THE FOLLOWING WAS SENT FROM THE DESK OF DPNC PRESIDENT GWEN LANDOLT Dear Colleagues, The harm reduction people appear to be endorsing a conference on children presented by The RCMP and the City of Stratford, Ontario (see attached). Their support of this conference may be due to the fact that I understand that they are very concerned about the UN convention on the Rights of the Child, which provides in

FROM THE DESK OF GWEN LANDOLT, DPNC PRESIDENT: Dear Colleagues, Attached for your information is an outline of a course on Harm Reduction (117 hours) offered at York University in Toronto. It’s purpose is to provide service providers, administrators and policy makers information on the principles of harm reduction and mobilize support for and developing harm reduction programs in communities and institutions. The National Harm Reduction Program Advisory Committee assisted

THIS ITEM COMES TO US FROM FROM DRUG FREE AMERICA AND THE INSTITUTE ON GLOBAL DRUG POLICY, THANKS TO DPNC MEMBER AL ARSENAULT. February 25, 2011 For Immediate Release For More Information Contact: Lana Beck (727) 828-0211 or (727) 403-7571 Anti-Drug Proponents Outraged By White House Redistributing Funding From Effective, Evidence-Based Drug Treatment for Dubious Needle Exchange Programs (St. Petersburg, FL) Last week, the Obama Administration decided to allow federal