Matthew Bonn

1 month ago | harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com | de Kiewit |Kat Gallant |Kelsey A. Speed |Alex Betsos |Brandi Abele |Matthew Bonn | +7 more

In total, 13 working group members participated in this study. Over half of the members identified as women (n = 7; 54%), and 6 identified as men (46%). The working group had some ethnic diversity, with Black, African-Caribbean and predominantly white members during this study period, however, we recognize these voices are not representative of all people with lived and living experience in Canada.

2 months ago | harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com | Frishta Nafeh |Carol Strike |Gillian Kolla |Matthew Bonn |Caroline Brunelle |Jade Boyd | +9 more

Key informants reported integrating wraparound care as a critical component of safer supply provision, connecting clients to primary and secondary health services, including HIV/HCV testing and treatment, wound care, and referral to housing support services. Some key informants believed this played a vital role in making programs more appealing to policymakers:“This is why I said we integrated into a primary care service.

Dec 9, 2024 | filtermag.org | Matthew Bonn

On December 2, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Canada, passed a law that will shut down 10 supervised drug consumption sites (SCS). It’s an assault on harm reduction in the province that will cost untold lives. Bill 223 bans SCS within 200 meters of schools, childcare centers and similar facilities. That covers 10 out of the 17 sites currently operating in Ontario. They will be forced to close by March 31, 2025.

Nov 1, 2024 | filtermag.org | Matthew Bonn

International Drug Users Day, marked on November 1, is very near and dear to my heart. I’ve lost so many people who were close to me, through harms of drug prohibition such as overdose, blood-borne diseases or injection-related infections. I’ve been lucky to survive myself. Today, like every year, I’ll take some time to reflect on these preventable deaths, and to grapple with grief I’ve barely had time to process before learning of the next tragedy.

Sep 26, 2024 | filtermag.org | Matthew Bonn

I’ve been using drugs—opioids, stimulants and many others—on and off for basically my whole adult life. I don’t see it as a good or a bad thing. There have been plenty of fun times. And at other points, when I’ve struggled with mental health and suicide has been a threat, drugs have felt like the only support available to me. But I’ve also experienced a whole lot of harms associated with drugs, and especially with the conditions of drug use under prohibition.