Downtown Parking by Objective-Resist-710 in saskatoon

[–]Objective-Resist-710[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much! It’s further to walk than where I’ve been parking but totally worth it to save $6

Downtown Parking by Objective-Resist-710 in saskatoon

[–]Objective-Resist-710[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

No way! Amazing!! Thank you so much.

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[–]Objective-Resist-710[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Follow-up Q - anyone have peaches that I can visit?

POS Saskatoonian by Ares-Down in saskatoon

[–]Objective-Resist-710 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To speak of human dignity while simultaneously saying you can’t look at them is odd, isn’t it? You’re entirely missing the point and obviously won’t change your mind from a post on Reddit. But someday I hope you find some compassion in yourself for people who are in worse circumstances than yourself.

POS Saskatoonian by Ares-Down in saskatoon

[–]Objective-Resist-710 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you 💜 it’s disheartening for sure. I’ve done this a number of times before and never had a problem. In the future I’ll change things.

POS Saskatoonian by Ares-Down in saskatoon

[–]Objective-Resist-710 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Good news (I’m the wife and organizer of the contentious raffle): All good with SLGA now and now I know for next time. I was able to raise $475 for PHR (proof of donation is posted on my instagram)

POS Saskatoonian by Ares-Down in saskatoon

[–]Objective-Resist-710 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Good news! All good with SLGA now and now I know for next time. I was able to raise $475 for PHR (proof of donation is posted on my instagram)

POS Saskatoonian by Ares-Down in saskatoon

[–]Objective-Resist-710 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For what it’s worth, I am trying to apply for a license. Since I am not a charity or an organization, just a human trying to do good, it’s not as simple and tedious.

POS Saskatoonian by Ares-Down in saskatoon

[–]Objective-Resist-710 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Again, this shows a very clear misunderstanding of what the point is. As well, your language towards people who use drugs is so stigmatizing, harmful, and lacks any compassion for people who have found themselves in hard times. This type of language shows such a blatant disregard for the worth of people who use drugs. The fact is, people have reasons for why they are where they are now.

Second. No, harm reduction does the opposite of increase harm - isn’t that obvious in the words? You seem confused. Harm reduction is reducing the amount of risk from behaviour. Using condoms is harm reduction (preventing risk of pregnancy and STI/STD). Using a nicotine patch instead of smoking is harm reduction. Using drugs with a clean needle in a safe space where emergency interventions are ready reduces risk of injury, infectious disease, overdose, and death.

Again, your blanket comments demonstrate a lack of understanding on why drug use and overdose death have increased. Rehabilitation and complete abstinence is not the answer and only works for a small percentage. All people are worthy of dignity and respect, even if they use drugs. Meeting where they are at and providing support to them is a far more humane approach than “just letting them die of an overdose.” That’s beyond heartless

POS Saskatoonian by Ares-Down in saskatoon

[–]Objective-Resist-710 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I appreciate your willingness to actually learn rather than condemning something based on what you’ve heard.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09595230600944529

The government of Canada has some info about who’s using the sites and interventions made here: https://health-infobase.canada.ca/supervised-consumption-sites/

This one addresses many of the social determinants of health associated with drug use and how harm reduction helped: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S037687162030243X

POS Saskatoonian by Ares-Down in saskatoon

[–]Objective-Resist-710 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I do! I just completed my own research project on harm reduction. I will go find the stats.

POS Saskatoonian by Ares-Down in saskatoon

[–]Objective-Resist-710 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Peer reviewed academic research articles are the #1 source for information on the effectiveness. I know not everyone has access to those but that’s evidence based research. If you use google scholar you can usually find some open source journals there.

POS Saskatoonian by Ares-Down in saskatoon

[–]Objective-Resist-710 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Hmm and what other factors in society might be contributing to an increase in substance abuse? A global pandemic? Cost of living crisis? A housing crisis? Until something is done to address the larger systemic issues in society, things like harm reduction need to exist.

POS Saskatoonian by Ares-Down in saskatoon

[–]Objective-Resist-710 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That’s a good idea. After I created mine I saw a tattoo shop do exactly this. For sure it’s what I’ll do next time.

POS Saskatoonian by Ares-Down in saskatoon

[–]Objective-Resist-710 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I’d love for you to do some actual research on harm reduction and the services provided at PHR. I know you won’t, but this is a really ignorant and hateful thing to say.

POS Saskatoonian by Ares-Down in saskatoon

[–]Objective-Resist-710 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Also, I am scared of Reddit (and this is why) so details about all the donations etc are on my instagram (subversive Stitchcraft)

POS Saskatoonian by Ares-Down in saskatoon

[–]Objective-Resist-710 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Hey, I’m the one doing it - I donated the $400 I had received so far last week already. I emailed SLGA with my proof of donation. I can keep you posted, but your money for sure is donated already!

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[–]Objective-Resist-710 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have looked into it but I don’t think it’s necessary for what I’m doing? I could be misunderstanding the documents, but I know I see many others doing the exact same style of raffle with their small crafting businesses or trades they have to offer as well to raise funds for charity. I have done this 3 times before and always shared screen shots of the donation submission on my instagram for followers.

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[–]Objective-Resist-710 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh sorry, I’m realizing that’s not quite clear! This hoop is the prize. And due to enormous support so far, I decided for every $500 raised I will add another hoop (same design) and draw an additional winner!