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Drug Decriminalisation: Progress or Political Red Herring?
Report
INPUD is excited to present Drug Decriminalisation: Progress or Political Red Herring? This report, like their previous report on Portugal, is intend…
Source : International Network of People who Use Drugs (INPUD)Format: PDF
Published: 2021
Topics: Health promotion, Decriminalization
Stopping the Harm: Decriminalization of People who use Drugs in BC
Report
This Public Health Officer Special Report, written under the authority of the Public Health Act, provides an urgent recommendation to reduce the harm…
Source : Province of British Columbia - Office of the Provincial Health OfficerFormat: PDF
Published: 2019
Topics: Health promotion, Decriminalization
Bridging the Gap: A Practitioners Guide to Harm Reduction in Drug Courts
Guide
Innovative at their inception three decades ago, drug courts confront a practical and ethical obligation to reimagine some core practices and assumpt…
Source : Centre for Court InnovationFormat: PDF
Published: 2021
Topics: Harm reduction, Health promotion, Decriminalization
Les politiques publiques en matière de substances psychoactives et leurs impacts sur les populations en situation de précarité
Video
Les politiques publiques encadrant les substances psychoactives (SPA), licites ou non, n’atteignent pas de la même façon l’ensemble des personne…
Source : Équipe de soutien clinique et organisationnel en dépendance et itinérance (ESCODI)Format: Link
Published: 2022
Topics: Legalization and policy approaches, Determinants of health, Substance use policy, Decriminalization
Evidence Scan and Jurisdictional Approaches to the Decriminalization of Drugs
Report
The objective of this environmental scan is to summarize evidence on the health and social impacts of decriminalization policies. This document will …
Source : Public Health Ontario (PHO)Format: PDF
Published: 2022
Topics: Decriminalization, Legalization and policy approaches
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
Décriminalisation des personnes qui consomment des drogues: Faire la demande et réduire les préjudices des lois
Report
Alors que la pandémie de COVID-19 et la crise des surdoses s’étendent à tout le Canada, tou-te-s les décideur(-euse)s politiques ont l’obligation d’a…
Source : Réseau Juridique VIHFormat: PDF
Published: 2020
Topics: Health promotion, Decriminalization
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
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
Enjeux en matière de droits de l’homme de la mobilisation et de la lutte contre le problème mondial de la drogue sous tous ses aspects
Report
On trouvera dans le présent rapport un exposé des enjeux en matière de droits de l’homme de la mobilisation et de la lutte contre le problème mondial…
Source : Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC)Format: PDF
Published: 2023
Topics: Harm reduction, Implementing a public health approach to substance use, Decriminalization
