Getting to Tomorrow: Ending the Overdose Crisis

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

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The Canadian Drug Policy Coalition (CDPC) is a non-partisan, evidence-based policy advocacy organization comprised of around 50 organizations and over 7,000 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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Life-saving litigation in Canada

Two lawsuits in support of people who use drugs that you can support today.

Moms Stop the Harm (MSTH), Lethbridge Overdose Prevention Society (LOPS), and the Canadian Association of People Who Use Drugs (CAPUD) are taking governments to court. You can support them in their fight.

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Staff retreat, facilitated session; Vancouver; 2021
Staff retreat, visiting the Downtown Eastside; Vancouver; 2021
Natasha Touesnard with the Canadian Association of People Who Use Drugs (CAPUD) speaking at press conference announcing their lawsuit against the federal government; Vancouver; 2021
International Overdose Awareness Day rally; Vancouver; 2021
Dr. Mark Tyndall and Matt Bonn (Canadian Association of People Who Use Drugs)
Community members and supporters at International Overdose Awareness Day rally in Edmonton, Alberta; 2021

The tools to build better drug policy are available to us now.

Task Force Recommendations for Alternatives to Criminal Penalties for Simple Possession
Task Force Recommendations for Draft Canadian Drugs and Substances Strategy (CDSS)
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Latest Blog

Moms Stop the Harm and Lethbridge Overdose Prevention Society Launch Legal Action Against Alberta Government

We grieve for the communities of the 215 Indigenous children

Cycling to stop the harm. A journey across Canada in support of progressive drug policy

Looking ahead to 2021 and the fight for drug policy reform

Canada’s busiest supervised consumption site shuts its doors on International Overdose Awareness Day

Decriminalizing drugs and the path towards defunding police

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

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

Featured Publication

Recommendations on Alternatives to Criminal Penalties for Simple Possession of Controlled Substances

The Task Force found that criminalization of simple possession causes harms to Canadians and needs to end.

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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)