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Sécurité publique et cannabis : l’état des connaissances depuis la légalisation : compte rendu d’un symposium virtuel sur la recherche et les politiques sur le cannabis
Report
Synthétise six rapports de recherche sur différents aspects de la légalisation du cannabis qui relèvent de la sécurité publique présentés lors du sym…
Source : Centre canadien sur les dépendances et l'usage de substancesFormat: PDF
Published: 2022
Topics: Health promotion, Cannabis legalization
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
A New Approach to Managing Illegal Psychoactive Substances in Canada
Report
CPHA supports the development of public health approaches for addressing the needs of people who use illegal psychoactive substances while recognizin…
Source : Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA)Format: PDF
Published: 2014
Topics: Health promotion, Legalization and regulation
The Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act: The Good, The Bad, and The Ineffective
Report
In 2019, with the support of a research grant from the Law Foundation of Ontario, the HIV Legal Network embarked upon a research study in Ontario to …
Source : HIV Legal NetworkFormat: PDF
Published: 2020
Topics: Health promotion, Substance use policy
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 NetworkFormat: 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
Obstacles à l’accès légal au cannabis : l’émergence de programmes associatifs de distribution de cannabis à Vancouver, au Canada (en anglais)
Webinar
Dans cette présentation, à la lumière d’une étude qualitative approfondie menée en 2018-2019, nous examinerons de plus près l’influence des programme…
Source : Association canadienne de santé publiqueFormat: Audiovisual
Published: 2021
Topics: Substance-specific resources, Harm reduction, Safe supply, Cannabis legalization, Health promotion
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
Project Inclusion: Confronting Anti-Homeless & Anti-Substance User Stigma in British Columbia
Report
Project Inclusion is a comprehensive study into the ways in which specific laws and policies in policing, health care, and the court system directly …
Source : Pivot Legal SocietyFormat: PDF
Published: 2018
Topics: Determinants of health, Stigma reduction, Health promotion, Substance use policy
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 NetworkFormat: Audiovisual
Published: 2021
Topics: Health promotion, Decriminalization