04/05/2023
The National Day of Action on the Overdose Crisis virtual press conference will be happening on Thursday, April 6th, 2023 at 8 AM (PDT) | 9 AM (MDT) | 10 AM (CT) | 11 AM (EDT) | 12pm (ADT) | 12:30pm (NDT).
We are holding a live virtual press conference to allow the media to ask questions on why this topic is so important to our communities, as we have lost so many people needlessly. We demand urgent change to what people who use drugs describe as “government sanctioned genocide.” There has been little to no government attention to the unregulated drug supply that has become increasingly more contaminated in Canada, with devastating and deadly consequences: killing close to 35,000 loved people between January 2016 to September 2022. Intentionally ill-informed drug laws, policies, and criminalization of people who use drugs are what is killing us, not the act of drug use itself.
Join the Canadian Association of People who Use Drugs (CAPUD), Moms Stop the Harm (MSTH), Quebec Association for Drug User Health Promotion (AQPSUD) and various user groups from across the country. The National Day of Action on the Overdose Crisis virtual press conference will be happening on Thursd...