Category Archives: BLOG & NEWS

Letter to Pierre Poilievre – Leader of the Official Opposition of Canada

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Letter to the Editor Toronto Star

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Select Special Committee to Examine Safe Supply Alberta Legislature

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Letter to CPC Leadership Candidate MP Pierre Poilievre

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Cannabis Legalization and Detection of Tetrahydrocannabinol in Injured Drivers

BACKGROUND The effect of cannabis legalization in Canada (in October 2018) on the prevalence of injured drivers testing positive for tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is unclear. For more: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsa2109371?query=TOC

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‘This is not about denying anyone access to a supervised consumption site, it’s about helping them gain access to other treatments’~Mike Ellis, associate minister of Mental Health and Addictions

The Alberta government is making very important strides in implementing Supervised Consumption Service, (SCS), regulations in that province. (Calgary Herald)  As a person with lived-experience and a Community Peer Support worker I can say with great confidence and expertise that … Continue reading

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“The Harm of Harm Reduction”

“What’s happening in Vancouver can hardly be categorized as a success, however. Though harm reduction has brought some benefits, such as reducing the transmission of HIV, it has also compounded the problems of addiction, homelessness, and public disorder. Vancouver’s concentration … Continue reading

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Toronto Public Library Board

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Zooming in on UNGASS

Drug Policy Futures takes a look at the extent the consensus from 2016 United Nations General Assembly Special Session, (UNGASS), and the broad menu of suggested interventions in the outcome document are reflected policy documents and practical interventions in the … Continue reading

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So how many of your hard earned tax dollars are going into Harm Reduction?

And what exactly are we accomplishing with all that money? Here is a link to an organization that is calling for an audit and some accountability. https://www.stepupnow.ca/government_funding_audit

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