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The following article is written by Gwen Landolt, the retiring President of The Drug Prevention Network of Canada. This piece will be published in the January edition of the REAL Women voice, REALity. Chuck Doucette has been elected the new … Continue reading →

Organization : $200.00CAD – yearlyIndividual : $50.00CAD – yearly Do you believe in the goals of abstinence-based Prevention and Treatment? If so, we want you to become a full-fledged Member of the DRUG PREVENTION NETWORK OF CANADA. Our reasons for … Continue reading →

Four former Vancouver City Mayors have recently seized the headlines with a letter demanding that we legalize marijuana. Last night, the current mayor followed suit in a well-thought-out, less than 140 characters, Twitter statement. We offer two items below. The … Continue reading →

DPNC Director Al Arsenault shared with us this powerful and ugly story of how a controlled narcotic is marketed, sold and then re-distributed through criminal activity here in Canada. The piece was written by Tom Blackwell for the National Post. … Continue reading →

The Orchard Recovery Centre, who were well-represented by E.D. Lorinda Strang and Communications Director, AnnMarie McCullough, at our DPNC November 16th Conference held at Pacifica, have shared with us their latest newsletter. You can find the entire piece on our … Continue reading →

This email is to inform you that one of our favourite films, Tears for April, has been accepted into the BRAND NEW Reel Recovery Film Festival which is being held at District 319 (319 Main Street, Vancouver) between October 21-23, … Continue reading →

Martinuk: Some insight into Insite – the data don’t hold up By Susan Martinuk, Calgary HeraldOctober 14, 2011 Susan Martinuk’s Photo On Sept. 30, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that Insite, Vancouver’s drug injection site for addicts, is exempt … Continue reading →

FROM DPNC BOARD MEMBER, ANDY BIGRAS: Here’s the response to my letter direct from the director of Insite. He is playing games with what I said. The evidence I was referring to was never presented which means they didn’t miss … Continue reading →

The ORCHARD RECOVERY CENTER, on Bowen Island, BC, has put together a three-day celebration of the arts, showcasing honest films about addiction and recovery. All of the information and details can be found on our DPNC BLOG. Check it out … Continue reading →

ANDY BIGRAS IS THE TREASURER OF THE DPNC BOARD OF DIRECTORS. HE HAS WRITTEN AN EXCELLENT RESPONSE TO A JOURNALIST’S WOEFULLY IGNORANT RANT. Dan Gardner wrote the following article after the decision on Insite. My response to his letter was … Continue reading →