To End A Crisis: Vision For BC Drug Policy

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The Vision for BC Drug Policy

Date de publication

2024

Géographie

Canada

Langue de la ressource

English

Texte disponible en version intégrale

Oui

Open Access / OK to Reproduce

Non

Évalué par des pairs

No

L’objectif

This document provides a roadmap for designing and implementing drug policies that are grounded in anti-racist and anti-colonial frameworks and are inspired by principles of autonomy, choice, and compassion. The Vision for BC Drug Policy is not just a drug policy platform - it is a call to action.  

Constatations/points à retenir

The recommendations outlined address four related areas of drug policy for immediate and substantive reform: (1) Drug regulation; (2) Decriminalization; (3) Addressing substantive equality in drug policy reform, and; (4) Detox, recovery and treatment. It concludes with a discussion of the principles and scientific evidence that inform these recommendations.

La conception ou méthodologie de recherche

This Vision was developed by a provincial working group of civil society organizations and people who use drugs.

Mots clés

About PWUD
Advocacy
Decriminalization/legalization
Harm reduction
Hesitancy of prescribers
Hospitals
Illegal drugs
Legal system/law enforcement
Peer/PWLLE program involvement
Policy/Regulatory
Safer supply