Co-authored with Jenna Valleriani, director of Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy. This op-ed first appeared in the Globe and Mail, Feb. 27, 2015 Prime Minister Stephen…
Drugs in Canadian prisons: has enforcement worked?
This is the first in a three-part series highlighting the critical need to consider policy and program reform in Canadian federal prisons.
Keeping music festival-goers safe through harm reduction
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]With the onset of winter, I’ve been reminiscing about the summer. Like many young Canadians, I spent the summer adventuring around my province, hiking, camping and…
Drug Policy Abuse: a condition affecting politicians across Canada
A new, debilitating psychiatric condition has been identified today by the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition. Sadly this condition – dubbed “Drug Policy Abuse” – affects a great…
Canada is ignoring easy, ways to prevent overdose deaths…
This article first appeared as an op-ed in the National Post, October 22, 2014 A particularly potent batch of heroin recently resulted in 31 overdoses at Vancouver’s…
Taking Control: Pathways to Drug Policies that Work
Today, the Global Commission on Drug Policy releases Taking Control: Pathways to Drug Policies that Work. The report calls on governments to rethink global drug policy, to…
Preventing music-festival drug deaths must go beyond saying ‘just say no’
This article first appeared as an op-ed in the National Post, August 20, 2014 It’s summertime, so we can count on this unfortunate fact: Young Canadians will…
Harm Reduction Comes of Age in Canada, or Does It?
This post first appeared in the Centre for Addictions Research of BC’s blog Matters of Substance. The Supreme Court of Canada’s September 2011 decision allowing Vancouver’s supervised…
The Road to 2016 – Drug Policy Consensus Shattered
There’s a Crack in Everything – That’s How the Light Gets In (with thanks to Leonard Cohen) I couldn’t help it. Sometimes my mind would wander while…
