Getting to Tomorrow: Ending the Overdose Crisis

Building consensus and finding shared meaning to realize solutions to the overdose crisis

The Canadian Drug Policy Coalition (CDPC) is a policy advocacy organization comprised of around 50 organizations and over 6,000 individuals striving to end the harms of drug prohibition. It operates as a project within Simon Fraser University in the Faculty of Health Sciences.

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Protester at Vancouver safe supply rally

Safe supply rally; Vancouver; 2021

Safe supply rally; Vancouver; 2021

Bike leaning on a railing along a mountain highway pass | Iliajah Pidskalny cycle

Cycle to Stop the Harm route; British Columbia; 2021

Iliajah Pidskalny in front of the Olympic Flame in Vancouver | Iliajah Pidskalny cycle

Iliajah Pidskalny; Vancouver; 2021

Row of shoes tied to the Burrard Street Bridge for International Overdose Awareness Day

International Overdose Day Burrard Street Bridge Memorial by Moms Stop the Harm; Vancouver; Aug. 31, 2020

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Childrens shoes and teddy bears on the steps of the Legislature in Victoria, BC

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Two people carry a large banner down the street that reads "In Memory Our Members"

Looking ahead to 2021 and the fight for drug policy reform

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URGENT APPEAL: Supporting people who use drugs and frontline workers during COVID-19

Three legal marijuana products are neatly arranged on table

Pain relief that’s a pain in the neck: Issues accessing medicinal cannabis in Australia and Canada

Graffiti spelling out overdose prevention on a wall

From Down Under to the Downtown Eastside: An Aussie’s experience at OPS and the community of care saving lives

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For drug policy, the university of life imparts the most important lessons of all

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Supporting Health and Human Rights in Drug Policy: Brief to the Minister of Health and Canadian Delegation to the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs.

The High-Level Ministerial Segment of the 62nd Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) in Vienna on March 14th and 15th is the next significant meeting of UN Member States to focus on global drug policy.

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"Criminalization of people who use drugs harms some of the world’s most vulnerable citizens. This has to stop."

Stephen Lewis, former UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa. (Photo credit: Farhang Ghajar, CBC)