drug policy
Health, Harm Reduction and the Law: The InSite Case and the Future of Canadian Drug Policy
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This May, the Supreme Court of Canada is set to hear the Federal Government's Appeal of the decision to allow the Insite supervised injection facility to continue to operate. On the evening of May 17th, join Pivot Legal Society, the SFU Woodwards Community Engagement Office and moderator Donald MacPherson for a forum exploring what this case is all about and what the Supreme Court's decision will mean for people living with addictions and for the future of Canadian drug policy.
Timely release for new film about the war on drugs: 'Raw Opium: Pain, Pleasure, Profits'
| May 2, 2011
![Nico Little](http://rabble.ca/sites/rabble/files/imagecache/thumbnail/category_pictures/Photo 93_0.jpg "Nico Little is an Anglo-Albertan who decamped to Montreal sometime in the late nineties "to learn French and be gay." He then moved to Ottawa, Ontario, where he worked as an HIV outreach worker in bathhouses, bars and online chat rooms for several years. In 2008 Nico helped found POWER (Prostitutes of Ottawa-Gatineau Work Educate and Resist), an organization of current and former sex workers advocating for recognition of their labour, Charter and human rights. Nicholas now lives in London, U.K. You can follow his blog, Ickaprick & Ironpussy, at www.ickaprick.com. He is also a regular contributor to the Montreal-based magazine No More Potlucks.")
Book launch: Drug policy and the public good
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Join the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)
for the Canadian launch of "Drug Policy and the Public Good," a comprehensive new book and resource for evidence-based drug policy, written by a group of leading international experts, that examines these and many other key questions related to drug policy.
Three of the book's authors and notable Canadian commentators will present and discuss the book's findings and the role of scientific knowledge for drug policy locally, nationally and internationally.
Law and Order Ottawa: Bill C-15 is wrong approach to drugs
Mexico has recently decriminalized possession of small amounts of most illicit substances. Portugal is reporting success with similar reforms. Former Latin American leaders are calling for ending drug prohibition and implementing legally regulated markets.
It seems that radical drug policy reform is catching on, but the current Canadian government is moving backwards by attempting to implement mandatory minimum sentences (MMS) for drug offences in the form of Bill C-15.