Canada ‘It actually works’: Vancouver study shares stories of youth choosing weed over harder drugs Authors of the rare qualitative research say health services must incorporate evidence that cannabis can reduce more harmful substance use Nick LabaJuly 30, 2020
Canada Vancouver cannabis harm reduction project finds a home Activist Neil Magnuson operates outside the regulated market to offer low-barrier weed as an alternative to dangerous street drugs Michelle GamageJuly 28, 2020
Health and Safety Multiple barriers exist for people trying to access weed as a harm-reduction tool: study Cannabis is legal in Canada, but four main barriers block marginalized people from accessing the regulated market Michelle GamageMay 27, 2020
Canada DTES cannabis charity deemed essential during COVID-19 pandemic, not overdose crisis Cannabis Substitution Project founder Neil Magnuson says cannabis can be used to save lives during both of Vancouver's public health crises Michelle GamageApril 29, 2020
Enforcement Have fun without a hospital trip, says Safer Partying campaign Drug Policy Alliance calls for harm reduction over the holidays Michelle GamageDecember 27, 2019
Canada Can cannabis help reduce heroin use? Can cannabis ... is a new series where Mugglehead journalists investigate controversial claims about the uses of weed, in an effort to inform our... Michelle GamageNovember 29, 2019
Canada Cannabis is the overdose prevention tool we don’t use: symposium The Cannabis Science Symposium explored how weed could be used for harm reduction in the overdose crisis Michelle GamageNovember 25, 2019