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International treaties and conventions are not barriers to decriminalization in Canada
Fact sheet/infographic
Canada has total liberty under UN drug control conventions to fully decriminalize possession, purchase, & cultivation of drugs for personal consu…
Source : Pivot Legal Society, Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU)Format: PDF
Published: 2021
Topics: Health promotion, Decriminalization
Outcomes of our Current Drug Policies
Video
This video by the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition describes the history of prohibition in Canada, and the current outcomes of drug policy on community…
Source : Canadian Drug Policy Coalition (CDPC)Format: Audiovisual
Published: 2021
Topics: Health promotion, Substance use policy
Decriminalisation: Building a future without punishment for people who use drugs
Background document
Over the past 60 years, governments have embarked on a global ‘war on drugs’ which has entirely failed to achieve its stated goal of a ‘drug-free wor…
Source : International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC), AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (ARASA)Format: Link
Published: 2022
Topics: Health promotion, Decriminalization
Act Now! Decriminalizing Drugs in Vancouver
Report
This report recommends that non-federal orders of government implement decriminalization locally, by applying to the federal government for an exempt…
Source : Pivot Legal SocietyFormat: PDF
Published: 2021
Topics: Health promotion, Decriminalization
Harm Reduction Strategies and Services (HRSS) Committee Policy Indicators Report
Report
The HRSS Committee previously published a Policy Indicators Report in 2017. The current report aims to update data to the end of 2019 on available ha…
Source : BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC)Format: PDF
Published: 2020
Topics: Provincial/Territorial and local data
Overdose Surveillance Updates (Vancouver)
Website
Since 2011, after a spike of heroin-related deaths in Vancouver, Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) started weekly monitoring of overdoses at emergency d…
Source : Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)Format: Link
Published: 2021
Topics: Provincial/Territorial and local data
How Ontario Harm Reduction Programs are Adapting to COVID-19
Background document
This note contains highlights shared by harm reduction frontline workers and program managers about how they are adapting programs and services in re…
Source : Ontario Harm Reduction Network (OHRN)Format: PDF
Published: 2020
Topics: COVID-19 resources
How the COVID-19 Pandemic is Impacting People Who use Drugs
Background document
A note detailing information about the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on people who use drugs, using information from OHRN's network of 90 front-li…
Source : Ontario Harm Reduction Network (OHRN)Format: PDF
Published: 2020
Topics: COVID-19 resources
How to party safely
Video
Harm reduction follows from the truth that using drugs is normal, and nothing to be ashamed of. To meet guys who PnP where they’re at, we need to off…
Source : Gay Men's Sexual Health AllianceFormat: Audiovisual
Published: 2022
Topics: Harm reduction, Sexual health
Indigenous Harm Reduction = Reducing the Harms of Colonialism
Background document
The purpose of this policy brief is to outline Indigenous approaches to harm reduction. The authors also recommend ways in which governments and…
Source : Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN), Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development (ICAD)Format: PDF
Published: 2019
Topics: Harm reduction, Background information on harm reduction, Population-specific resources
