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The Policy Impact Unit works in partnership with drug policy stakeholders – including people who use drugs, affected communities, civil society, and policymakers – to support the development of evidence- and rights-based drug policies in Canada and around the globe.
The CDPE is leading a rapid assessment of the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on people who inject drugs in Toronto.
The CDPE has conducted an international cross comparison of illegal drug policies to create an online tool – the Drug Policy Metrics Map – to demonstrate the alignment and gaps between the metrics that countries use to assess the success of their drug policy and the actual drug policy-related outcomes they experience.
The pilot for Toronto’s Drug Checking Service, which checked and publicly reported on more than 10,000 samples between October 10, 2019, and June 30, 2023, was coordinated by the CDPE. While Toronto’s Drug Checking Service now operates from its own unit within MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions at St. Michael’s Hospital, a site of Unity Health Toronto, the CDPE continues to work collaboratively with and conduct scientific research on the program.
#CannabisClaims is a campaign addressing common misconceptions related to cannabis use and regulation.
Stop the Violence BC is a coalition of law enforcement officials, legal experts, medical and public health officials, and academic experts concerned about the links between cannabis prohibition in British Columbia and the growth of organized crime and related violence in the province.
The Vienna Declaration is a statement calling for the incorporation of scientific evidence into illegal drug policies.