Drug Policy

Issues in Drug Policy

• Anti-Prohibition
• Harm Reduction

News Release Media Advisory of Press Conference: Bill 22 Stands to Increase the Opioid Crisis and Youth Deaths; Bill 22 Must be Withdrawn

Posted on July 24, 2020

Topic: Drug Policy, Harm Reduction, Indigenous Rights

News Release Press Release: Lack of Planning in Bill 22 Would See Increased Drug Fatalities for Indigenous Youth in the Midst of Opioid Crisis

Posted on July 22, 2020

Topic: Drug Policy, Harm Reduction, Indigenous Rights

Document Joint Letter on Sheltering in Victoria City Parks

Posted on June 23, 2020

Topic: COVID-19, Harm Reduction, Poverty & Rights

Type: Policy Submissions

Document Decriminalize simple drug possession immediately

Posted on May 14, 2020

Topic: Anti-Prohibition, COVID-19, Drug Policy

Type: Policy Submissions

News Release BCCLA Reacts: Court dismisses constitutional challenge to Canada’s flawed prison needle exchange program

Posted on May 4, 2020

Topic: Harm Reduction

News Release MEDIA ADVISORY: BCCLA at Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Prison Needle Exchange Program case

Posted on November 1, 2019

Topic: Harm Reduction, Prisoners' Rights

Event Social Science Evidence, Charter Litigation & Policy Change – Workshop

Posted on October 6, 2016

Topic: Drug Policy, Harm Reduction, Human Rights, Prisoners' Rights, Sex Workers' Rights, Solitary Confinement

Document Joint submission to the Task Force on the Legalization and Regulation of Marijuana

Posted on August 29, 2016

Topic: Drug Policy, Patients' Rights

Type: Policy Submissions

Post Health and Human Rights in Prison: The Need for Prison-Based Needle and Syringe Programs

Posted on August 15, 2016

Topic: Drug Policy, Harm Reduction, Prisoners' Rights

Post Cannabis at home: why today’s ruling is so important

Posted on February 24, 2016

Topic: Drug Policy, Patients' Rights