Lessons from B.C.'s three-year experiment in drug decriminalization. Q+A w/ @koradebeck.bsky.social, professor @sfuspp.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... via @cbcnews.ca
Kora DeBeck
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Professor @SFUSPP, Research Scientist @BCCSU, CIHR Applied Public Health Chair, 2024 Dorothy Killam Fellow, Royal Society of Canada College Member, ARYS PI, settler, Mom. She/her
Decriminalizing drug possession was not a policy failure. Thank you to CBC Day 6 for the opportunity to articulate why Decrim wasn’t a failure and highlight why addressing the toxic drug supply is so important for all our communities www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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Thank you @isabella zavarise for bringing attention to this. The public deserves credible reports about public investments. Real lives are at stake. The vancouver mayor’s comments are shameful given the crisis we are in. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
Vancouver mayor credits DTES task force with reducing overdoses. Here’s what public health experts say
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim continues to laud the impacts of a police-led task force focused on crime on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, claiming it led to a reduction in overdoses.
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Thankful that BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner release a thoughful statement on the toxic drug crisis that includes support for expanding initiatives to provide regulated alternatives to the toxic drug supply in B.C. bchumanrights.ca/wp-content/u...
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Pleased to see CPHA’s new position statement calling for evidenced-based action including setting goals and principles for a “coherent regulatory approach to psychoactive substances that centres a public health approach”. 🙌🏼
The toxic drug crisis is causing preventable deaths daily. CPHA's new position statement urges unified, evidence-based actions to save lives, reduce harms, and uphold dignity across Canada. Let’s prioritize solutions over stigma. Read more at: www.cpha.ca/toxic-drug-c...