In fall 2023, CDPC and Pivot Legal Society made a submission to the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights’ study on the decriminalization of homelessness and extreme poverty. This submission outlines how public space bylaws disproportionately target unhoused and housing insecure people who use drugs through criminalizing life sustaining activities, including the possession and consumption of drugs in public space.
The Canadian Drug Policy Coalition is based out of Simon Fraser University’s Faculty of Health Sciences.