August 7 2024 The Honourable Sylvia JonesMinistry of [email protected] | [email protected] Bay Street, 5th FloorToronto, ON M7A 2J3 The Honourable Michael TibolloMinistry of [email protected] | [email protected] Queen’s…
OPEN LETTER: Supervised Consumption Services site closures due to lack of funding from Ministry of Health
March 4 2024 The Honourable Sylvia Jones Ministry of Health [email protected] | [email protected] 777 Bay Street, 5th Floor Toronto, ON M7A 2J3 The Honourable Michael Tibollo Ministry of Health [email protected] | [email protected] 7 Queen’s…
One year of decriminalization in BC: What’s really going on?
A misinformation campaign around public use legislation distracts from real solutions January 31, 2024 | One year ago today, British Columbia decriminalized personal possession of small amounts of some drugs in limited locations in…
Façons de contribuer
Alors que 2016 tire à sa fin, nous nous remémorons le drame qui perdure au Canada; le nombre sans précédent de décès liés aux surdoses cette année….
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…
Measuring lives saved: the facts about safer consumption services
This post first appeared in the Centre for Addictions Research of BC’s blog Matters of Substance. Despite the pragmatic nature of harm reduction programs, and their demonstrated…
9/30
It’s 9/30 and way past time for the federal government to get moving on safer consumption services. September 30, 2013 (9/30) marks the two-year anniversary of Canada’s…
New Supervised Injection Rules: Does the Government Really Care about Communities?
On June 6, 2013, the Conservative government tabled amendments to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act that creates 20 additional conditions required for applications for supervised consumption…
Cheap, Easy, and Lifesaving—Naloxone Treatment for Overdose
How much does it cost to save a life? That question got a clear and striking answer this week in the case of overdose from heroin in the…