This is a critical moment in Canadian drug policy. We must ensure that decriminalization centres the needs of people who use drugs
Looking ahead to 2021 and the fight for drug policy reform
In 2021, the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition will train its focus on decriminalization and the legal regulation of drugs to help end the harms of the toxic drug market.
Legal and civil society groups commend City of Vancouver’s leadership on drug decriminalization
Decriminalization would be a critical move towards addressing record overdose deaths and rampant stigma against people who use drugs, reducing barriers to accessing services, and avoiding ineffective and unnecessary use of public funds.
Prelim. patterns around opioid-related deaths in ON during COVID-19
Understanding the circumstances that contribute to these deaths is urgently needed to inform interventions and policies to prevent opioid-related mortality in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Canadian Drug Policy Coalition launches national dialogue series on the overdose crisis and COVID-19
Finding common ground and shared meaning to realize solutions to the overdose crisis. A public health and human rights-based approach
Canada’s busiest supervised consumption site shuts its doors on International Overdose Awareness Day
People will likely die without the supervised consumption services ARCHES provides and the community of care built around it.
OPEN LETTER: Alberta Government must reinstate funding to ARCHES and harm reduction services in Lethbridge
The closure of Lethbridge’s supervised consumption site on International Overdose Awareness Day will undoubtedly lead to more overdose deaths
Convergent risk of COVID-19 and bacterial and viral infections among PWUD
Without access to harm reduction, PWUD are potentially at greater risk of acquiring blood-borne viruses
Impact of COVID-19 on people who use drugs
Pandemic response measures such as physical distancing and social isolation have disrupted the healthcare and support services that people who use or have used substances and their communities typically rely on.
