Statement on suspension of injectable opioid agonist treatment (iOAT) in Alberta
Edmonton, AB—Canadian Association of People Who Use Drugs, Canadian Drug Policy Coalition, Friends of Medicare, Moms Stop the Harm, and HIV Legal Network are deeply concerned about the health and...
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Cycling to stop the harm. A journey across Canada in support of progressive...
iliajah pidskalny cycle iliajah pidskalny cycle iliajah pidskalny cycle iliajah pidskalny cycle iliajah pidskalny cycle iliajah pidskalny cycle iliajah pidskalny cycle On January 1, 2021, I hopped on...
View ArticleDevelop a model for decriminalization that responds to needs of people who...
Vancouver model for decriminalization Vancouver model for decriminalization We write now to urge you to develop a “Vancouver Model” for decriminalization that is appropriately broad and responds to...
View ArticleIntimate partner violence, substance use, and COVID-19
covid 19 intimate partner violence covid 19 intimate partner violence “During COVID-19 and its aftermath it is important to consider the impacts of the pandemic and social and physical isolation on...
View ArticleDecriminalization Done Right: A Human Rights and Public Health Vision for...
Decriminalization Done Right Decriminalization Done Right SIGN ON LETTER: As organizations and individuals committed to the liberation of people who use drugs, and progressive, rights-based drug...
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National coalition comprised of people who use drugs and drug policy, human...
Vancouver, B.C.—A broad-based Canada-wide coalition of human rights, drug policy, community, and drug user organizations are raising serious concerns about a proposed model for drug decriminalization...
View ArticleChanging Circumstances Around Opioid-Related Deaths in Ontario during COVID-19
overdoses in ontario during covid overdoses in ontario during covid “High rates of opioid-related deaths across Canada have been a significant and longstanding national public health issue.1 In 2019,...
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We grieve for the communities of the 215 Indigenous children
This past week laid bare the dark history of Canada’s colonial past: 215 bodies of Indigenous children were uncovered on the grounds of a former residential school in Kamloops, British Columbia, on...
View ArticleInternational Overdose Awareness Day Events 2021
Yukon Whitehorse: International Overdose Awareness Day Whitehorse, YT British Columbia Victoria: Candlelight vigil and memorialVancouver: Death is Not Our Destiny march and protestAbbotsford: Overdose...
View ArticleMoms Stop the Harm and Lethbridge Overdose Prevention Society Launch Legal...
supervised consumption service lawsuit in Alberta supervised consumption service lawsuit in Alberta The Government of Alberta is threatening the health and safety of people who use drugs by rolling...
View ArticlePrioritizing Drug Policy for Incoming Cabinet Members
Public support for drug decriminalization is growing. Earlier this year, a nationwide poll found close to 60 per cent of respondents and a majority in every province favoured removing criminal...
View ArticleEvidence-based advocacy resources
Books Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict “For more than a century, from 1900 to 2006, campaigns of nonviolent resistance were more than twice as effective as their...
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Decriminalization Done Right: A Rights-Based Path for Drug Policy
Decriminalization platform canada decriminalization platform canada Punitive drug laws and policies aimed at ending illegal drug use have failed; and worse, they have done catastrophic harm to...
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Leading human rights and public health organizations release national drug...
Toronto, ON—In the wake of almost 23,000 drug poisoning deaths since 2016, twenty-one civil society organizations across the country, including groups of people who use drugs, families affected by...
View ArticleI’ve been to rehab four times and I may never stay sober. I’m still recovering.
“It’s simple, hun—you have the disease.” Bill says this as he hands me a wooden chip inscribed with the serenity prayer: “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage...
View ArticleCOVID-19: Responding to Overdoses in OPS and SCS
responding to overdoses during covid responding to overdoses during covid “The context of BC’s dual public health emergencies related to the toxic drug supply and the COVID-19 pandemic requires...
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Critical Terminology Guide
Compassion Clubs Compassion—or buyers’—clubs are “autonomous association[s] of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a...
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Imagine safer supply: envisioning an ideal safe supply program, from...
Listen to Blog Post I never made it to college or university. As a matter of fact, I never even completed high school. So the idea that I could one day be a skilled and experienced mixed-methods...
View ArticleLetter to Ministers Bennett and Duclos re: proposed cumulative threshold of...
April 13, 2022 The Honourable Carolyn Bennett, M.D., P.C., M.P.Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos Minister of Healthcc: Hon....
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Day of Mourning: CDPC honours those who have died or suffered injury or...
Today marks the National Day of Mourning for workers killed or injured on the job. CDPC’s executive director Donald MacPherson participated in a memorial ceremony in Vancouver, B.C. to honour those...
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