There is no time to waste, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to exacerbate the ongoing public health crises of drug toxicity injuries and deaths, on top of the still unresolved HIV and HCV pandemics, among other harms.
Moms Stop the Harm and Lethbridge Overdose Prevention Society Launch Legal Action Against Alberta Government
Taking the fight to court – Protecting life-saving harm reduction services in Alberta
We grieve for the communities of the 215 Indigenous children
We take pause in our work on drug policy in Canada to once again remember that our current drug policies have colonial and racist roots and that our work ahead is to stand with and support Indigenous Peoples and work together to create policies that end the discrimination, oppression and other devastating consequences so many experience.
Cycling to stop the harm. A journey across Canada in support of progressive drug policy
My journey across three provinces to help end stigma around substance use
Looking ahead to 2021 and the fight for drug policy reform
In 2021, the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition will train its focus on decriminalization and the legal regulation of drugs to help end the harms of the toxic drug market.
Canada’s busiest supervised consumption site shuts its doors on International Overdose Awareness Day
People will likely die without the supervised consumption services ARCHES provides and the community of care built around it.
URGENT APPEAL: Supporting people who use drugs and frontline workers during COVID-19
Caught in the crosshairs of this unprecedented disaster are people who use drugs and the frontline harm reduction and healthcare workers who support them
Pain relief that’s a pain in the neck: Issues accessing medicinal cannabis in Australia and Canada
If both countries don’t take greater steps to improving access, our claims of superiority will be little more than blowing smoke.
From Down Under to the Downtown Eastside: An Aussie’s experience at OPS and the community of care saving lives
This is what Australia is missing. Besides people being misinformed about safe injection sites, we lack a community-led approach to harm reduction
