Drug overdose is a growing public health crisis that now kills more adults per year in the United States than motor vehicle accidents. In cars, seatbelts and…
If The War On Drugs Isn’t Working, Why Are We Still Fighting It?
When leaders from the Organization of American States gathered in Cartagena last April, Prime Minister Stephen Harper offered a rare concession on the topic of drug policy….
CDPC Heads to Panama to Create Alternative Scenarios for Drug Policy
At the April 2012 Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, the members of the Organization of American States commissioned the OAS to analyze the hemisphere’s drug policies…
Breaking the Taboo
The CDPC is proud to join together with the Beckley Foundation, Virgin Unite, Sundog Pictures, Avaaz.org, The Global Commission on Drugs, and civil society NGO’s from around…
A Seismic Shift in Drug Policy
Watching the vote in last night in the U.S. was quite an amazing experience. We watched history being made yet again and not just with the re-election…
Drug Policy 101: Dangers of an Unregulated Drug Market
“We need to recognize that it’s not deviant or pathological for humans to desire to alter their consciousness with psychoactive substances. They’ve been doing it since pre-history……
Reporting on Canadian Drug Policy
The CDPC is in the process of preparing a report on Canadian drug policy. Due out this winter in advance of the next meeting of the International…
Our MDPV (Bath Salts) Submission to Health Canada
Remember that media-fueled tempest in a teapot in June of this year? That brief but startling drug scare raised the profile of “legal highs” like MDPV, though…
New Directions for Drug Policy in Bogota, Colombia
On September 5th and 6th I had the opportunity to participate in a public dialogue on drug policy in Bogota, Colombia initiated by Mayor Gustavo Petro Urrego:…
