The CDPC is in Washington D.C., for AIDS 2012 – a sprawling conference and gathering that attracts some 25,000 people from across the world. Yesterday we attended…
Drug Courts in Canada: the Good, the Bad and the Badly Researched
Drug treatment courts (DTC’s) are often touted as the solution to a cycle of drug addiction and crime. But are they? That’s the question the Canadian HIV/AIDS…
The Global Commission on the war on drugs and HIV/AIDS
On June 26th, the Global Commission on Drug Policy released a groundbreaking report on the war on drugs and its failures. Titled “The war on drugs and…
Director’s Report
The past three months have been a blur of activity as we further establish our presence and connect with organizations and individuals across the country and around…
If you can spell it, you can schedule it.
That’s the intention of Canada’s federal government. Namely, to include methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV), a synthetic substance that causes stimulant-like psychoactive effects, in Schedule I of the Controlled Drugs…
Canadian Nurses lead the way in harm reduction
Nurses from across the country will be gathering in Vancouver at the Canadian Nurses Association Biennial Convention this week. As part of the occasion Insite and the…
New Provincial Guidance for Supervised Injection Services in BC
Supervised injection sites help save lives and protect communities. This was the conclusion of over 30 research studies on Vancouver’s own supervised injection site known as Insite….
Dr. Mark Tyndall – Supervised Injection sites are the lightning rod of harm reduction
I sat down with Dr. Mark Tyndall at the 21st Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research(CAHR) in Montreal this April. The theme of the conference was turning…
Health authority releases new cannabis harm reduction resource
Last week, Vancouver Coastal Health and the University of Victoria’s Centre for Addictions Research of BC published a valuable resource for individuals who use cannabis recreationally. Take…
