April death rates highest in Northern Health and Vancouver Coastal Health
2019 Vancouver study found 30% of participants made safer choices after using take-home test
SafePoint in Surrey has seen 300,000 visits from 3,533 people, with 2,845 drug poisonings reversed
Courtenay-Alberni MP’s Bill C-216 aimed to legislate health-based approach to substance use
Health Canada nearly halved requested personal possession amount in approval May 31
House of Commons rejects NDP bill to allow drugs for personal use countrywide
Portugal and a handfull of South American countries among the others to take similar steps
Personal possession of up to 2.5 grams to be allowed for three years beginning Jan. 31, 2023
Gord Johns gaining support from mayors and advocates in his bid to address overdose crisis
Clinic to become first health-care facility in Quebec to legally treat depression with psilocybin
Supreme Court restores man’s acquittal for magic mushroom-fuelled attack
A new study surveyed 738 people who use drugs and found 272 people reported worsening drug quality
Search warrants carried out between Sept. and Dec. 2021
Advocates say 2.5 gram threshold being considered isn’t evidenced based
‘If you actually make the effort and you put in resources properly, you can do it’
Federal government is mulling a 2.5-gram cumulative threshold
Canadian cities, provinces say decriminalization would help reduce stigma associated with drug use
