Illegal drugs have been a prevalent and growing problem in Canada, and over the past 25 years the use of opiates/opioids, methamphetamine, cocaine and its derivatives have been at a consistently high level across the country. During this time, the rise of fentanyl has had a devastating effect on people who use drugs. At time of writing, more than 21,000 people have died from preventable toxic drug poisonings, a.k.a. fatal overdoses. [Read More]
The Canadian Drug Policy Coalition is based out of Simon Fraser University’s Faculty of Health Sciences.