Tag: canada
DULF Keeps Distributing Checked Drugs as Health Canada Flags Denial
On May 4 in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, the Drug User Liberation Front (DULF) distributed ...
Vancouver Safe Supply Program Begins Prescribing Take-Home Fentanyl
Despite efforts to make medical safe supply programs in Canada as low-barrier as possible, ...
In Canada, End-of-Life Therapy May Be the Path to Legal Psilocybin
In August 2020, 53-year-old Thomas Hartle became the first Canadian to legally undergo psilocybin-assisted ...
Unprecedented Overdose Deaths Among First Nations People in BC
At least 254 First Nations people fatally overdosed in British Columbia in 2020, according ...
On Canada’s East Coast, an Unexplained Influx of Pure Cocaine
Nobody knows the smell, taste or feeling of pure cocaine like someone who injects ...
Canada’s Proposed Nicotine Cap for Vapes Earns Sharp Criticism
Canada looked set to embrace tobacco harm reduction, similar to the United Kingdom. At ...
Women Are Leading Canada’s Safe Supply Movement
Everyone deserves access to health care. It should be unconditional. If you have diabetes ...
Quebec’s Curfew a Public Health Threat for People Who Use Drugs
In the six weeks since the Quebec-wide curfew went into effect, it has destabilized ...
“I Want the Same Protection”—Canadian Peer Harm Reduction Workers Unionize
Like their counterparts in the United States and around the world, Canadian harm reduction ...
