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Drug Policy Reform

Joint Letter urging Health Canada to Issue Decriminalization Exemptions Quickly, Without Conditions

There is truly no time to waste. We urge Health Canada to listen to the health and human rights experts who have already spoken about this, follow the public health evidence, and issue these exemptions quickly, without onerous and unnecessary conditions or restrictions. Lives and health are at stake.
By Caitlin Shane Caitlin Shane | Feb 11, 2021 | Drug Policy Reform, Letters & Statements

Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users & Pivot Legal Society Joint Statement

Principally, we support full decriminalization. We do not support the use of administrative or other regimes to control, coerce, medicalize, pathologize, or penalize drug use.
By Sozan Savehilaghi Sozan Savehilaghi | Nov 19, 2020 | Drug Policy Reform, Letters & Statements

Legal and civil society groups commend City of Vancouver’s leadership on drug decriminalization

As the opioid overdose crisis devastates communities across Canada, groups hope that other jurisdictions will follow Vancouver's lead to take meaningful action on full drug decriminalization.
By Sozan Savehilaghi Sozan Savehilaghi | Nov 18, 2020 | Press Releases, Drug Policy Reform

Joint Letter Urging for the Approval of Lease for Prospective Yaletown OPS Site

Joint letter (Pivot, CDPC) urging the City Council and Mayor to approve the lease on a prospective overdose prevention site in Yaletown. The paramountcy of public health over community input in the approval process for harm reduction services is established in law and should be followed here.
By Asha Nygra Asha Nygra | Oct 09, 2020 | Drug Policy Reform, Letters & Statements

𝐴𝑐𝑡 𝑁𝑜𝑤! Pivot’s new report urges local drug decriminalization to address record overdose deaths.

Read Pivot's new blog on how talk is cheap and local governments must Act Now! to decriminalize simple posession.
By Caitlin Shane Caitlin Shane | Oct 01, 2020 | Blog, Drug Policy Reform

Act Now! Decriminalizing Drugs in Vancouver

Read the full report on how the City of Vancouver (and all non-federal jurisdictions, including provinces) can decriminalize simple drug possession now.
By Sozan Savehilaghi Sozan Savehilaghi | Sep 16, 2020 | Research Reports, Drug Policy Reform

Civil Society Organizations Renew Call for Drug Decriminalization

Read the statement issued by the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition, and Pivot Legal Society.
By Sozan Savehilaghi Sozan Savehilaghi | Jul 10, 2020 | Press Releases, Drug Policy Reform

Victory at the Supreme Court of Canada in R v Zora

Last week, the Supreme Court of Canada delivered a unanimous decision on R v Zora; a case about bail breaches in which Pivot intervened with help from Vancouver-based criminal defence lawyer David Fai.
By Caitlin Shane Caitlin Shane | Jun 26, 2020 | Blog, Drug Policy Reform, Project Inclusion

Onwards and Upwards: Continuing the Fight for Healthcare in Prisons after a Disappointing Ruling

Our fight continues after an Ontario Court reaches a disappointing decision on prison-based needle exchange programs.
By Caitlin Shane Caitlin Shane | May 13, 2020 | Blog, Drug Policy Reform

The Case for Prison Needle Exchange Programs

Simons et al. v Minister of Public Safety et al.
By Caitlin Shane Caitlin Shane | Mar 16, 2020 | Blog, Drug Policy Reform
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