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PHO Rounds: Regional Harm Reduction Snapshots in Ontario and the Impact of COVID-19

Webinar

A 2022-2023 Public Health Ontario (PHO) Locally Driven Collaborative Projects (LDCP) team, is pleased to present the Harm Reduction and Opioid Harms …

Source : Ontario Drug Policy Research Network (ODPRN), Public Health Ontario (PHO)
Format: Audiovisual
Published: 2023
Topics: Harm reduction, COVID-19 resources

A Public Health Approach to Substance Use Framework

Framework

CPHA has been funded through Health Canada’s Substance Use and Addictions Program (SUAP) for a project titled “Normalizing Conversations: Engaging pu…

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

Alcohol Policy Package

Document

The Ontario Public Health Association (OPHA) is calling on all medical officers of health and boards of health to make reducing the population harms …

Source : Ontario Public Health Association
Format: PDF
Published: 2023
Topics: Substance use policy, Legalization and policy approaches, Substance-specific resources

Parler aux professionnel.les de la santé: Un guide pour les jeunes au Canada

Guide, Fact sheet/infographic

En 2023, l'ACSP et le CSSDP se sont associés pour créer cet outil à l'usage des jeunes consommateurs de drogues (YPWUD) lors de leurs interactions av…

Source : Étudiant.es Canadien.nes pour les Politiques Éclairées sur les Substances Psychoactives, Association canadienne de santé publique
Format: PDF
Published: 2023
Topics: Population-specific resources, Challenging structural stigma

Principles of Non-Police Response to Drug Use Concerns and Emergencies

Background document

We all care about the health and safety of our communities. Some of the top concerns we hear about include the overdose crisis, public homelessness a…

Source : Drug Policy Alliance
Format: PDF
Published: 2023
Topics: Substance use policy, Legalization and policy approaches

Supervised consumption sites Dashboard

Website

Data on supervised consumption sites in Canada, including the number of visits, client demographics, client safety, drugs used and overdoses.

Source : Government of Canada
Format: Link
Published: 2024
Topics: Supervised consumption sites, National data

Urgentes et attendues depuis trop longtemps : la réforme du droit en matière de drogues et la décriminalisation des drogues au Canada

Academic article

Les Lignes directrices internationales sur les droits de l’homme et les politiques en matière de drogues recommandent aux États de s’engager à adopte…

Source : Royal Society of Canada, FACETS
Format: Link
Published: 2024
Topics: Decriminalization

Urgent and Long Overdue: Legal Reform and Drug Decriminalization in Canada

Academic article

The International Guidelines on Human Rights and Drug Policy recommend that States commit to adopting a balanced, integrated, and human rights-based …

Source : Royal Society of Canada, FACETS
Format: Link
Published: 2024
Topics: Decriminalization

Organizational Assessment Tool for Substance Use and Stigma

Toolkit

This tool was developed in partnership with CAPSA to help organizations identify policies, along with environmental and cultural factors that contrib…

Source : CAPSA, Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA)
Format: PDF
Published: 2023
Topics: Challenging structural stigma, Determinants of health