My past revealed how structural stigma works and creates serious harm for people in need
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.
When services that are supposed to help, don’t. My experience with detox.
The psychological and physical pain people who use drugs experience is unbearable. It’s stigma.
The myth of “rock bottom” and waiting for the point that may never come
Never give up. If there is a breath in you, you have a chance to change your story.
Marking Overdose Awareness Day
Hearing from the community of advocates and people who use drugs in Ottawa | Marking Overdose Awareness Day | Getting to Tomorrow Ottawa
Why did Renee die?
This pain never goes away, nor should it, nor would we want it to.
Ready to make a change. My life by James
Harm reduction helps connect people with life-saving services that help them turn their lives around. It provides hope, and path forward. I’m living proof of this.
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
