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Shadow Stealer

This is the story of a girl who lost her shadow. She would spend most of her life searching for this shadow. She lost it as a…

A letter to Nanaimo

WARNING: This blog contains mention of sexual abuse Dear Nanaimo, I am writing this letter to inform you, the city I have grown to love and the…

Getting to Tomorrow: Nanaimo dialogues speech

June 16 – I am deeply grateful to be gathered here with you here on the traditional and ancestral territories of the Snuneymuxw First Nation. My name…

We have a lot of work to do and a lot of love to spread

My name is Annie and I am Cree from La Ronge in Northern Saskatchewan. I left there when was 8 because I was sick with Tuberculosis and…

OAT “Therapy” and me

I live in Nanaimo, also known as the unceded territory of the Snuneymuxw First Nations. It’s a city that goes by many other names: “The City with…

The Abyss

Unending darkness on unending night. Each way I turn, above me and below. Threatening to rebirth my greatest fears, But still I do not run from the…

Drug policy and racism in Canada

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

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.

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

Gallery

Participants facilitating peer dialogue at the peer run OPS at NANDU.
Participants facilitating peer dialogue at the peer run OPS at NANDU.

News & Updates

News & Updates

Drug policy group stops in Nanaimo for dialogue amid ongoing public health emergency (Nanaimo News NOW)

Drug policy group hosts public dialogue on the overdose crisis in Nanaimo (Nanaimo News Bulletin)

Nanaimo group wants overdose-prevention site for those who inhale (Times Colonist)

Overdose crisis leads Nanaimo drug users to open supervised site (CHEK News)

Nanaimo city council asked to seek decriminalization of personal drug possession (Nanaimo News Bulletin)

Updates from: Nanaimo Community Action Team on the Overdose Crisis

‘Fentanyl basically renders you unconscious:’ Nanaimo man’s battle with addiction highlights awareness event

Videos

Videos

Stigma and substance use

Public health approach to drugs

Alternative drug policies

Getting to Tomorrow: Ending the Overdose Crisis

Outcomes of our current drug policies

Safe Supply Means Saving Lives

Support drug policies based on evidence and compassion.

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Resources

Changing how we talk about substance use

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Getting to Tomorrow Media Guide

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Sample Presentation to City Council

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Getting to Tomorrow Discussion Guide

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