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Background and resources for community

RCMP police cruiser outside of Anita Place tent city in Maple Ridge

Drug policy and racism in Canada

February 10, 2022 (February 14, 2022)
By Regulation Project

“The racist and anti-Black harms facilitated by drug law enforcement have extended beyond the criminal justice system.”

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History of Drug Policy in Canada

May 4, 2021 (May 5, 2021)
By Regulation Project

Knowing about Canadian drug prohibition allows us to critically reflect on past practices, legal regulation, law enforcement, moral reformers and their agendas, new events and avenues to adopt.

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A crowd of people marching down a street in Vancouver holding signs

Canada’s current approach to substances

May 11, 2020 (February 23, 2021)
By Regulation Project

Rather than being benign tools aimed at promoting the health of Canadians, drug laws introduced in the early 1900s were meant for social control and targeted certain groups of people, including Asian immigrants, people of colour, and Indigenous people.

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Booths with mirrors separated by dividers

What is harm reduction?

March 10, 2020 (March 28, 2021)
By Regulation Project

Harm reduction saves lives and connects people with vital social services, health care, and stability.

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A crowd of people gathered in a circle inside a government building with speakers and signs

Considering alternative drug policies: decriminalization and legal regulation

March 10, 2020 (February 23, 2021)
By Regulation Project

Legal regulation would create safer communities for everyone. It would greatly reduce overdose, weaken high-level organized crime, and keep drugs away from youth.

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Two white tents in a park

What is a public health and human rights approach to substances?

March 9, 2020 (February 23, 2021)
By Regulation Project

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.

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Man walking down lonely street

The impact of stigma

March 6, 2020 (October 7, 2021)
By Regulation Project

Stigma can create real and tangible harms for people who use drugs. We can help or harm through our words and behaviours.

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Outcomes of our current approach to substances

March 2, 2020 (April 21, 2021)
By Regulation Project

The system is failing and fuelling overdose deaths, violence, and organized crime.

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The Canadian Drug Policy Coalition is based out of Simon Fraser University’s Faculty of Health Sciences.

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