014 during the introduction of DAAs to Canada. No testing without treatment
Toronto, ON
Joined May 2014
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We are currently witnessing the beginning of the end of drug #prohibition. Harm reduction, decriminalisation, legal regulation of #cannabis, #cocaine, #psychedelics, #ketamine, and #MDMA on the agenda of governments across the world. #drugspolicy healthpovertyaction.org/the-…
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This is a terrible decision. We need free needle distribution to continue. Recovery from substance abuse is not linear. There are relapses. If you contract HIV or Hep C, you have yet another battle. On top of addiction. It's a disease, folks. It's not a moral issue.
#onpoli
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"The WHO recommendations on the rescheduling of the coca leaf will help Colombia." - Laura Gil #coca #drugpolicyreform #worldhealthorganisation
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So long as politicians perversely cling to the ideological belief that drug use causes homelessness, when in fact it's the other way round, they can never fix it. We need serious leaders, willing to set aside ideology and problem solve based on reality. winnipegsun.com/opinion/colu…
More hepatitis C cases detected with nontargeted screening in EDs than risk-based approach healio.com/news/gastroentero…
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Did you know? In the UK, around 3,600 people are diagnosed with Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC, a form of liver cancer: orlo.uk/DiONS) each year. Untreated viral hepatitis can cause HCC – order a #HepC test: orlo.uk/ZfSm6
#HepCULater #WeAreNHS @NHS_APA
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In 2024, UNODC-trained officers helped seize:
🔹 300+ tonnes of cocaine
🔹 26 tonnes of opioids
🔹 116.2 tonnes of precursors
🔹 22 tonnes of fake medicines
Together, we’re disrupting trafficking routes. ⬇️
#WorldDrugDay #StopOrganizedCrime
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"Emergency shelters are overcrowded and affordable rental units are impossible to find. We now end up with people who are being stuck in shelters for a long period of time,” Could Options Housing have the solution?" ottawacitizen.com/news/bywar…
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HCV Elimination Feasibility: Advances in DAAs and diagnostics make HCV elimination achievable, but scaling up testing and equitable access are critical. Egypt’s model demonstrates success through political will and investment.
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A coalition of 62 Canadian experts on housing, mental health, and homelessness released a landmark report urging Canada to reinvest in and modernize its Housing First strategy to better combat chronic homelessness.
netnewsledger.com/2025/06/17…
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NEW ODPRN report examined overall and Safer Opioid Supply (SOS)-related hydromorphone dispensing among Public Health Units (PHUs) in Ontario.
We found hydromorphone dispensing—especially for SOS—varied widely across Ontario's PHUs.
odprn.ca/research/publicatio…
#SaferSupply
‘It’s going to be costly’: Supreme Court ruling could reverse progress in HCV screening healio.com/news/gastroentero…
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Prisons worldwide face deep-rooted challenges, strained by over-incarceration, overcrowding & neglect.
With 11.5M people behind bars, the @UN General Assembly renewed urgent calls to better protect societies by focusing on rehabilitation & reintegration ⬇️
#PrisonersMatter
Young women now outpace men in binge drinking, data shows healio.com/news/gastroentero…
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“The only way to win against drug trafficking is to take the market away from them.” Pepe Mujica 1935 -2025. #drugspolicy #cannabis talkingdrugs.org/pepe-mujica…
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It's the criminal market in #cannabis and other drugs that is driving violent crime. The solution is to provide legal, regulated access. As Canada is showing, this works. There 80% of all cannabis is now purchased through legal channels. #drugspolicy express.co.uk/news/politics/…
Kidney-related complications rising in hospitalized patients with chronic liver disease healio.com/news/gastroentero…
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#WorldHepatitisDay 2025 website is live!
Visit our website to discover ways you can ‘break it down’ wherever you are, and help the world eliminate hepatitis.
>> worldhepatitisday.org
ICYMI: watch our theme launch webinar recording: bit.ly/3ZUEVf5
#LetsBreakItDown
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Or BC could do this ⬇️
sfu.ca/content/dam/sfu/carmh…
The BCNDP just keeps throwing hundreds of millions of slakes fixing up damage caused by homeless drug addicted and mentally ill people given “free” housing.
This has to stop.
🛑 They need higher level of supervised care.
@somerspsych
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