Kora DeBeck

(She/Her)
  • Professor, School of Public Policy; Dorothy Killam Fellow; CIHR Applied Public Health Chair, Simon Fraser University
A protester holds a sign during a rally in Victoria in April 2022. An average of 22 people are dying every day in Canada because the illicit supply of drugs is toxic. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

Drug prohibition is fuelling the overdose crisis: Regulating drugs is the way out

Regulating drugs may seem radical, but taking the production and sale of currently illegal drugs away from organized crime and drug cartels is the most promising way to keep our communities safe.

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