{"id":18097,"date":"2019-09-16T18:07:36","date_gmt":"2019-09-16T22:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aidslaw.ca\/site\/?page_id=18097"},"modified":"2022-09-30T19:50:44","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T23:50:44","slug":"questions-to-ask-your-mp","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/drugs-and-harm-reduction\/questions-to-ask-your-mp\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Questions to Ask Your MP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0; padding-bottom: 0; line-height: 1px; border-bottom: 2px solid #fff;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/drugs-and-harm-reduction-tall-2022-2.jpg\" alt=\"Federal Election 2019 - Drugs adn Harm Reduction: How to speak to your MP about their plan to combat the opioid overdose crisis\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22087 size-full\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0;\" width=\"1140\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/drugs-and-harm-reduction-tall-2022-2.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/drugs-and-harm-reduction-tall-2022-2-300x79.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/drugs-and-harm-reduction-tall-2022-2-1024x269.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-accordion su-u-trim\">\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus resource-kit drugs-harm-reduction\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>Menu: Harm Reduction Advocacy Guide<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"..\/..\/drugs-and-harm-reduction\/?lang=en\">Information on the Opioid Crisis<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"..\/..\/drugs-and-harm-reduction\/key-facts\/?lang=en\">Key Facts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"..\/..\/drugs-and-harm-reduction\/questions-to-ask-your-mp\/?lang=en\">Questions to ask your MP<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"..\/..\/drugs-and-harm-reduction\/take-action\/?lang=en\">Take Action<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:10px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#ccc\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"..\/..\/drugs-and-harm-reduction\/definitions-and-sources\/?lang=en\">Definitions and Sources<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-spacer\" style=\"height:20px\"><\/div>\n<h1 class=\"drugs-harm-and-reduction\">Questions to Ask Your MP<\/h1>\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:30px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#ccc\"><\/div>\n<ol>\n<li>Supervised consumption and overdose prevention sites save lives and it\u2019s important to me that they remain in the community as a health service. <strong>Are you committed to sustaining, and to <em>scaling up<\/em>, the number of supervised consumption sites?<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Supervised consumption and overdose prevention sites provide a life-saving safe space for people who use drugs, and also provide many benefits for the community, including a reduction in HIV and hepatitis C transmission rates. Given the ongoing opioid overdose crisis currently killing our neighbours and loved ones, <strong>do you support more federal funding for supervised consumption sites, especially in regions where provincial governments are reluctant to fund them?<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The current system forces supervised consumption sites to apply (under an unnecessarily complicated process) every 1\u20133 years for a \u201cfederal exemption\u201d to operate without fear of being prosecuted. This puts a significant administrative strain on overburdened community organizations and undermines the response to the overdose crisis.\u00a0<strong>Will you streamline the application process for supervised consumption sites and remove the need for a case-by-case exemption? <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/dan-meyers-hluOJZjLVXc-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"Don't give up | You are not alone | You matter\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18251\" width=\"708\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/dan-meyers-hluOJZjLVXc-unsplash.jpg 708w, https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/dan-meyers-hluOJZjLVXc-unsplash-300x127.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 708px) 100vw, 708px\" \/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Questions to Ask Your MP Supervised consumption and overdose prevention sites save lives and it\u2019s important to me that they remain in the community as a health service. Are you committed to sustaining, and to scaling up, the number of supervised consumption sites? 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