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The CDPE publishes blog posts on current and relevant topics in the field of drug policy, as well as press releases related to high profile reports and publications that we produce.
Posted: July 14 2017
Author: Nazlee Maghsoudi
Recommendations from a meeting of over 200 policymakers, public health officials, law enforcement professionals, researchers, people who use drugs, and community organizers provides an innovative roadmap to improve Canada’s policy response to illegal drugs over the coming ten years.
Continue ReadingPosted: June 28 2017
Author: Tara Marie Watson, Caleb Chepesiuk, and Nazlee Maghsoudi, Members of Canadian National Working Group on Drug Checking
With growing international attention on the impacts and broad potential of drug checking services, a number of events at HR17 featured research findings and frontline experience with this harm reduction intervention.
Continue ReadingPosted: May 23 2017
Author: Nazlee Maghsoudi
Side event held at the 60th Commission on Narcotic Drugs offers insights into how drug policy indicators could aid in achieving the sustainable development agenda.
Continue ReadingPosted: May 17 2017
Author: CDPE
Collaboration between leading international scientific body and Canada’s premiere academic institution on global policy issues outlines four scenarios for how national governments could respond to questions of treaty compliance raised by their pursuit of domestic reform of cannabis policies.
Continue ReadingPosted: September 14 2016
Author: Nazlee Maghsoudi
The International Centre for Science in Drug Policy strongly supports Health Canada’s decision to once again allow doctors to prescribe pharmaceutical-grade heroin for the treatment of individuals with severe opioid addiction.
Continue ReadingPosted: March 31 2016
Author: Victoria Sinclair
Overcoming my addiction to heroin as a teenager was the most challenging thing I have ever done, but a national drug policy that didn’t put health first only made it more difficult.
Continue ReadingPosted: February 9 2016
Author: CDPE
Research from leading international scientific body finds that compulsory treatment for addiction does not lead to better outcomes than non-mandatory methods.
Continue ReadingPosted: January 21 2016
Author: Nazlee Maghsoudi
On January 21, 2016, more than eighty representatives from Member States, UN agencies, and civil society organizations gathered for the launch of a scientific open letter on the path forward for drug policy evaluation.
Continue ReadingPosted: January 21 2016
Author: Dan Werb
It's clear that the way governments evaluate their drug policies dictates the kinds of outcomes that are highlighted. Reform must begin with a hard look at what governments prioritize in drug policy evaluations.
Continue ReadingPosted: January 21 2016
Author: CDPE
Leading international researchers call on governments to evaluate illicit drug policies by prioritizing indicators that measure their ‘real world’ impact on communities.
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