As Parliament Resumes, We Can’t Forget the High Price Tag of Prohibition…
By: Erika Dupuis & Kira London-Nadeau Today, Wednesday, September 23rd, 2020, a new session of Parliament will commence. Now, more than ever, we urge the Federal Liberal party to prioritize the decriminalization of substances as we bear witness to the ongoing and...
Not all Calls for Decriminalization are Equal
We, Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy, stand firmly in our support of efforts to immediately decriminalize the possession of illicit drugs across the country. On July 9th, 2020, following years of organizing by grassroots drug policy and harm reduction...
CSSDP Statement on International Drug Checking Day
From Betsos, Alex (2019), “What’s in Drugs Baby Don’t Hurt Me: Professionalization of Changing Drug Knowledge in British Columbia” March 31, 2020 For Immediate Release International Drug Checking Day 2020 – A Call to Action in Expanding...
CND Day 3: Things That Aren’t Cannabis
These blog posts are made in collaboration between CSSDP, SSDP and Youth RISE as part of our joint effort to provide youth with information about the Commission of Narcotic Drugs. We are the Paradigma Coalition. Author: Alex Betsos It’s day 3 of the 63rd session of...
Paradigma Day 2: The Early Rising Youth Activists
These blog posts are made in collaboration between CSSDP, SSDP and Youth RISE as part of our joint effort to provide youth with information about the Commission of Narcotic Drugs. We are the Paradigma Coalition. Author: Ailish Brennan The Second Day of the 63rd...
Paradigma Day 1
These blog posts are made in collaboration between CSSDP, SSDP and Youth RISE as part of our joint effort to provide youth with information about the Commission of Narcotic Drugs. We are the Paradigma Coalition. Authors: Alex Betsos (CSSDP) and Róisín Downes (SSDP)...
Ottawa’s Move for Harm Reduction via Vending Machines
It has been reported that Ottawa has installed new machines. The vending machines are for needles and crack pipes. These are sterile devices for use to reduce the probability of non-sterile ones being used. This is intended to reduce the number of infections related...
Youth and International Overdose Awareness Day
Students and youth represent a unique group with distinct needs during the opioid crisis. Attend an International Overdose Awareness Day event in your city.
With or without the blessing
Toronto opened the 1st pop-up safe injection site. The city of Toronto has not ‘blessed’ the project. However, activists for the site are excited about it, and “hope authorities won’t shut them down” (Nasser, 2017). For one of the underserved sectors of the Toronto...
Vancouver Island Opening Consumption Site
It has been reported by CTV Vancouver Island that there is an exemption granted to the Vancouver Island Health Authority for the operation of Victoria’s first supervised consumption site. The site will open on 941 Pandora Ave. It has been named the Pandora...
Drug Checking Workshop
Canada is currently facing one of the largest drug adulteration epidemics in the country’s history, mainly via street level trafficking of drugs. Drug dealers and suppliers are cutting their drugs with myriads of random chemicals and powders that look similar to the...
Voices: Stephanie Lake on getting involved in CSSDP, punitive approaches to drug policy and harm reduction resources
An interview with Volunteer for Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy (CSSDP), Stephanie Lake, by Member-at-Large Scott Douglas Jacobsen on Lake’s experience and knowledge of harm reduction, and CSSDP.
CSSDP 2017 AGM: Naloxone, Medical Coverage, Cannabis Education
Join us for the Annual General Meeting this Monday, June 24, 2017 at 5:30 PST/8:30 EST.
An Interview with Antonio Cillero, Volunteer for CSSDP
An interview with Volunteer for Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy (CSSDP), Antonio Cillero, by Member-at-Large Scott Douglas Jacobsen on Cillero’s experience and knowledge of harm reduction, and CSSDP.
An Interview with Avery Sapoznikow, Vice President at UBCO-CSSDP and Member of the Board of Directors
An interview with UBCO-CSSDP and Member of the Board of Directors Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy (CSSDP), Avery Sapoznikow, by Member-at-Large Scott Douglas Jacobsen on Sapoznikow’s experience and knowledge of harm reduction, and CSSDP.
An Interview with Professor Mark Haden
An interview with Professor Mark Haden with Scott Douglas Jacobsen.
An Interview with Lauren Lehman, Volunteer for CSSDP
An interview with Lauren Lehman, Volunteer for the Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy (CSSDP), by Member-at-Large Scott Douglas Jacobsen on Lehman’s experience and knowledge of harm reduction, and CSSDP.
An Interview with Elazar Ehrentreu, Chapter Leader of CSSDP-Western
An interview with Elazar Ehrentreu, Chapter Leader of CSSDP-Western for the Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy (CSSDP), by Member-at-Large Scott Douglas Jacobsen on Ehrentreu’s experience and knowledge of harm reduction, and CSSDP.
An Interview with Dr. Tara Marie Watson, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
An interview with Dr. Tara Marie Watson, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, with Member-at-Large, Scott Douglas Jacobsen, on research and personal perspectives.
An Interview with Dessy Pavlova, Chair of the Board for CSSDP
An interview with Chair for the Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy (CSSDP), Dessy Pavlova, by Member-at-Large Scott Douglas Jacobsen on Pavlova’s experience and knowledge of harm reduction, and CSSDP.
An Interview with Daniel Greig, Member of the Board of Directors for CSSDP
An interview with Member of the Board of Directors for the Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy (CSSDP), Daniel Greig, by Member-at-Large Scott Douglas Jacobsen on Greig’s experience and knowledge of harm reduction, and CSSDP.
An Interview with Kyle Lumsden, Secretary for CSSDP
An interview with Advisor for the Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy (CSSDP), Kyle Lumsden, by Member-at-Large Scott Douglas Jacobsen on Lumsden’s experience and knowledge of harm reduction, and CSSDP.
An Interview with Jenna Valleriani, Advisor for CSSDP
An interview with Advisor for the Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy (CSSDP), Jenna Valleriani, by Member-at-Large Scott Douglas Jacobsen on Valleriani’s experience and knowledge of harm reduction, and CSSDP.