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Réforme de la loi sur le VIH : Chad Clarke et Colin Johnson discutent de la décriminalisation de la séropositivité

 2 juillet 2024 •  Par Chad Clarke et Colin Johnson

Fâché! Décu! Trahi! Confus! Inquiet! Voilà comment se sent chaque jour Chad Edward Clarke et pourtant, il demeure attaché à sa cause : changer la manière avec laquelle le système de justice canadien a répondu à la non-divulgation de la séropositivité en la criminalisant. Chad a récemment reçu le premier HIV is Not A Crime Leadership Award (prix du leadership Le VIH n’est pas un crime) de la Coalition canadienne pour réformer la criminalisation du VIH (CCRCV) et il livre son témoignage ci-dessous à l’un des membres de son comité directeur, Colin Johnson. Colin Johnson : Chad, je sais que vous avez...

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Spotting for people who use drugs: What, when and how

 10 décembre 2021 •  Par Melissa Perri and Nat Kaminski

With an increasingly poisoned drug supply and criminal laws that make the consumption of drugs more dangerous, people who use drugs rely on each other and their service providers to spot an overdose and get help as needed. But what if a person is using drugs on their own? This dilemma has become even more pronounced during the COVID-19 pandemic, as public health guidance has discouraged gatherings and promoted physical distancing.

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Splitting and sharing at overdose prevention and supervised consumption sites: What we learned

 29 juillet 2021 •  Par Nick Pineau, Sandra Ka Hon Chu, Corey Ranger, Matthew Bonn and Natasha Touesnard

In 2020, Health Canada started to hold consultation meetings with key stakeholders to review federal regulations governing overdose prevention sites (OPS) and supervised consumption sites (SCS). While multiple recommendations and suggestions were brought forward, one that was repeatedly identified by people who use drugs and other stakeholders as being of top concern was the inability to split and share drugs within OPS/SCS settings.

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Getting to zero? HIV criminalization and treatment adherence surveillance

 29 juillet 2019 •  Par Andrew Sorfleet

At the same time that federal Justice Minister, David Lametti—at a national symposium on HIV criminalization in Toronto organized by the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network—was announcing his Liberal Party platform for a new HIV law should they get re-elected this fall, David Bennett Hynd was being arrested and held in custody by police in Vancouver.

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Working to end the criminalization of HIV in Canada

 25 juin 2019 •  Par Alexander McClelland

On June 14, I travelled to Toronto to meet with leading activists, researchers and experts working to end the criminalization of HIV in Canada for the 8th Symposium on HIV, Law and Human Rights. Organized by the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, the annual forum for the past few years has focused solely on advocacy to end Canada’s position as a global leader in the criminalization of people living with HIV for alleged non-disclosure, exposure and transmission.

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