Council Support for the Health-Based Approach to the Substance Use Act
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Cumberland Council has sent its support for MP Gord Johns’ private members Bill C-216, Health Based Approach to the Substance Use Act, and is encouraging other local governments in BC to do the same.
The Act would bring about the National Strategy on Substance Use Act that would
- address the harm associated with the criminalization of substance use;
- ensure that interventions are founded on evidence-based best practices and address the root causes of problematic substance use;
- ensure low-barrier access to a safe supply of medically regulated substances;
- provide universal access to recovery, treatment and harm reduction services for problematic substance use and substance use disorder, including overdose prevention services, relapse prevention services and supervised consumption sites and services;
- implement evidence-based prevention programs that address social and economic factors that contribute to problematic substance use; and
- reduce the stigma associated with substance use, including through outreach and public awareness programs.
Read Bill C-216 at first reading.
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