Sex workers who work in the Downtown Eastside (DTES) of Vancouver, British Columbia have faced some of the most extreme violence in Canadian history: Robert Pickton, Donald Bakker, and others have preyed…
The Political Parties Response to our Drug Policy Questionnaire
Last month, we worked with the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, and “moms united and mandated to saving the lives of Drug Users” (mumsDU) to send out a…
Canadian Drug Policy Coalition/Canadian HIV / AIDS Legal Network Policy Briefs
Harm Reduction Brief Canada is known around the world as a leader in harm reduction. It is host to the first, and only supervised consumption site in…
Time to rethink our approach to drugs in prisons: Barriers to in-prison substance use treatment and harm reduction programs
This is the third in a three-part series highlighting the critical need to consider policy and program reform in Canadian federal prisons. You can read the first…
Why Canada is no longer a leader in global drug policy
Co-authored with Jenna Valleriani, director of Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy. This op-ed first appeared in the Globe and Mail, Feb. 27, 2015 Prime Minister Stephen…
A painful situation: Access to medication in prisons
This is the second in a three-part series highlighting the critical need to consider policy and program reform in Canadian federal prisons. You can read the first…
Drugs in Canadian prisons: has enforcement worked?
This is the first in a three-part series highlighting the critical need to consider policy and program reform in Canadian federal prisons.
Keeping music festival-goers safe through harm reduction
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]With the onset of winter, I’ve been reminiscing about the summer. Like many young Canadians, I spent the summer adventuring around my province, hiking, camping and…
Drug Policy Abuse: a condition affecting politicians across Canada
A new, debilitating psychiatric condition has been identified today by the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition. Sadly this condition – dubbed “Drug Policy Abuse” – affects a great…
