Vancouver’s City Council is Shutting Down an Overdose Prevention Site. The City Has No Plan to Help People Who Depend On The Site. Published August 1, 2023 Analysis “They don’t care what happens to people who use drugs”
‘Punitive and Coercive’: BC’s Biggest Nurses Union Calls For An End to Archaic Workplace Drug Policies Published June 8, 2023 NEWS Drug policy advocates say leadership is needed to mobilize unions to take action
Danielle Smith’s Chief-of-Staff: Governments Should Not Listen to ‘Addicts’ About Drug Treatment Policies Because They’re ‘High’ Published May 16, 2023 News Marshall Smith said consulting drug users “makes about as much sense as engaging a stakeholder of drunk drivers to write new traffic laws”
Families Outside Alberta’s Big Cities Can’t Access Support for Drugs and Addictions Published May 3, 2023 Analysis Advocates and experts say the UCP government is leaving people struggling with addictions ‘out in the cold’
Workers in BC are Being Sent to Mandatory Abstinence Programs Run by Private Companies in Order to Receive Disability Benefits Published April 25, 2023 News ‘12-step’ abstinence programs could do more harm than good for workers struggling with addictions, drug policy experts say
Professor Who Claimed BC Government Censored Him Faces Complaints From Grad Students Published February 22, 2023 News Students and faculty raise concerns after a Simon Fraser University course taught by professor Julian Somers descends into chaos