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Substance Use Patterns and Safer Supply Preferences Among People Who Use Drugs in British Columbia

Report

This report presents the findings of a multiyear study which aimed to understand the needs and preferences of people who use drugs from the illegal m…

Source : BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC)
Format: PDF
Published: 2023
Topics: Safe supply

Psychedelic Medicine: A Rapid Review of Therapeutic Applications and Implications for Future Research

Report

The field of psychedelic-assisted therapy has a rapidly growing evidence base, providing patients, clinicians and health system leaders with promise …

Source : Harm Reduction International (HRI)
Format: PDF
Published: 2022
Topics: Substance-specific resources, Implementing a public health approach to substance use

Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Addressing the Invisible and Older Faces of Canada’s Opioid Crisis

Report

As more attention is being paid to the opioid crisis in Canada, various responses have been launched in an attempt to curb some of these alarming tre…

Source : National Institute on Ageing
Format: PDF
Published: 2023
Topics: Why people use substances, Population-specific resources

Politiques prometteuses pour réduire les méfaits de l’alcool 

Background document

Ce document présente un survol des initiatives et des politiques porteuses en matière d'alcool choisies en fonction de critères précis, dont les suiv…

Source : Association pour la santé publique du Québec (ASPQ), Association canadienne de santé publique
Format: PDF
Published: 2023
Topics: Substance use policy, Substance-specific resources

Une première loi irlandaise de santé publique sur l’alcool : Une approche intersectorielle prometteuse 

Fact sheet/infographic

L'Association canadienne de santé publique (ACSP) est ravie de présenter une série de ressources très utiles élaborées par l'un de ses collaborateurs…

Source : Association pour la santé publique du Québec (ASPQ), Association canadienne de santé publique
Format: PDF
Published: 2023
Topics: Substance-specific resources, Implementing a public health approach to substance use, Substance use policy

Perspectives on a Public Health Approach | Findings from a National Survey & Tools for Future Work

Webinar

CPHA’s Normalizing Conversations project launched a survey in 2021 to learn how Canadian public health, public safety, and health and social service …

Source : Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA)
Format: Audiovisual
Published: 2023
Topics: Implementing a public health approach to substance use

Opioid Toxicity and Access to Treatment among Adolescents and Young Adults in Ontario

Report

The drug toxicity crisis is a growing public health issue among adolescents and young adults. Opioid-related emergency department (ED) visits and dea…

Source : Ontario Drug Policy Research Network (ODPRN), Public Health Ontario (PHO)
Format: PDF
Published: 2023
Topics: Treatment and harm reduction, Population-specific resources

Legal approaches to new psychoactive substances: First empirical findings

Academic article

The potential and de facto positive and negative effects of generic drug legislation have been described using an analysis based on documented evalua…

Source : European Addiction Research
Format: Link
Published: 2023
Topics: Legalization and policy approaches, Legalization and regulation

Plan d’action : Prévenir les méfaits liés à la consommation de substances chez les jeunes par une approche globale de la santé en milieu scolaire

Framework

  Le Plan d’action donne aux communautés scolaires des conseils qui les aideront à réfléchir différemment quant à la consommation de substances chez…

Source : Agence de la santé publique du Canada
Format: Link
Published: 2021
Topics: Best practices and implementation, Upstream interventions, Harm reduction, Other approaches, Equity centered approaches

Québec Guide to Improving Practices in the Management of Opioid Use Disorder (OUD)

Guide

The Québec Guide to Improving Practices in the Management of Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) is a publication of the Institut universitaire sur les dépenda…

Source : Équipe de soutien clinique et organisationnel en dépendance et itinérance (ESCODI), Institut universitaire sur les dépendances (IUD)
Format: Link
Published: 2020
Topics: Best practices and guidelines, Best practices and implementation, Treatment and harm reduction