Harm reduction saves lives and connects people with vital social services, health care, and stability.
Considering alternative drug policies: decriminalization and legal regulation
Legal regulation would create safer communities for everyone. It would greatly reduce overdose, weaken high-level organized crime, and keep drugs away from youth.
What is a public health and human rights approach to substances?
By changing the way we see and frame substance use, we can move towards a system of laws and policies that will prevent harm and death.
The impact of stigma
Stigma can create real and tangible harms for people who use drugs. We can help or harm through our words and behaviours.
Outcomes of our current approach to substances
The system is failing and fuelling overdose deaths, violence, and organized crime.