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Findings from the 2022 Harm Reduction Client Survey related to BC’s Decriminalization Policy

Report

First administered in 2012, the Harm Reduction Client Survey (HRCS) is a periodic survey of people who use substances (PWUS) accessing harm reduction…

Source : British Columbia Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU)
Format: PDF
Published: 2023
Topics: Legalization and policy approaches, Decriminalization

Decriminalization of Personal Use of Psychoactive Substances

Background document

CPHA recognizes that criminalization of those who use illegal psychoactive substances remains the principal tool to control their use and is unsucces…

Source : Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA)
Format: PDF
Published: 2017
Topics: Health promotion, Decriminalization

Decriminalizing People Who Use Drugs: Making The Ask, Minimizing The Harms

Report

As the COVID-19 pandemic and the overdose crisis sweep across Canada, all policymakers have an obligation to adopt evidence-based measures that uphol…

Source : HIV Legal Network
Format: PDF
Published: 2020
Topics: Health promotion, Decriminalization

Decriminalization: Options and Evidence

Policy

A growing body of evidence suggests that decriminalization is an effective way to mitigate the harms of substance use and the policies and practices …

Source : Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA)
Format: PDF
Published: 2018
Topics: Health promotion, Decriminalization

Drug Policy and Racism: When it Comes to the War on Drugs, Abolition is the Only Option: End the War on Black Communities

Background document

For those of us involved in research, scholarship, or advocacy around the criminalization of drugs in Canada, the racial reckoning and expanding supp…

Source : Canadian Drug Policy Coalition (CDPC)
Format: Link
Published: 2021
Topics: Determinants of health, Anti-racism, Health promotion, Decriminalization

Decriminalize Now: Akia's Story

Video

Decriminalize Now: Akia's Story is a short, first-personal narrative film about the drug poisoning crisis — and daring to dream of a better future fo…

Source : HIV Legal Network
Format: Audiovisual
Published: 2021
Topics: Health promotion, Decriminalization

Envisager des politiques alternatives en matière de drogues

Background document

De la prohibition jusqu’à la légalisation du marché libre, il existe un large éventail d’options de politiques pour contrôler la fourniture et la dis…

Source : Coalition canadienne des politiques sur les drogues
Format: Link
Published: 2020
Topics: Health promotion, Decriminalization, Legalization and regulation

Réussir la décriminalisation : une voie vers des politiques sur les drogues basées sur les droits de la personne

Report

Les lois et les politiques répressives visant à empêcher la consommation de drogues sont un échec — et pire encore, elles causent des dommages catast…

Source : Réseau Juridique VIH
Format: PDF
Published: 2021
Topics: Health promotion, Decriminalization

La décriminalisation de l'usage personnel de substances psychotropes

Background document

La consommation de substances psychotropes illégales au Canada persiste malgré les efforts soutenus visant à réduire leur consommation. La criminalis…

Source : Association canadienne de santé publique
Format: PDF
Published: 2017
Topics: Health promotion, Decriminalization

Q and A: Possession of small amounts of drugs to be decriminalized but not legalized in BC

Fact sheet/infographic

Beginning on Jan. 31, 2023, and lasting for a three year period of time, possession of small amounts of certain illegal drugs, such as opioids and …

Source : First Nations Health Authority (FNHA)
Format: PDF
Published: 2022
Topics: Indigenous cultural safety, Legalization and policy approaches, Decriminalization, Population-specific resources