Legal, Policy, and Advocacy Issues

Shifting narratives to reduce stigma and promote reform.

Weighing the impacts of treating substance use as a crime vs. a health issue.

Calls for legalization, regulation, or new frameworks.

Addressing racial, Indigenous, and socioeconomic disparities in enforcement.

How resources are allocated between enforcement, harm reduction, and treatment.

AI surveillance, synthetic drugs, and adapting laws to new realities.

Protecting dignity, autonomy, and the right to health.

Lessons from Portugal, Switzerland, and global harm reduction leaders.

Debating coercion, consent, and effectiveness.

Drug courts, alternative sentencing, and rehabilitation pathways.