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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 3.5 grams each of fentanyl-free heroin,…

May 5, 2022

Vancouver Safe Supply Program Begins Prescribing Take-Home Fentanyl

Despite efforts to make medical safe supply programs in Canada as low-barrier as possible, they still require most participants to…

April 13, 2022

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 therapy. Hartle, who currently has stage…

August 9, 2021

Unprecedented Overdose Deaths Among First Nations People in BC

At least 254 First Nations people fatally overdosed in British Columbia in 2020, according to new research from the First…

June 16, 2021

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 it. Eric Sampson, who's well known…

March 25, 2021

Canada’s Proposed Nicotine Cap for Vapes Earns Sharp Criticism

Canada looked set to embrace tobacco harm reduction, similar to the United Kingdom. At least until July 2019, when a…

March 18, 2021

Women Are Leading Canada’s Safe Supply Movement

Everyone deserves access to health care. It should be unconditional. If you have diabetes and still enjoy the occasional unhealthy…

March 10, 2021

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 support systems for people who use…

February 22, 2021

“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 "peer" workers have for decades been…

January 21, 2021