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Why our drug policy is ‘inconsistent’ with all available evidence
It’s safe to assume most people have never heard of the “Vienna Declaration.” And that simple fact helps explain why public policies that fail — policies that do vastly more harm than good — can live...
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Ideology, not reality, drives Tories’ AIDS policy
Imagine if the federal government opposed a scientific statement seeking to improve community health and safety by calling for the incorporation of scientific evidence into health policies. People...
View ArticleVienna Declaration Urges Global Decriminalization of Drug Use
Medscape Medical News – More than 13,000 clinicians, researchers, and public policy experts have signed a declaration calling for the global decriminalization of drug use and the implementation of...
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Council supports harm-reduction strategy for drugs
Toronto Star – Toronto has become the first city in the world to endorse the Vienna Declaration, which advocates harm reduction over the law enforcement-driven war on drugs. City council voted 33-7 to...
View ArticleVictoria Council Endorses the Vienna Declaration, Supports Evidence-based...
Former RCMP Chief Superintendent, BC Health Officers Council Also Place Community Health and Safety Above the War on Drugs September 9, 2010 [Victoria, Canada] – Victoria City councillors will vote...
View ArticleToronto City Council Endorses Vienna Declaration and Calls for...
Canada’s Largest City the World’s First Municipality to Sign Declaration, Support Alternatives to the War on Drugs 26 August 2010 [Toronto, Canada] – Toronto City Council today voted to endorse the...
View ArticleCity of Vancouver supports international declaration calling for new approach...
November 18, 2010 [Vancouver, Canada] – Vancouver City Council today endorsed the Vienna Declaration, a scientific statement highlighting the failure of drug prohibition and calling for evidence-based...
View ArticleO…Canada: Canada flounders as global leader at 18th International AIDS...
The Strand – When HIV/AIDS first crept onto medical radar in the early 1980s, it was a mystery. Doctors from the U.S., France, Zaire, and Haiti noticed that patients, their immune systems overwhelmed,...
View ArticleSCIENTISTS OPPOSING THE DRUG WAR
International Centre for Science in Drug Policy | www.icsdp.org Why doctors, scientists, and others are speaking out against the so-called “war on drugs” by signing the Vienna Declaration. Featuring:...
View ArticleA TURNING POINT IN THE DRUG DEBATE
International Centre for Science in Drug Policy | www.icsdp.org Policy analysts, policy makers, advocates, and scientists share their endorsements and perspectives on the pursuit of evidence-based...
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