The so-called Respect for Communities Act was passed in 2015 in the last Parliament, with the clear goal of impeding the expansion of supervised consumptions services (scs)….
Civil Society Statement to the National Opioid Summit
Canada is in the midst of an opioid overdose crisis. This statement outlines concerns that civil society organizations have about the emerging federal, provincial and territorial response…
Cannabis Regulation and the UN Drug Treaties: Strategies for Reform
As jurisdictions enact reforms creating legal access to cannabis for purposes other than exclusively “medical and scientific,” tensions surrounding the existing UN drug treaties and evolving law…
10 Points We Want Canada to Push For at the United Nations
On April 19 – 21, 2016 the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Drugs, (UNGASS) took place in New York City. For the first time in nearly…
Canadian Drug Policy Coalition/Canadian HIV / AIDS Legal Network Policy Briefs
Canada is known around the world as a leader in harm reduction. It is host to the first, and only supervised consumption site in North America, Insite,…
Challenging Drug Prohibition
This report is a summation of a public forum of the same name held on May 17, 2014 at Harbour Centre, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, B.C., Canada….
The Vienna Declaration
A major focus of the International AIDS Conference in Vienna July 18 – 23, 2010 is the prevention of HIV as a result of injection drug use within the…
Statement to the Bill C-2 Hearings
Bill C-2, also known as the Respect for Communities Act, was first introduced to the House of Commons on October 18, 2013. The bill is the government’s response to…
Taking Control: Pathways to Drug Policies That Work
This report from the Global Commission on Drug Policy calls on governments to rethink global drug policy, to take some immediate measures to address drug problems, and…
