'Daring to be Sensible'

Hosted by the University of Toronto CSSDP chapter.

University of Toronto St. George Campus, Toronto, Ontario

November 5th - 7th, 2010.

JOIN US at Canada's only youth led drug policy reform conference!   Join students, young people, researchers, social workers, policy makers, activists, academics, curious onlookers, and more for an exciting weekend!  The conference will feature panel discussions on pressing topics in drug policy, interactive workshops, student poster presentations, social events and more.  We are bringing together inspiring people to ask what are 'sensible' approaches to drug use?  Why is it so daring to be sensible about drugs?

Drug policy reform has seen a number of challenges and successes at all levels during the past year.  The federal government has again killed, then re-introduced legislation to implement mandatory minimum sentences for drug crimes.  Medical Marijuana Compassion Clubs have been raided across the country, leaving patients scrambling.  Canada's only safe injection site Insite continues to operate, but needle distribution and other harm reduction efforts are under attack in several small communities. The state of California, USA prepares to let the public decide on whether or not to 'Tax and Regulate' marijuana, while to the south a bloody drug war continues in Mexican communities.  Despite or because of the war, Afghanistan has become the world's top producer of marijuana, while keeping opium crop levels as well.  It is clear that the war on drugs continues to be a war on people around the world. We will brainstorm solutions and sensible ways to move forward on all of these issues.

Join us for this not-to-be-missed weekend!