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Resources

Changing how we talk about substance use

Donald MacPherson being interviewed by media | cdpc media guide

Getting to Tomorrow Media Guide

Sample Presentation to City Council

Getting to Tomorrow Discussion Guide

I’m ready for a miracle

My whole life revolves around her Even though her evil side can burn She loves to feed off me Wastes my life, my energy Of the dangers,…

Person looks at their reflection in a puddle

Why do I use?

I do it to forget Forget all the things I regret. I do it to escape reality To find a new identity. I do it to manage…

I lost my star

Monday night, I lost my star. A beautiful man that I have at heart.

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

Drug policy and racism in Canada

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

Coalition of local and national harm reduction and drug policy organizations push for policy change at public health dialogue on overdose/drug poisoning crisis

“It is not possible to have these discussions without the people who are most affected.”

A computer laptop open to a page with graphs

Studies and evidence in support of harm reduction and public health-based drug policies

The international consensus reveals that harm reduction and progressive, public health-based drug policies save lives and improve community safety for all. They are solutions where everyone wins.

A crowd listening to a speaker at a rally in the Downtown Eastside

History of Drug Policy in Canada

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.

Federal government must decriminalize drugs to save lives and protect communities

Decriminalization and legal regulation will allow people who use drugs to come forward to access life-saving social supports and a network of care. | Drug decriminalization in Canada

People standing on a shoreline in dark silhouette

Addressing the syndemic of HIV, Hepatitis C, Overdose, and COVID-19 Among People Who Use Drugs

The criminalization of personal drug use marginalizes people who use drugs (PWUD), affecting their life, liberty, and security.

Expertise of people who use drugs must be central to design of safe supply

If people who use drugs are not meaningfully involved, the quality of the research and its impact on policy and service delivery is likely to suffer.

Fentanyl patch being heated on a metal spoon

Why I overdosed during the pandemic, and why I survived

COVID-19 has created havoc for people who use drugs—and that obviously includes me.

Canadian Drug Policy Coalition launches national dialogue series on the overdose crisis and COVID-19

Finding common ground and shared meaning to realize solutions to the overdose crisis. A public health and human rights-based approach.

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

Canada’s current approach to substances

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.