Video produced by the Vermont Department of Health featuring Dr. Mark Depman. Part of a series End Addiction Stigma (2022).
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The Vermont Reimagining Drug Policy Conference is a one-day convening to examine the harms of existing criminal approaches to drug use and policies designed to strengthen systems of care & support.
Dr. Sarah Wakeman delivered the keynote address for the Vermont Reimagining Drug Policy conference on November 9, 2023, discussing the impacts of stigma on health, access to treatment and much more.
Federal Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Carolyn Bennett and her provincial counterpart, Sheila Malcolmson, announced that adults in British Columbia will be allowed to possess small amounts of some illicit drugs starting next year — a move that marks a dramatic shift in Canada's drug policy.
Interview of Maia Szalavitz is the author, most recently, of Undoing Drugs. Produced by Ed Baker and the Addiction Recovery Channel.
Panel discussion on Decriminalization and Public Health featuring Dr. Kimberly Sue, MD PHD (Assistant Professor of Medicine, Yale Program in Addiction Medicine, Yale School of Medicine) and Dr. Spruha Joshi, PhD, MPH (Research Scientist, Center for Opioid Epidemiology & Policy, NYU Langone Health). Recorded in March 2023.
Panel entitled “Declining to prosecute: The role of prosecutors in drug decriminalization and promoting public health” hosted by the Drug Policy Alliance in partnership with the Bloomberg American Health Initiative at Johns Hopkins University and Fair and Just Prosecution.
Presentation on drug decriminalization in Portugal and Oregon, produced by the Drug Policy Alliance and recorded in March 2023.
Denise Cullen, co-founder and board member of GRASP (Grief Recovery After a Substance Passing) and Broken No More, talks about the link between incarceration and overdose. Denise became an outspoken advocate for drug policy reform after losing her son, Jeff, to an overdose in 2008.
Overview of Oregon’s decriminalization law and progress in the first two years.
Quick video describing how the drug war has spread beyond the criminal system into education, employment, housing, and more. Produced by The Drug Policy Alliance.