UBC experts on decriminalization of hard drugs in B.C.

The federal and B.C. governments have announced today that possession of small amounts of hard drugs will be decriminalized in B.C. UBC experts are available to comment.

Mark Haden
Adjunct Professor, School of Population and Public Health
Cell: 778-873-1424
Email: mark@markhaden.com
Interview language(s): English

• Drug policy, illegal drugs, regulation of illegal drugs, addiction, opioids

Dr. Thomas Kerr
Professor and Head, Division of Social Medicine
Director of Reseach, BC Centre on Substance Use
Interview language(s): English

• Drug policy, harm reduction, addiction, illicit drug use, peer-driven interventions, needle exchanges, supervised injecting

*Please contact Kevin Hollett at 778-918-1537 for interview requests

Prof. Benjamin Perrin
Professor, Peter A. Allard School of Law
Cell: 604-671-2939
Email: perrin@allard.ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English

• Criminal law, author of Overdose: Heartbreak and Hope in Canada’s Opioid Crisis