On April 9, the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition along with End Prohibition, PIVOT Legal Society, the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU) and Western Aboriginal Harm…
Insite withstands test of international drug control conventions
At the 55th meeting of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs held in Vienna March 12 – 16th Damon Barrett, Human Rights expert at Harm Reduction International spoke…
NAOMI Research Survivors: Experiences and Recommendations
On March 31st, 2012 the NAOMI Patients Association (NPA) will celebrate the completion of their first research report, NAOMI Research Survivors: Experiences and Recommendations. To mark the…
Thinking outside the box in Mexico City
“There’s a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in” Leonard Cohen That is how I started my presentation at the most amazing drug policy reform…
Bill C-10: The work has just begun
Last Thursday at midnight, the Senate approved the Conservative Omnibus Bill C-10, The Safe Streets and Communities Act, with only minor amendments. This marked a very sad…
The Global Commission on Drug Policy salutes Stop the Violence BC and sends a message to the Senate
The Global Commission on Drug Policy is comprised of significant world leaders that are calling for change in the way we approach problem drug use and the…
No crime problem in Canada? We’ll just make one!
Today the Senate Committee looking into Bill C-10 heard from two very different panels.The first represented Corrections Service Canada (CSC) and the Parole Board of Canada. The…
Bill C-10: Making judges the enemies of justice?
According to some Conservative senators and many victims’ groups appearing at the committee hearings into Bill C-10, Canadians have lost confidence in the judiciary. Mandatory minimum sentences…
Restorative Justice: An Alternative to Bill C-10
Last night retired Yukon Judge Barry Stuart, a vocal supporter of restorative justice , held a dialogue on Bill C-10 in a Centre Block Senate Committee room…
