Ontario, Canada | March 5, 2024 — Fifty-one community groups from across Ontario are calling on the provincial government to immediately fund and support supervised consumption services amidst the…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: On the Anniversary of Decriminalization, Coalition Releases Vision for BC Drug Policy
British Columbia, Canada | January 31, 2024 Frustrated by insufficient responses to escalating toxic drug deaths, today a coalition of civil society organizations and people who use drugs…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: National Organizations Deeply Concerned with Saskatchewan’s Health Policy Shift
People who use drugs will suffer the consequences of backward-thinking and restrictive policies January 26, 2024 | Two leading national human rights organizations have addressed the Saskatchewan provincial government to…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: BC Supreme Court rules in favour of Harm Reduction Nurses Association, pauses coming into force of BC’s public drug consumption law
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: BC Supreme Court rules in favour of Harm Reduction Nurses Association, pauses coming into force of BC’s public drug consumption law xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, sḵwx̱wú7mesh & səlilwətaɬ…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: National and International Support Grows for Safe Supply Advocates Arrested in Vancouver
xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, sḵwx̱wú7mesh & səlilwətaɬ lands Vancouver, BC | November 3, 2023 Last week’s police raid and arrests of Drug User Liberation Front (DULF) members in Vancouver have triggered an…
For Immediate Release: Nationwide Support Rallies as Vancouver Police Target Safe Drug Supply Program
Vancouver, BC | October 27, 2023 — Advocates, community organizations and concerned members of the public across the country are adding their names to an open letter condemning the…
Local and national organizations report proposed Barrie public space bylaw to United Nations
Barrie, ON | September 20, 2023 One day after Barrie City Council’s community safety committee heard presentations on a controversial proposed public space bylaw, local and national organizations have sent…
Canadian Drug Policy Coalition releases findings of first-of-its-kind qualitative research on safe supply of drugs
Unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) First Nations (Vancouver, B.C., Canada) – Today, the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition (CDPC) released the findings…
Honouring Donald MacPherson – A Force for Change in National Drug Policy
Dear CDPC supporters, CDPC’s Executive Director, Donald MacPherson, is retiring. On behalf of the CDPC Steering Committee, I want to recognize his incredible contributions to drug policy…
