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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Province moves to circumvent B.C. Supreme Court, harm reduction nurses slam “recipe for preventable death”
Read more: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Province moves to circumvent B.C. Supreme Court, harm reduction nurses slam “recipe for preventable death”Victoria, B.C. | April 26, 2024 — The Harm Reduction Nurses Association is profoundly frustrated…
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B.C.’s Decriminalization Pilot and VPD Drug Seizures
Read more: B.C.’s Decriminalization Pilot and VPD Drug SeizuresToday, the Vancouver Police Department reported a decrease in seizures related to simple drug possession…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Silence from Ontario Ministry of Health as Time Runs Out to Save Supervised Consumption Sites
Read more: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Silence from Ontario Ministry of Health as Time Runs Out to Save Supervised Consumption SitesOntario, Canada | March 18, 2024 Two weeks have passed since 51 groups from across…
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Unpacking Police Statements on Drug Seizures: What Do We Know?
Read more: Unpacking Police Statements on Drug Seizures: What Do We Know?Police communications about drug seizures vary widely in their accuracy. These statements rarely share specific…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ontario Braces for Loss of Vital Services as 51 Organizations Demand Province Act on Supervised Consumption Sites
Read more: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ontario Braces for Loss of Vital Services as 51 Organizations Demand Province Act on Supervised Consumption SitesOntario, Canada | March 5, 2024 — Fifty-one community groups from across Ontario are calling on the…
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OPEN LETTER: Supervised Consumption Services site closures due to lack of funding from Ministry of Health
Read more: OPEN LETTER: Supervised Consumption Services site closures due to lack of funding from Ministry of HealthMarch 4 2024 The Honourable Sylvia Jones Ministry of Health [email protected] | [email protected] 777 Bay Street, 5th Floor Toronto,…
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Examining the Facts: Belleville, Ontario police claim, and media reporting of, “opioids contaminated with GHB”
Read more: Examining the Facts: Belleville, Ontario police claim, and media reporting of, “opioids contaminated with GHB”February 08, 2024: Belleville, Ontario is back in the news with another spike in overdoses. In November 2023,…
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One year of decriminalization in BC: What’s really going on?
Read more: 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…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: On the Anniversary of Decriminalization, Coalition Releases Vision for BC Drug Policy
Read more: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: On the Anniversary of Decriminalization, Coalition Releases Vision for BC Drug PolicyBritish Columbia, Canada | January 31, 2024 Frustrated by insufficient responses to escalating toxic drug deaths,…
