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December 2, 2010

City of Vancouver Supports International Declaration Calling for New Approach to Drug Policy

Vancouver City Council today endorsed the Vienna Declaration, a scientific statement highlighting the failure of drug prohibition and calling for evidence-based approaches to illicit drug policy.

September 28, 2010

Portugal Drug Decriminalization ‘A Resounding Success’: Will Britain Respond? No.

Time magazine reports that Europe’s most liberal drug policy has been a huge success. Not, as you might think, those hippie Dutch, but Portugal, where possession of all drugs for personal use was decriminalised in 2001.

July 26, 2010

Why Our Drug Policy is ‘Inconsistent’ With all Available Evidence

It's safe to assume most people have never heard of the "Vienna Declaration." And that simple fact helps explain why public policies that fail - policies that do vastly more harm than good - can live on despite overwhelming evidence of their failure.

June 28, 2010

Experts Urge Reform of Global Drug Policy

Policies that criminalize drug users fuel the spread of AIDS and should be reformed, experts preparing for an international conference said Monday.

March 4, 2010

Victoria Police Muzzle Cop’s Free Speech on Drugs

CANNABIS CULTURE - A police officer who supports the legalization of marijuana was barred from speaking at a harm reduction conference by the Victoria Police Department.

September 23, 2009

The Latest Failure in the Making

The latest in a long line of failed federal drug strategies, this one a redundant attempt to specifically target so-called synthetic drugs, is not needed and will not achieve its purported goals.

September 12, 2009

Vancouver Loses a Fantastic Drug Policy Reformer

Drug czar slams Harper gov’t as he exits to ‘next adventure’

September 11, 2009

Vancouver Drug Czar Slams Harper Gov’t As He Exits

The author of Vancouver's ground-breaking Four Pillars drug strategy criticized the federal government's "utterly failed" approach to drug use in his resignation notice this week.

September 10, 2009

Criticize the US government’s drug fetish, become target of investigation

The US government has long fought against the right of people living in pain to access an adequate supply of pain medications. It targets doctors who prescribe these pills. And, now, it focuses its aim on those who would dare to question this pogrom.

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