Jun 22, 2017 | Blog, Featured
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.
Jun 1, 2017 | Blog, Featured
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.
May 22, 2017 | Blog, Featured
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.
May 15, 2017 | Blog, Featured
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.
May 8, 2017 | Blog, Featured
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.
May 1, 2017 | Blog, Featured
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.
Apr 22, 2017 | Blog, Featured
An interview with volunteer for the Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy (CSSDP), Heidi Trautmann, by Member-at-Large Scott Douglas Jacobsen on Trautmann’s experience and knowledge of harm reduction, and CSSDP.
Apr 15, 2017 | Blog, Featured
An interview with the Personnel Liaison of Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy (CSSDP), Nick Cristiano, by member-at-large Scott Douglas Jacobsen on Cristiano’s experience and knowledge of harm reduction, and CSSDP.
Apr 8, 2017 | Blog, Featured
An interview with the Member of the Board of Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy (CSSDP), Nick Cristiano, by Member-at-Large Scott Douglas Jacobsen on Lenart’s experience and knowledge of harm reduction, and CSSDP.
Apr 5, 2017 | Blog, Featured
In brief, how did you get interested in being involved in drug policy in Canada? My interest in drug policy started out as a fascination with drugs when I was in high school. I was really interested in all aspects of drugs: their medicinal value, their historical...
Mar 22, 2017 | Blog
Psychological dependence and Classical conditioning: Salvador Dalí said that everybody should try Hashish, but only once. This sentence summarizes society’s fear towards drugs. People are afraid of drugs, but mostly, we are afraid of ourselves. We are afraid of not...
Mar 15, 2017 | Blog, Featured
On January 31st, 2017, CSSDP chair Dessy Pavlova presented on the First, Do Less Harm: The Future of Drug Policy in Canada panel on why youth should be included in developing youth drug policies.
Mar 11, 2017 | Blog
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...
Mar 1, 2017 | Blog
The current provincial government of Ontario is implementing a policy to sell alcohol in over 300 new outlets in Ontario over the next few years. This will largely include selling wine and beer in grocery stores. The plan is part of the liberal government’s intention...
Feb 26, 2017 | Blog, Featured
What are some local examples that show the positive impacts of harm reduction? There’s an organization in Montreal called Group de recherche et d’intervention psychosociale (GRIP). They are a francophone harm reduction group based on Montreal with whom I have...
Feb 19, 2017 | Blog, Featured
What is your perspective on the theory of harm reduction as a philosophy? Harm reduction works from the perspective that you should meet people where they are rather than tell people what to do or not do. The reality is people will use drugs. If you solely tell people...
Feb 12, 2017 | Blog, Featured
How did you become interested in being involved in drug policy in Canada? My interest with drug policy began with my own use, which started with cannabis as a teen. A lot of my peers were using drugs, both in high school and university. That all began to get me...
Feb 5, 2017 | Featured
A commentary on the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on the World Drug Problem Panel Discussion Addiction (Source: Flickr) At UNGASS, the Russian Federation hosted a panel discussion on the topic of science-based evidence and drug policy....
Jan 8, 2017 | Blog
Politics is “context” created by individuals and structures within society, in both formal and informal institutions. Context is defined as, “the circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood and...
Oct 25, 2016 | Blog, Featured
We are looking for two passionate, driven youth and students join our board of directors and help us undo the harms done by the drug war and its policies.
Oct 1, 2016 | Featured
August 31st marked the 15th annual International Overdose Awareness Day. With events held around the globe, people living within a myriad of different drug policy frameworks put out a unified message: our friends and family are dying preventable deaths, and not enough...
Sep 22, 2016 | Blog
Board member Michelle Theissen and Okanagen CSSDP chapter member Megan Stager discuss how the terms we use reflect the attitudes we hold.
Sep 20, 2016 | Featured
Together with the support of Lift and the International Centre for Science in Drug Policy (ICSDP), CSSDP hosted a youth roundtable in Toronto on September 7, 2016, providing a platform for young people to contribute input to the Task Force for Marijuana Regulation and...
Sep 15, 2016 | Blog
The harm reduction model for drug use and drug policy in contrast to the zero tolerance model, explained by CSSDP member-at-large Scott Jacobsen.
