Program Overview & Goals Stimulus: Drugs, Policy and Practice in Canada is a collaborative program of the Canadian Association of People who Use Drugs (CAPUD) and the…
Statement of Retraction
WARNING: This post contains mention of sexual abuse On May 12th, 2022, Canadian Drug Policy Coalition (CDPC) posted a statement. The CDPC statement, removed from the website drugpolicy.ca on May…
An abundance of loss
So many in our community have been lost to toxic drugs that it’s hard to keep track. That’s a horrible feeling. We want to honour and respect…
Day of Mourning: CDPC honours those who have died or suffered injury or illness due to work-related tragedy
Today marks the National Day of Mourning for workers killed or injured on the job. CDPC’s executive director Donald MacPherson participated in a memorial ceremony in Vancouver,…
Letter to Ministers Bennett and Duclos re: proposed cumulative threshold of 4.5 grams in B.C.
April 13, 2022 The Honourable Carolyn Bennett, M.D., P.C., M.P.Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos Minister of Healthcc:…
Imagine safer supply: envisioning an ideal safe supply program, from available substances to the staff and setting
People dreamed of the life they could lead without having to hustle or do crime to feel normal.
I’ve been to rehab four times and I may never stay sober. I’m still recovering.
I am not broken. They system is.
Moms Stop the Harm and Lethbridge Overdose Prevention Society Launch Legal Action Against Alberta Government
Taking the fight to court – Protecting life-saving harm reduction services in Alberta
We grieve for the communities of the 215 Indigenous children
We take pause in our work on drug policy in Canada to once again remember that our current drug policies have colonial and racist roots and that our work ahead is to stand with and support Indigenous Peoples and work together to create policies that end the discrimination, oppression and other devastating consequences so many experience.
