Terms & Conditions

Mike Bonertz is the only employee of and also the founder, president, and owner of Responsible Empowered Living, Inc. (R.E.L.) a Canadian harm reduction organization.

Any communication from Mike in any regard is in his capacity as a Harm Reduction Advisor (HRA) at R.E.L., and all communication is for educational benefit and for informational purposes only.

R.E.L. and Mike do not condone, will not facilitate, and will not participate in, any illicit or illegal activities involving controlled substances or otherwise. Neither Mike nor any other R.E.L. personnel will provide medical advice, nor act as a licensed pharmacist in this regard, only as a HRA. All terms used ie. ‘medicine’ are for informational purposes and educational purposes only, and refer to the traditional anthropological use of many of these substances as medicines not the legal definition of the term, this shall not be misconstrued to demonstrate otherwise.

Finally, critically, we recommend following all laws applicable to your own jurisdiction.

Privacy Policy

R.E.L. ("we", "our", or "us") operates www.HarmReductionAdvocate.com. This Privacy Policy informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information we receive from users of the Site.

Information Collection and Use

While using our Site, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally, identifiable information may include but is not limited to your name, email address, postal address, and phone number ("Personal Information").

Log Data

Like many site operators, we collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Site ("Log Data"). This Log Data may include information such as your computer's Internet Protocol ("IP") address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our Site that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, and other statistics.

Cookies

Cookies are files with a small amount of data, which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a web site and stored on your computer's hard drive. Like many sites, we use "cookies" to collect information. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Site.

Security

The security of your Personal Information is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy is effective as of 11-11-24. We reserve the right to update or change our Privacy Policy at any time and you should check this Privacy Policy periodically. Your continued use of the Service after we post any modifications to the Privacy Policy on this page will constitute your acknowledgment of the modifications and your consent to abide and be bound by the modified Privacy Policy.

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Website Terms of Use

These terms and conditions outline the rules and regulations for the use of our website, located at www.HarmReductionAdvocate.com.

By accessing this website, we assume you accept these terms and conditions. Do not continue to use www.HarmReductionAdvocate.com if you do not agree to take all of the terms and conditions stated on this page.

The following terminology applies to these Terms and Conditions, Privacy Statement, and Disclaimer Notice and all agreements: "Client", "You", and "Your" refers to you, the person logging on this website and compliant to the Company’s terms and conditions. "The Company", "Ourselves", "We", "Our", and "Us", refers to our Company. "Party", "Parties", or "Us", refers to both the Client and ourselves. All terms refer to the offer, acceptance, and consideration of payment necessary to undertake the process of our assistance to the Client in the most appropriate manner for the express purpose of meeting the Client’s needs in respect of the provision of the Company’s stated services, in accordance with and subject to, prevailing law of Canada.

License to Use Website

Unless otherwise stated, R.E.L. and/or its licensors own the intellectual property rights for all material on www.HarmReductionAdvocate.com. All intellectual property rights are reserved. You may access this from www.HarmReductionAdvocate.com for your own personal use subjected to restrictions set in these terms and conditions.

Republish material from www.HarmReductionAdvocate.com Sell, rent, or sub-license material from www.HarmReductionAdvocate.com Reproduce, duplicate or copy material from www.HarmReductionAdvocate.com Redistribute content from www.HarmReductionAdvocate.com This Agreement shall begin on the date hereof.

Parts of this website may offer an opportunity for users to post and exchange opinions and information in certain areas of the website. R.E.L. does not filter, edit, publish, or review Comments prior to their presence on the website. Comments do not reflect the views and opinions of R.E.L., its agents, and/or affiliates. Comments reflect the views and opinions of the person who posts their views and opinions. To the extent permitted by applicable laws, R.E.L. shall not be liable for the Comments or for any liability, damages, or expenses caused and/or suffered as a result of any use of and/or posting of and/or appearance of the Comments on this website.

R.E.L. reserves the right to monitor all Comments and to remove any Comments which can be considered inappropriate, offensive, or causes breach of these Terms and Conditions.

You warrant and represent that:

You are entitled to post the Comments on our website and have all necessary licenses and consents to do so; The Comments do not invade any intellectual property right, including without limitation copyright, patent, or trademark of any third party; The Comments do not contain any defamatory, libelous, offensive, indecent, or otherwise unlawful material which is an invasion of privacy; The Comments will not be used to solicit or promote business or custom or present commercial activities or unlawful activity. You hereby grant R.E.L. a non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, edit, and authorize others to use, reproduce, and edit any of your Comments in any and all forms, formats, or media.

