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Drug Toxicity Awareness Day

  • Front Street Gazebo, Firepit, and Picnic Shelter Front and Princess Street Dawson City Canada (map)
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Drug Toxicity awareness Day

Join us in a honouring those affected by the drug toxicity crisis. Drop-in and participate in a vigil, harm reduction education, and guided art activities.

All are welcome.

Organized by Dawson’s Harm Reduction Working Group, including, Tro’ndëk Hwëch’in Wellness & Education Departments, Mental Wellness & Substance Use Services, Queer Yukon, Yukon Hospital Corporation, Public Health, St. Paul’s Church, Dawson Women’s Shelter, First Nations Health Program, and others.

Learn more about harm reduction:

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Drug Users Deserve Dignity Not Death
Drug Users Deserve Dignity Not Death

Dr. Daniel Sumrok challenge us to instead of thinking about ‘addictions’ think about “ritualized compulsive comfort-seeking” because “ritualized compulsive comfort-seeking (what traditionalists call addiction) is a normal response to the adversity experienced in childhood, just like bleeding is a normal response to being stabbed.”

Earlier Event: August 9
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