A missed opportunity? Cannabis legalization and reparations in Canada

J. VALLERIANI ; J. LAVALLEY ; R. MCNEIL | 2018
Dans Canadian Journal of Public Health (Vol.109, n°5-6, December 2018) Article : Périodique

ENGLISH: As Canada moves towards the legalization of cannabis, the Cannabis Act itself remains void of any complementary social justice measures. Decades of criminalization for the possession, production, and sale of cannabis will remain unscat[...]

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"People need them or else they're going to take fentanyl and die": A qualitative study examining the 'problem' of prescription opioid diversion during an overdose epidemic

G. BARDWELL ; W. SMALL ; J. LAVALLEY ; R. MCNEIL ; T. KERR | 2021
Dans Social Science and Medicine (Vol.279, June 2021) Article : Périodique

The practice of prescription opioid (PO) diversion remains highly controversial and has been characterized as a source of significant drug-related harm by physicians and public health officials. We critically analyze the "problem" of diversion t[...]

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Women who use drugs: Engagement in practices of harm reduction care

T. AUSTIN ; J. LAVALLEY ; S. PARUSEL ; A. B. COLLINS ; M. OLDING ; J. BOYD | 2023
Dans Harm Reduction Journal (Vol.20, 2023) Article : Périodique

BACKGROUND: Harm reduction services that employ or are operated by people who use drugs are an effective means of mitigating overdose risks and other drug-related harms. However, stereotypes portraying people who use criminalized drugs as incapa[...]

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