Upcoming Events
"Opioid Crisis, Access to Safe Supply, and Criminalization"
Wednesday, March 31st at 6pm to 7pm AST
Join us for the last seminar in the Criminal Justice Speakers Series at Schulich Law with Matt Bonn, Matt Herder, and Sheila Wildeman!
Not to be missed! - Adelina Iftene
Survey of the impact of COVID-19 on access to STBBI-related health services including harm reduction services in Canada
The eligibility criteria:
• 18 years of age or older,
• living in Canada and
• using drugs or alcohol within the last 6 months.
Defunding the Police
Have you considered why most harm reduction and drug policy activists support the movement to Defund the Police? How are harm reduction philosophy, drug policy reform and the movement to defund the police linked? How do the police benefit from the criminalization of people who use drugs? Defund the Police has been a strong rally cry in the US and Canada. #StimulusConnect will discuss why defunding the police is an essential part of harm reduction based practice. Join our Canadian panelists for Defunding the Police, a moderated discussion.
Racism & The Drug War: Connecting the Dots
JOIN US FOR "RACISM AND THE DRUG WAR: CONNECTING THE DOTS"
Sept 16, 2 - 4pm (EST)
It’s about time we connect the dots of all systemic oppression beginning with the Drug War.
Click to register:
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6534840016759519757>
"This is not just any webinar, this is one that will educate you on connecting the dots and draw a map for you to visualize how systemic oppression is all connected from how the drug war infiltrates one's life. It starts off by acting like the laws in place are meant to help you, by offering shelters, child protection, hospitals with skeleton staffs who don’t want to get near people who use, then as they unfold and you read the small print you begin to realize the laws are really like covid 19, it begins as a small cough, then possibly the flu , then death." - Dinah Ortiz
"For far too long, we have played the part of being humble and trying to love a country that has shown little to no love for people of color. We will explore what this means and how it looks from the perspective of directly impacted individuals. We will hear their shared hurt and pain on Racism and the Drug War." - Robert Suarez
Drugs are a Development Issue: An Introduction to Legal Regulation
The so-called ‘war on drugs’ has been undermining progress towards development goals for decades. It has fuelled violence and conflict, undermined democracy, and driven poverty, inequality and poor health worldwide.
The shift towards the legal regulation of drugs provides a chance to repair the harms of the past – and create a fairer, more just world for the future. Now is the time to build a new approach to drugs that prioritises, promotes and protects health and well-being, helps address poverty and inequality, and contributes to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).