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Target organized drug crime. We are working with law and border enforcement partners across the country to address the role of organized crime in the production, diversion and trafficking of toxic illegal drugs. Our activities include: preventing cross-border movement of illegal drugs and precursor chemicals through on-going enforcement efforts
Oct 10, 2020 · Due to the current overdose crisis, the idea of creating a legally regulated and controlled source of substances for people who consume illegal drugs – often termed “safe supply” - is gaining attention, and is being implemented selectively in Canada as a response to COVID-19 (Uguen-Csenge, 2020).
- Scott E. Bernstein, Emily Amirkhani, Dan Werb, Donald MacPherson
- 10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.102949
- 2020
- Int J Drug Policy. 2020 Dec; 86: 102949.
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The international consensus reveals that harm reduction and progressive, public health-based drug policies save lives and improve community safety for all. They are solutions where everyone wins. Download PDF.
May 13, 2022 · Literature suggests that, although enforcement actions against traffickers and users of illicit drugs are not the only way to reduce the supply of illicit drugs and related crime, best practices are multidimensional and encompass suppression and formal and informal social control procedures in order to create safer and healthier communities.
The Government of Canada is working to decrease both the supply of and demand for illegal substances, reduce harms when they are used, and prevent drug dependance. The Government of Canada has been addressing substance use as a health issue first and foremost, while balancing public safety priorities.
May 6, 2021 · The Task Force was mindful of five core issues when making recommendations: stigma; disproportionate harms to populations experiencing structural inequity; harms from the illegal drug market; the financial burden on the health and criminal justice systems; and unaddressed underlying conditions.
A harm reduction approach must include measures to reduce the harm sometimes associated with various substances (legal or illegal), and also a commitment to end the harms produced by the existence and enforcement of punitive drug laws and policies.
