Maddi Dellplain
Deputy Managing Editor & Reporter at Healthy Debate // writing on health, disability & drug policy // words in Filter Mag, The Tyee, Megaphone Magazine, etc.
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- Reposted by Maddi DellplainManitoba slashes private nursing agencies: The path forward or a policy stumble? By @maddidellplain.bsky.social healthydebate.ca/2026/02/topi...
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- “The fact is that this toxic drug crisis won’t be solved without an approach that focuses on safer supply and harm reduction.” For my latest with @filtermag.bsky.social, I spoke with BC Human Rights Commissioner, Kasari Govender, about her position statement on the toxic drug supply crisis.
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- Apparently 1 in 6 people who get Botox experience adverse effects from the procedure?? Excellent (and troubling) new @healthydebate.bsky.social story by Miranda Schreiber
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- Finally got to cover some good drug policy news for a change! My latest with @filtermag.bsky.social :
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- Reposted by Maddi DellplainRodney Taylor was days away from receiving new prosthetic legs when ICE grabbed him. He’s been detained for more than 8 months. They won’t allow him to get his new legs & put him in solitary confinement. He needs the disability community’s help! His petition just hit 3,000… keep it going!
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- My latest with @healthydebate.bsky.social
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- For my latest with @healthydebate.bsky.social I spoke with several ER docs to find out how they cope with the (increasing) pressures of the job
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- My latest for @filtermag.bsky.social digs into a study that shows safe supply was as effective at improving health outcomes as methadone.
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- Thanks for the republish @thetyee.ca! BC's LifeLabs Strike Highlights the Risks of Foreign Ownership thetyee.ca/News/2025/05...
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- Grateful to receive two award noms this year for Best Science & Tech storytelling from @canadamediaawards.bsky.social! One for our team's @healthydebate.bsky.social Stitched Together series & the other for this piece I wrote on involuntary drug treatment: healthydebate.ca/2024/06/topi...
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- For my latest with @healthydebate.bsky.social, I dig into why the increasing foreign (notably, U.S.) ownership of Canada's medical labs should be cause for concern. healthydebate.ca/2025/04/topi...
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- Alberta has tabled its involuntary drug treatment bill. When asked if involuntary treatment would be effective, Smith said "You won't know if something works until you try it." But there IS a lot of research we can draw from. And what we know, doesn't look good: healthydebate.ca/2024/06/topi...
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- Not 100% sure how health policy gets made? You're not alone. Here's an explainer I wrote for @healthydebate.bsky.social breaking down the basics ahead of the election: healthydebate.ca/2025/04/topi...
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- Gotta love when a search for "overdose awareness" renders such tasteful, subtle (and not at all stigmatizing) stock image results 🫠
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- This is absolutely beautiful and heartbreaking work. If you only read one thing today, it should be this.
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- “Obviously we have a lot of harms related to opioids, but the overall costs and harms are significantly less than alcohol.” By @micksweetman.bsky.social @thediscourse.ca thediscourse.ca/nanaimo/how-...
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- For my latest with @healthydebate.bsky.social, I asked health care experts what they're hoping to hear from candidates this federal election
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