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The Canadian Drug Policy Coalition (CDPC) is a policy advocacy organization comprised of around 50 organizations and over 4,000 individuals striving to end the harms of drug prohibition. It operates as a project within Simon Fraser University under the Centre for Applied Research in Mental Health and Addiction.

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Executive director, Donald MacPherson, receiving honourary doctorate from Adler University (October 2019)
People in Vancouver writing signs for the National Day of Action 2019
(Photo: Eugene Doudko | Director of policy, Scott Bernstein, speaking on cannabis regulation | June 2019)
Breakout session during Peter Wall Research Roundtable (April 2019)
Public event during Peter Wall Research Roundtable (April 2019)
Executive director, Donald MacPherson, being interviewed by media during National Day of Action 2019

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A Roadmap for Canada’s Drug Policy Future: The Peter Wall International Research Roundtable

National Day of Action on the Overdose Crisis 2019

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Featured Publication

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)