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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
“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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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
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
Excellent article pointing out what many of us have known for quite some time.
https://thepostmillennial.com/drug-addicts-do-not-benefit-from-harm-reduction-but-from-rehabilitation-and-treatment
Dr. Bill MacEwan and Paul Sullivan: Profound suffering at the heart of our beautiful city seems to defy all attempts to relieve it
Building Community Society of Greater Vancouver, a nonprofit registered society with many years of experience in social policy in Vancouver, has become increasingly alarmed by the intractable general health, mental health and addiction problems in the Downtown Eastside (DTES), aggravated … Continue reading
Impact: A socio-economic review of supervised consumption sites in Alberta
SWITZERLAND IS NOT ALL CHOCOLATE & CLOCKS
Below you will find the entire text of a recent report on The Four Pillar Drug Policy in Switzerland – 20 years after. What is more interesting are the comments of our colleague Calvina Fay, of Drug Free America, which … Continue reading
