Podcast
Zoe Dodd and Keith McCrady. Image credit: used with permission
From epidemic to pandemic: rethinking health
Victoria Fenner, Resh Budhu | Episode four of the Courage My Friends podcast asks: 'What can Indigenous philosophies teach us about health and wellness?' With guests Zoë Dodd and Keith McCrady.
RabbleTV
Western Aboriginal Harm Reduction Society offers healing and support to Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
Jase Tanner | Tracy Draper, program coordinator of the Western Aboriginal Harm Reduction Society, speaks about the organization's work and reflects on what's needed to address the issues faced by her community.
RabbleTV
Street scene from downtown Vancouver.
Overdose Prevention Society brings life-saving services to Vancouver community
Jase Tanner | Three members of Vancouver's Overdose Prevention Society discuss how the organization saves people's lives from drug overdose, while also providing a safe haven and community.
Podcast
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Nurses and the push for harm reduction
Scott Neigh | Using drugs safely -- Bryce Koch is a registered nurse in Winnipeg and he talks about the work of the Harm Reduction Nurses Association and Project Safe Audience.
Columnists
News conference following 2011 Supreme Court ruling with Insite's supporting partners. Photo: Vancouver Coastal Health/Flickr
Freeze on overdose prevention sites engages Charter rights
Pro Bono, Brynn Leger | If denying access to supervised injection sites was found to be an infringement of the Charter by the Supreme Court, the same may be said of Ontario's decision to halt new overdose prevention sites.
Blog
Jason Kenney. Photo: michael_swan/flickr
UCP leader says he's opposed to more safe-drug-consumption sites -- but how would he address opioid crisis?
David J. Climenhaga | One thing very clear from Opposition Leader Jason Kenney's commentary is that he's not given up on the "war on drugs" strategy as the best way to reduce illegal drug use.
Podcast
Working for human rights for sex workers in Newfoundland
Scott Neigh | Heather Jarvis, Alice, and Layla talk about the work of the Safe Harbour Outreach Project.
Blog
Party crasher Jason Kenney (David Climenhaga photo)
Shoreline, True Grit, photo-bombing, certainty and the Deity: Random observations from Alberta's Throne Speech
David J. Climenhaga | When it comes to its own core constituencies, Alberta's NDP government continues to be too cautious – undoubtedly a hangover from the rough ride it got over Bill 6.
Podcast
Health Canada considers allowing use of prescription heroin
Redeye Collective | There are encouraging signs that the Liberal government will take a radically different approach to harm reduction. Pivot Legal says prescription heroin is a crucial tool in addiction treatment.
News
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Health advocates urge Liberals to remove barriers to new safe injection sites
Alyse Kotyk | As communities across Canada research the feasibility of safe injection services, groups call on the federal government to change the exemption policy, repeal Bill C-2 and more.
Blog
Dave Rutherford
Unite-the-right poll results ring alarm bells and raise interesting questions, none of which are asked by the media
David J. Climenhaga | A poll by little-known firm commissioned by unite-the-right group predicts different results from past surveys of likely behaviour of Wildrose and PC voters.
News
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The just way to legalize marijuana in Canada
John Akpata | There are now dozens of models of legalization and decriminalization Canada could follow to regulate marijuana use. In 2016, will Canada finally implement a good policy for this?