Health and Human Rights in Prison: The Need for Prison-Based Needle and Syringe Programs
During the prison law seminar I took in law school, professor and prison justice expert Michael Jackson said something I’ll never forget. People are sent to prison as punishment, he […]
Insite Saves Lives: It’s Time for More
September 30, 2013 (9/30) marks the two-year anniversary of Canada’s Supreme Court decision that unanimously granted constitutional protection to Vancouver’s supervised injection site, Insite. To mark this important anniversary, the […]
Sensible B.C. has good chance of forcing marijuana referendum
 By Barbara Yaffe/vancouversun.com Published June 21, 2013  Group wants voters to tell the province to pass a law asking police to ignore marijuana use. Organizers of a campaign […]
BCCLA responds to the release of new regulations for medical marijuana
 PositivelyPositive.ca Published on June 11, 2013  The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association ( BCCLA) responded to the release of government’s new regulations for medical marijuana which prevent patients from growing […]