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Conference 2010 |
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'Daring to be Sensible'
Hosted by the University of Toronto CSSDP chapter.
November 5th - 7th, 2010.
JOIN US at Canada's only youth led drug policy reform conference! Join students, young people, researchers, social workers, policy makers, activists, academics, curious onlookers, and more for an exciting weekend! The conference will feature panel discussions on pressing topics in drug policy, interactive workshops, student poster presentations, social events and more. We are bringing together inspiring people to ask what are 'sensible' approaches to drug use? Why is it so daring to be sensible about drugs?
Drug policy reform has seen a number of challenges and successes at all levels during the past year. The federal government has again killed, then re-introduced legislation to implement mandatory minimum sentences for drug crimes. Medical Marijuana Compassion Clubs have been raided across the country, leaving patients scrambling. Canada's only safe injection site Insite continues to operate, but needle distribution and other harm reduction efforts are under attack in several small communities. The state of California, USA prepares to let the public decide on whether or not to 'Tax and Regulate' marijuana, while to the south a bloody drug war continues in Mexican communities. Despite or because of the war, Afghanistan has become the world's top producer of marijuana, while keeping opium crop levels as well. It is clear that the war on drugs continues to be a war on people around the world. We will brainstorm solutions and sensible ways to move forward on all of these issues.
Join us for this not-to-be-missed weekend! |
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July 22, 2010
Dear Hon. Ms. Leona Aglukkaq,
We are writing to you to express our frustration, anger, and sheer confusion over the Canadian government’s refusal to acknowledge and support the use of harm reduction strategies and policies as part of a national and international drug strategy. Originally, we were going to write to you to express the desire of young people across Canada and the world for you to sign the Vienna Declaration, a global call to reform drug policies to reflect scientific evidence on best practices to stop the AIDS epidemic. We then heard the statement from a Canadian official saying that the Vienna Declaration was inconsistent with the National Anti-Drug Strategy because of its inclusion of harm reduction services. We realized this letter had to address the root of the problem: the neglectful, irresponsible, socially damaging policy that is the National Anti-Drug Strategy. We have been and continue to be especially concerned about the removal of harm reduction as a pillar of drug policy, and the criminalization and stigmatization of drug users.
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We don't want a Russian UN drug czar! |
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The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) will be appointing a new head at the end of July. The current candidate is Yuri Fedotov from Russia, a country that openly ignores the evidence on successful drug policy and pushes drug users to the farest margins of Russian society through punitive policies. For more info see http://drogriporter.hu/en/fedotov
We don't want a Russian UN drug czar. Please click 'Read more' to view the letter CSSDP Board of Director Priya Shah wrote to Mr. Ban Ki Moon, Secretary General of the United Nations, to urge him to find a candidate that supports and encourages successful harm reduction strategies, that acknowdges the evidence on OST and other treatment programs, and that treats drugs and drug users primarily as a health issue, not a criminal issue.
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Click here to read the letter!
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