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Talking Drug Policy at the Holiday Dinner Table

December 24, 2024 (December 24, 2024)
By Canadian Drug Policy Coalition

Tips for a Tricky Topic Now, how about some of that pie?

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One year of decriminalization in BC: What’s really going on? 

January 31, 2024 (January 31, 2024)
By CDPC

A misinformation campaign around public use legislation distracts from real solutions  January 31, 2024 | One year ago today, British Columbia decriminalized personal possession of small amounts of some drugs in limited locations in…

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Open Letter to Saskatchewan government Re: Health Policy Changes

January 25, 2024 (January 25, 2024)
By CDPC

January 25, 2024 To:  Hon. Scott Moe Premier of Saskatchewan [email protected]  Hon. Everett Hindley Minister of Health [email protected]  Hon. Tim McLeod Minister of Mental Health and Addictions…

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: BC Supreme Court rules in favour of Harm Reduction Nurses Association, pauses coming into force of BC’s public drug consumption law 

December 29, 2023 (December 29, 2023)
By Canadian Drug Policy Coalition

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: BC Supreme Court rules in favour of Harm Reduction Nurses Association, pauses coming into force of BC’s public drug consumption law  xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, sḵwx̱wú7mesh & səlilwətaɬ…

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: National and International Support Grows for Safe Supply Advocates Arrested in Vancouver 

November 3, 2023 (November 3, 2023)
By Canadian Drug Policy Coalition

xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, sḵwx̱wú7mesh & səlilwətaɬ lands Vancouver, BC | November 3, 2023  Last week’s police raid and arrests of Drug User Liberation Front (DULF) members in Vancouver have triggered an…

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For Immediate Release: Nationwide Support Rallies as Vancouver Police Target Safe Drug Supply Program

October 27, 2023 (October 27, 2023)
By Canadian Drug Policy Coalition

Vancouver, BC | October 27, 2023 — Advocates, community organizations and concerned members of the public across the country are adding their names to an open letter condemning the…

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When law and policy is unjust, communities have no choice but to act.

October 27, 2023 (October 27, 2023)
By CDPC

The Vancouver Police Department (VPD) arrest of Drug User Liberation Front (DULF) founders on October 25th, 2023 is an act of political and moral cowardice.   In the…

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Unions Can Take a Stand on Drug Policy

August 31, 2023 (September 1, 2023)
By CDPC

Bad drug policy hurts workers. You’d be hard-pressed to find somebody in this country whose community hasn’t been affected by the drug poisoning crisis. That’s why it’s…

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Protesters on the steps of BC Supreme Court during National Day of Action on the Overdose Crisis 2018

Decriminalization Done Right: A Rights-Based Path for Drug Policy

December 8, 2021 (January 14, 2022)
By Canadian Drug Policy Coalition

Canada’s first civil society platform for the decriminalization of drugs developed by 20 national organizations and people at the centre of the drug poisoning/overdose crisis.

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