Hyperlinking to our Content

The following organizations may link to our Website without prior written approval:

  • Government agencies;

  • Search engines;

  • News organizations;

Online directory distributors may link to our Website in the same manner as they hyperlink to the Websites of other listed businesses; and

Systemwide Accredited Businesses except soliciting non-profit organizations, charity shopping malls, and charity fundraising groups which may not hyperlink to our Website.

These organizations may link to our home page, to publications, or to other Website information so long as the link: (a) is not in any way deceptive; (b) does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement, or approval of the linking party and its products and/or services; and (c) fits within the context of the linking party’s site.

We may consider and approve other link requests from the following types of organizations:

  • commonly-known consumer and/or business information sources;

  • dot.com community sites;

  • associations or other groups representing charities;

  • online directory distributors;

  • internet portals;

  • accounting, law, and consulting firms; and

  • educational institutions and trade associations.

We will approve link requests from these organizations if we decide that: (a) the link would not make us look unfavorably to ourselves or to our accredited businesses; (b) the organization does not have any negative records with us; (c) the benefit to us from the visibility of the hyperlink compensates the absence of www.HarmReductionAdvocate.com; and (d) the link is in the context of general resource information.

These organizations may link to our home page so long as the link: (a) is not in any way deceptive; (b) does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement, or approval of the linking party and its products or services; and (c) fits within the context of the linking party’s site.

If you are one of the organizations listed in paragraph 2 above and are interested in linking to our website, you must inform us by sending an e-mail to www.HarmReductionAdvocate.com. Please include your name, your organization name, contact information as well as the URL of your site, a list of any URLs from which you intend to link to our Website, and a list of the URLs on our site to which you would like to link. Please kindly wait 2-3 weeks for a response.

Approved organizations may hyperlink to our Website as follows:

  • By use of our corporate name; or

  • By use of the uniform resource locator being linked to; or

  • By use of any other description of our Website being linked to that makes sense within the context and format of content on the linking party’s site.

No use of R.E.L.'s logo or other artwork will be allowed for linking absent a trademark license agreement.

iFrames

Without prior approval and written permission, you may not create frames around our Webpages that alter in any way the visual presentation or appearance of our Website.

Content Liability

We shall not be held responsible for any content that appears on our Website. You agree to protect and defend us against all claims that are rising on our Website. No link(s) should appear on any Website that may be interpreted as libelous, obscene, or criminal, or which infringes, otherwise violates, or advocates the infringement or other violation of, any third party rights.

Reservation of Rights

We reserve the right to request that you remove all links or any particular link to our Website. You approve to immediately remove all links to our Website upon request. We also reserve the right to amen these terms and conditions and it’s linking policy at any time. By continuously linking to our Website, you agree to be bound to and follow these linking terms and conditions.

Removal of links from our website

If you find any link on our Website that is offensive for any reason, you are free to contact and inform us at any moment. We will consider requests to remove links but we are not obligated to or so or to respond to you directly.

We do not ensure that the information on this website is correct, we do not warrant its completeness or accuracy; nor do we promise to ensure that the website remains in any form.

Disclaimer

The information provided on R.E.L.’s website (the "Website") is for general informational purposes only. We strive to keep the information up to date and accurate, but we make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability, or availability with respect to the Website or the information, products, services, or related graphics contained on the Website for any purpose. Any reliance you place on such information is therefore strictly at your own risk. In no event will we be liable for any loss or damage including without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damage, or any loss or damage whatsoever arising from loss of data or profits arising out of, or in connection with, the use of the Website. Through the Website, you are able to link to other websites that are not under the control of www.HarmReductionAdvocate.com. We have no control over the nature, content, and availability of those sites and any provided links.

Finally, everyone reading this already knows everything I’m about to say, if they’re aligned with this knowledge and open to it. As we are all one being experiencing consciousness subjectively. That is to say, literally experiencing, inherently knowing, or having wisdom or information downloads are core tenets of many psychedelic experiences. Some describe this as the noetic effect — the kind of ‘knowing’ that feels “more real than real. I hope this site gives readers that feeling.