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Harm reduction advocates hope high court will 'clarify' Canada's 'Good Samaritan' law

The exterior of a large grey building with a green roof. It's the Supreme Court of Canada. Canada's parliament can be seen in the distance.

Vancouver lawyer DJ Larkin said the Good Samaritan law is supposed to immunize people from arrest for calling for help for those experiencing an overdose, and a coalition of drug policy groups is intervening in the case to provide the court with a "path" to clarify the law's public health purpose.



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