Canada BC health officials lukewarm on cannabis as harm reduction Amid a grim and growing number of overdose deaths, experts say that evidence is clear and compelling for cannabis as a harm-reduction tool Natalia Buendia CalvilloMarch 5, 2021
Canada Vancouver Cannabis Substitution Project assumes ‘Doobie Van’ operations Founder Neil Magnuson says his harm-reduction society won't give up — even after being raided and evicted from its storefront Michelle GamageNovember 21, 2020
News Canadian cannabis laws kick Vancouver harm-reduction project to the curb Despite backing from researchers and city officials, The Serious Hope Society was given seven days to leave its storefront by a judge last Friday Michelle GamageOctober 28, 2020
Enforcement Illicit ‘life-saving’ Vancouver dispensary at risk of shutdown The Serious Hope Society is asking Ottawa for an exemption from federal cannabis law. Its landlord and city staff might shutter it before one... Michelle GamageOctober 8, 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
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