{"id":5253,"date":"2019-06-04T09:41:42","date_gmt":"2019-06-04T17:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drugpolicy.ca\/?p=5253\/"},"modified":"2019-11-09T10:07:31","modified_gmt":"2019-11-09T18:07:31","slug":"peter-wall-international-research-roundtable-designing-a-roadmap-for-canadas-drug-policy-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/backup.drugpolicy.ca\/fr\/peter-wall-international-research-roundtable-designing-a-roadmap-for-canadas-drug-policy-future\/","title":{"rendered":"A Roadmap for Canada\u2019s Drug Policy Future: The Peter Wall International Research Roundtable"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The first steps for systemic change are usually the hardest. But thanks to an international community of experts, including and especially those with lived expertise on the frontlines of Canada\u2019s drug policy crisis, we\u2019ve surmounted that hurdle.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last month, over 40 researchers, frontline advocates, policymakers, and other experts convened in Vancouver for the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies International Research Roundtable<\/a>. The end vision of our collaboration is at once simple and dauntingly complex: to realize legal regulation of drugs in Canada to stem the tide of fatalities crippling communities across the country and end the ongoing harms of prohibition. A regulated legal supply of drugs would mean a safer supply of drugs to those who use them, elimination of the toxic drug market controlled by organized crime groups, and financial resources to invest in people who need access to health, housing, and social services. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Peter Wall International Research Roundtable (April 2019)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We began this task by tapping into the collective expertise and wisdom of the people in the room, workshopping ideas, brainstorming solutions, and refining tactics that will bring us to our end goal. It was just a start, but critical if we are to realize the systemic change Canada needs, where principles of human rights and public health that are informed by evidence guide policy decisions\u2014not public sentiment and the moralization of behaviour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We as a collective began several important initiatives during our four days together:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n