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Kimmie Jensen

Outreach worker with the Lookout Society in British Columbia and panelist on Conversations Live with Stuart McNish's "Street Disorder" discussion; draws on lived experience of addiction and recovery.

Oct 5, 2026

Conversations Live with Stuart McNish

Conversations Live with Stuart McNish

Street Disorder: A Healthcare Issue?

Oct 5 · 1h 13m

Stuart McNish
Stuart McNishHOST
22:55
But from your perspective, on its own, does that work? Or what else is needed for us to be able to help people on that journey to come off the use of these drugs and recover?
Kimmie JensenGUEST
23:12
That's a great question.
Kimmie JensenGUEST
23:14
So in my experience working in the industry that I am, I am in, I have been able to experience many different areas.
Kimmie JensenGUEST
23:25
So ten years ago, a woman would come into the home and she would be detoxing off of street drugs.
Kimmie JensenGUEST
23:35
And once that physical detox was completed, Then we had the opportunity to work with her in the way of supporting her emotionally, mentally and then spiritually.
Kimmie JensenGUEST
23:48
Addiction, in my belief, is a spiritual malady and we all need to be connected.
Kimmie JensenGUEST
23:56
We need to find, first, we need to detox and feel our body and connect that.
Stuart McNish
Stuart McNishHOST
25:35
How important is it that you are there giving support and that you have the resources to be able to do that?

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