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Read the CSSDP team’s posts on the latest news surrounding drug use and harm reduction.
CSSDP AGM 2019 – Nov 14th 2019
The Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy's Annual General Meeting is happening in just a couple of weeks! We've done a lot since the last AGM - from creating our Cannabis Education Toolkit to our most recent project, the election drug policy report cards, we...
CSSDP Open Positions – National Board of Directors Call for Applications
Are you a student or young person who is passionate about drug policy reform? Want to gain leadership experience in policy advocacy and social change? Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy (CSSDP) has openings for multiple positions on our national Board of...
Drug Policy Report Card
As Canadians get ready to head to the polls on October 21st, we realize how far drug policy has come, yet also how much there is left to do. We look with pride at the fact that federal parties are directly addressing harm reduction in their platforms – something we...
Re: B.C gives up on its addicts and decides to just keep them on drugs
The recent op-ed by Jeremy Devine is a reminder of how much work still needs to be done within the medical community to advance the principles of public health and understandings of patient-centered care.
First Nations Conference in Vancouver, BC
The first First Nations mental health and wellness conference will be taking place in Vancouver, British Columbia. Mental health and substance abuse are major issues for the First Nations Community within Canada. Elders, educators, well as community...
Karmik is Here to Help with Nightlife
British Columbia harm reduction organizations are hoping to improve the safety of nightlife in Victoria, British Columbia. Organizations such as Karmik. The new chapter will be in Victoria, British Columbia. There will be provisions of drug checking...
Mothers Gather as a Force for Harm Reduction
You go about daily life, wander from the kitchen to grab coffee, and back to the fridge for some foodstuffs to make the sandwich for your son’s lunch before he heads off to school. He is in grade 12, but having troubles. Communication, though good in the...
Needles Potentially Placed Deliberately in Victoria, BC
One Victoria Island Health official speculated on the potential of sabotage by opponents of harm reductions based on reportage by the Victoria, British Columbia police of an increase in the quantity of discarded syringes (Britten, 2018; CBC News, 2018a)....
Bundale on the Upcoming Market for Cannabis
Brett Bundale talked about the end of cannbis prohibition in the Hamilton Spectator (2017). He proposes the thought experiment that the new providers for cannabis, the seller, will have outlets that are “very chic, very modern” with a clean look to them....
Safe Needles for Southeastern Manitoba
Southeast Manitoba has been encouraging some of its injection drug users to take advantage of a new program developed to reduce the risk to their health and wellness, which appears to be based on harm reduction principles (MacLean, 2017). The free needle...
Harm Reduction Helps Indigenous Populations in Saskatchewan
Erin Petrow of the Saskatoon Starphoenix wrote on Indigenous communities within Saskatchewan showing signs of improvement with harm reduction practices implemented inside of the community (2017). Dr. Ibrahim Khan, the chief medical health officer for...
Travis Lupick Speaks to Decriminalization and Legalization
Travis Lupick in the The Globe and Mail argued that decriminalization of some drugs does not go far enough. On Vancouver Island, construction workers completed a safety class. There weren’t ‘instructions on steel toed boots for proper lifting.’ Rather, it...
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