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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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Farewell picnic for our two MPH students Neeru Hayre and Raveena Gill (July 2020)
Farewell picnic for our two MPH students Neeru Hayre and Raveena Gill (July 2020)
Drug User Liberation Front safe supply rally in the Downtown Eastside, Vancouver (June 23, 2020)
Guy Felicella paying a visit to the CDPC in February (2020)
Retirement lunch for our colleague Wayne, CARMHA
Sandhia Vadlamudy; Directrice générale Association des intervenants en dépendance du Québec; February 2020
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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)