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Category: Advocacy

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

March 19, 2020 (April 9, 2020)
By Canadian Drug Policy Coalition

Caught in the crosshairs of this unprecedented disaster are people who use drugs and the frontline harm reduction and healthcare workers who support them

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OPEN LETTER: Calling on the Alberta Government to retract supervised consumption site report

March 18, 2020 (March 18, 2020)
By Canadian Drug Policy Coalition

Poor methodological quality, lack of transparency, and biased presentation of results

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OPEN LETTER: International Narcotics Control Board must call on the Sri Lankan authorities to halt imminent executions for drug-related offences

June 27, 2019 (April 10, 2020)
By Canadian Drug Policy Coalition

HRI open letterDownload Open LetterHRI open letter “Executions for drug offences are prohibited under international human rights law, as drug offences do not meet the threshold of…

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OPEN LETTER: Calling on Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General to implement a public safety approach to policing

June 11, 2019 (November 3, 2019)
By Canadian Drug Policy Coalition

Download Open Letter “Your ministry and the Province bear responsibility to ensure the health and safety of people who use drugs. People continue to die as a…

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Canadian Drug Policy Coalition and Pivot Legal Society successfully defend supervised consumption at Federal Court of Canada

February 28, 2019 (November 5, 2021)
By Canadian Drug Policy Coalition

The precedent-setting decision protects public health and harm reduction efforts from unnecessary barriers and interference from third parties Vancouver, BC – This week, the Honourable Justice Mosley…

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OPEN LETTER: City of Ottawa must support overdose prevention sites

October 4, 2017 (February 26, 2021)
By Canadian Drug Policy Coalition

Download Open Letter “The toxic drug market has created a need to urgently re-orient our harm reduction efforts across the country. We hope that Ottawa develops a…

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