Registered as a charity since 1986, the Canadian AIDS Society (CAS) is a national coalition of community-based AIDS organizations across Canada. We are dedicated to strengthening the response to HIV/AIDS across all sectors of society, and to enriching the lives of people and communities living with HIV/AIDS.
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Cannabis and HIV/AIDS Fact Sheet #1: The Medicinal Use of Cannabis
Publication date: 2006The first in a series of nine fact sheets about various aspects of cannabis and HIV/AIDS.
Executive Summary: Cannabis as Therapy for People Living with HIV/AIDS: “Our Right, Our Choice”
Publication date: 2006This executive summary provides an overview of a policy paper1 that outlines the barriers to access to the federal medical cannabis program, to a legal source of cannabis, and to adequate information and services.
Final Report: Cannabis as Therapy for People Living with HIV/AIDS: “Our Right, Our Choice”
Publication date: 2006The Canadian AIDS Society (CAS) received funding to study the barriers to access to cannabis for medicinal purposes for people living with HIV/AIDS. We conducted an extensive consultation of people living with HIV/AIDS from across Canada through focus groups and a...
Learning From Each Other: Enhancing Community-Based Harm Reduction Programs and Practices in Canada
Publication date: 2008Produced with the aim "to document and disseminate information on innovative and useful ways that harm reduction programs and practices are being offered in some of Canada's small to mid-sized cities, and some of the more effective ways that challenges to...