vancouver, Coast Salish Territory
Public Forum: Bad Trip
Canada’s Failed Drug Policy
7:00pm
Monday March 28 2011
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Why is it that most drugs are regulated within a public health system, but some drugs are set within a legal framework of criminal law?
What have been the impacts of drug prohibition on individuals, families, communities, and society as a whole?
Is our current drug policy (aka “the war on drugs”) an effective social policy, or does it produce more harm than the drugs themselves?
Are there alternatives to drug prohibition?
PANELISTS:
Mark Haden – Clinical Supervisor, Addiction Services, Vancouver Coastal Health; public educator on drugs and drug policy
Susan Boyd – Professor, Studies in Policy, University of Victoria; drug policy researcher, community activist, and author
Bud Osborn – Co-founder of Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users; poet and activist in the Downtown Eastside
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