The Coalition of Peers Dismantling the Drug War (CPDDW) believes that the current rate of overdose death is solely caused by the ramifications of the regime of prohibition and the ongoing war on the poor.
Their goal is to change policy and empower people who use drugs, both by filling systemic gaps in healthcare provision, and through long-term systems change. CPDDW seeks to reclaim knowledge has been stolen from drug users and then used by the Canadian Healthcare System in inadequate and damaging ways.