Drug Policy

Issues in Drug Policy

• Anti-Prohibition
• Harm Reduction

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

Document Submission to City of Vancouver on Regulation of Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

Posted on June 18, 2015

Topic: Drug Policy

Type: Policy Submissions

Post Drug policy and human rights: concerns mounting

Posted on May 23, 2015

Topic: Anti-Prohibition, Drug Policy, Harm Reduction, HIV, Human Rights, Patients' Rights, Prisoners' Rights

Event MayDay Social Justice Info Festival

Posted on April 1, 2015

Topic: Democratic Rights, Drug Policy, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights, National Security, Police Accountability, Privacy, Right to Strike