{"id":25495,"date":"2026-01-29T15:10:55","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T20:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/?post_type=blog22&#038;p=25495"},"modified":"2026-02-27T14:16:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T19:16:57","slug":"hard-time-for-harm-reduction","status":"publish","type":"blog22","link":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/hard-time-for-harm-reduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Hard Time for Harm Reduction"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Saving Supervised Consumption Sites &#8211; February 12, 2026<\/h5>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DiVxPj1a2XE?si=W5pTCN--tmPCwBER\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Resources that were shared in the chat during this webinar are available here:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health-infobase.canada.ca\/substance-related-harms\/opioids-stimulants\/\">Key findings: Opioid- and Stimulant-related Harms in Canada<\/a>, <em>Health Infobase<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/health-canada\/services\/substance-use\/supervised-consumption-sites\/explained.html\">Supervised consumption explained: types of sites and services<\/a>, <em>Health Canada<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vch.ca\/en\/service\/supervised-consumption-and-overdose-prevention-sites#overview\">Supervised Consumption and Overdose Prevention Sites<\/a>, <em>Vancouver Coastal Health<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/backgrounder-charter-challenge-to-the-community-care-and-recovery-act-2024\/?lang=en\">Backgrounder \u2013 Charter challenge to the Community Care and Recovery Act, 2024<\/a>, <em>HIV Legal Network<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hractoronto.net\/MoreInfo.html\">Impacts of Closing Supervised Consumption Sites<\/a>, <em>Harm Reduction Advocacy Collective<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/rapid-qa-on-the-community-care-and-recovery-act-2024\/?lang=en\">Rapid Q&amp;A on the \u201cCommunity Care and Recovery Act, 2024,\u201d<\/a> <em>HIV Legal Network<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aidq.org\/fr\/actualites-aidq-details\/notre-reponse-collective-au-projet-de-loi-103\">Notre r\u00e9ponse collective au projet de loi 103<\/a>, <em>AIDQ<\/em> (French only)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/overdue-for-a-change-full-report\/?lang=en\">Overdue for a Change: Scaling up Supervised Consumption Services in Canada<\/a>, <em>HIV Legal Network<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/scaling-up-supervised-consumption-services-what-has-changed-in-canada\/?lang=en\">Scaling Up Supervised Consumption Services: What Has Changed in Canada?<\/a>, <em>HIV Legal Network<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?si=9Om7S3w9uOLdKzJb&amp;v=-9wPMZ4S6cw&amp;feature=youtu.be\">Up in Smoke: Analyzing the risk of illicit drug exposure and the harms of exposure misinformation<\/a>, <em>Harm Reduction Nurses Association<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bchumanrights.ca\/resources\/publications\/publication\/toxic-drug-crisis\/\">A human rights-based approach to the toxic drug crisis<\/a>, <em>BC&#8217;s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oag.bc.ca\/bcs-toxic-drug-crisis-harm-reduction-programs\/\">B.C.\u2019s Toxic Drug Crisis: Implementation of Harm Reduction Programs<\/a>, <em>Office of the Auditor General B.C.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Perspectives on Prison Programs &#8211; February 24, 2026<\/h5>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zZJZUDdK_6U?si=BgqZuEalQHluUlns\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Resources that were shared in the chat during this webinar are available here:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/hard-time-for-harm-reduction\/?lang=en\">Hard Time for Harm Reduction<\/a>, <em>HIV Legal Network <\/em>(video of and links for Saving Safe Consumptions webinar)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pasan.org\/\"><em>PASAN<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/prisonjustice.org\/home\/\"><em>Prisoners&#8217; Legal Services &#8211; West Coast Prison Justice Society<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health-infobase.canada.ca\/substance-related-harms\/opioids-stimulants\/\">Key findings: Opioid- and Stimulant-related Harms in Canada<\/a>, <em>Health Infobase<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/hard-time-persists-healthcare-and-harm-reduction-in-canadas-prison-system\/?lang=en\">Hard Time Persists: Healthcare and Harm Reduction in Canada\u2019s Prison System<\/a>, <em>HIV Legal Network<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/urgent-concerns-regarding-cscs-recent-opioid-agonist-treatment-policy-changes-open-letter\/?lang=en\">Urgent Concerns Regarding CSC\u2019s Recent Opioid Agonist Treatment Policy Changes \u2013 Open Letter<\/a>, <em>HIV Legal Network<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/letter-to-csc-health-services-oat-policy-changes-october-1-2025\/?lang=en\">Letter to CSC Health Services OAT Policy Changes \u2013 October 1, 2025<\/a>, <em>HIV Legal Network<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/correctional-service\/programs\/offenders\/health-services\/opioid-agonist-treatment.html\">Opioid Agonist Treatment<\/a>, <em>Open Government<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","publication_topics":[],"publication_language":[],"class_list":["post-25495","blog22","type-blog22","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog22\/25495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog22"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/blog22"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"publication_topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication_topics?post=25495"},{"taxonomy":"publication_language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication_language?post=25495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}