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Drug Decriminalization in Canada

After a century of prohibition and thousands of overdose deaths, a growing movement from all corners of society is calling for change

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The Canadian Drug Policy Coalition (CDPC) is a non-partisan, evidence-based policy advocacy organization comprised of more than 50 organizations and over 7,000 individuals striving to end the harms of drug prohibition. It operates as a project within Simon Fraser University in the Faculty of Health Sciences.

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Life-saving litigation in Canada

Two lawsuits in support of people who use drugs that you can support today.

Moms Stop the Harm (MSTH), Lethbridge Overdose Prevention Society (LOPS), and the Canadian Association of People Who Use Drugs (CAPUD) are taking governments to court. You can support them in their fight.

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Drug User Liberation Front (DULF) and Coalition of Peers Dismantling the Drug War (CPDDW) Safe Supply Rally
Drug User Liberation Front (DULF) and Coalition of Peers Dismantling the Drug War (CPDDW) held a march and digital press conference on April 14, 2022.
Drug User Liberation Front (DULF) and Coalition of Peers Dismantling the Drug War (CPDDW) Safe Supply Rally
Staff retreat, visiting the Downtown Eastside; Vancouver; 2021
Community members and supporters at International Overdose Awareness Day rally in Edmonton, Alberta; 2021
International Overdose Awareness Day; Vancouver; 2020
National Day of Action on the Overdose Crisis protest on the steps of BC Supreme Court; Vancouver; 2018
Staff retreat; Vancouver; 2021

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Task Force Recommendations for Draft Canadian Drugs and Substances Strategy (CDSS)
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Province of Ontario Preventing Efforts to Reduce Deaths and Harms for People Who Use Drugs

OPEN LETTER: Supervised Consumption Services site closures due to lack of funding from Ministry of Health

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Grieving mother urges honesty and action at federal toxic drug crisis committee  

B.C.’s Decriminalization Pilot and VPD Drug Seizures

Unpacking Police Statements on Drug Seizures: What Do We Know?

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ontario Braces for Loss of Vital Services as 51 Organizations Demand Province Act on Supervised Consumption Sites  

OPEN LETTER: Supervised Consumption Services site closures due to lack of funding from Ministry of Health 

Examining the Facts: Belleville, Ontario police claim, and media reporting of, “opioids contaminated with GHB”

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Recommendations on Alternatives to Criminal Penalties for Simple Possession of Controlled Substances

The Task Force found that criminalization of simple possession causes harms to Canadians and needs to end.

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"Criminalization of people who use drugs harms some of the world’s most vulnerable citizens. This has to stop."

Stephen Lewis, former UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa. (Photo credit: Farhang Ghajar, CBC)