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On the street, you can see the harm caused by drug laws
Like many other police officers, I have witnessed the tragedy of the HIV epidemic first hand. It is one thing to read the statistics demonstrating the connection between illicit drug use and HIV; it is...
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Council votes to endorse decriminalization of drug use
Toronto City Council voted to endorse the Vienna Declaration on Thursday, raising a loud voice against the war on drugs. “The war against drugs has failed,” said city councillor Kyle Rae, who brought...
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Toronto formally endorses harm reduction on drug use
Toronto has become the first city in the world – and the first government in North America – to formally endorse a declaration that advocates harm reduction over the war on drugs. The Vienna...
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The rising trend against the war on drugs
Toronto this week became the first city in the world to formally endorse the Vienna Declaration that states that war-on-drugs-style prohibitions are a costly failure, denounces the “severe negative...
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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...
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Victoria supports drug declaration
Victoria is now the second city in Canada, after Toronto, to officially back the Vienna Declaration, which calls for governments to ease up on strict law enforcement and instead develop drug policies...
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June 21, 2011 [Red Deer, Canada] - On Monday, June 13, 2011, Red Deer City Council voted in favour of signing the Vienna Declaration, a statement seeking to improve community health and safety by...
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