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For Immediate Release: Nationwide Support Rallies as Vancouver Police Target Safe Drug Supply Program
Read more: For Immediate Release: Nationwide Support Rallies as Vancouver Police Target Safe Drug Supply ProgramVancouver, BC | October 27, 2023 — Advocates, community organizations and concerned members of the public across…
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When law and policy is unjust, communities have no choice but to act.
Read more: When law and policy is unjust, communities have no choice but to act.The Vancouver Police Department (VPD) arrest of Drug User Liberation Front (DULF) founders on October…
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Connecting the Dots on Public Space and Drug Policy
Read more: Connecting the Dots on Public Space and Drug PolicyEvery person, regardless of their housing status or relationship to drugs, should be able to…
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Local and national organizations report proposed Barrie public space bylaw to United Nations
Read more: Local and national organizations report proposed Barrie public space bylaw to United NationsBarrie, ON | September 20, 2023 One day after Barrie City Council’s community safety committee heard presentations…
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Unions Can Take a Stand on Drug Policy
Read more: Unions Can Take a Stand on Drug PolicyBad drug policy hurts workers. You’d be hard-pressed to find somebody in this country whose…
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Canadian Drug Policy Coalition releases findings of first-of-its-kind qualitative research on safe supply of drugs
Read more: Canadian Drug Policy Coalition releases findings of first-of-its-kind qualitative research on safe supply of drugsUnceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) First Nations (Vancouver, B.C.,…
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Honouring Donald MacPherson – A Force for Change in National Drug Policy
Read more: Honouring Donald MacPherson – A Force for Change in National Drug PolicyDear CDPC supporters, CDPC’s Executive Director, Donald MacPherson, is retiring. On behalf of the CDPC…
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The Canadian Drug Policy Coalition announces DJ Larkin as new Executive Director starting April 2023
Read more: The Canadian Drug Policy Coalition announces DJ Larkin as new Executive Director starting April 2023Following a nationwide search, the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition (CDPC) is pleased to announce that DJ Larkin…
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Do The Work; Get Paid: Colonial Pay Systems Cause Harm
Read more: Do The Work; Get Paid: Colonial Pay Systems Cause HarmIn our drug policy work, the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition (CDPC) acknowledges the colonial ideologies,…
