Today the Conservative government prorogued the Canadian parliament. What this means is that the current legislative agenda, on hold when parliament recessed for the summer, is now…
The Harm Reduction debate: Political Expedience vs Progress
On June 24th, the Urban Health Research Institute released a report on 15 years of data on drug use in the city of Vancouver. The results of…
Why Decriminalize Drugs?
On Thursday, May 24th the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition released a report on Canadian drug policy. The report calls for the replacement of Canada’s National Anti-Drug Strategy…
Canada’s New Marijuana Medical Access Program
On June 10, 2013 the Minister of Health released the new regulations that will govern access to cannabis for medical purposes in Canada. The regulations are the…
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….
Attorney Generals Speak Out On Pot Prohibition
Last Friday, in a commentary piece for the Globe and Mail, four former B.C. Attorney Generals came out in very clear terms and said what needs to…
Coalition Spotlight: Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
The HIV epidemic is one of the most crucial public health issues of our time. What at one time seemed to be an insurmountable challenge has been…
Bud Osborn: Drug War Poems & DTES history
Bud Osborn’s prose charges drug policy debates with deep revelations and compassion. As a long time poet and social activist living in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, Bud is…
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…
