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Snapshot: 3 Things to Know about iOAT
Fact sheet/infographic
In the four years between 2016 and 2019, more than 15,400 people died from opioid use, making it the most enduring public health crises in recent Can…
Source : Addictions & Mental Health Ontario (AMHO)Format: PDF
Published: 2021
Topics: Equity centered approaches, Best practices and guidelines, Substance-specific resources
Decriminalization Done Right: A Rights-Based Path for Drug Policy
Report
Punitive drug laws and policies purported to deter drug use have failed — and worse, they have done catastrophic harm. They have fueled deadly stigma…
Source : HIV Legal NetworkFormat: PDF
Published: 2021
Topics: Health promotion, Decriminalization
Supervised Consumption Services for Acute Care Hospital Patients
Academic article
Access to supervised consumption services is recommended across the treatment continuum for people with opioid use disorder. The hospital environment…
Source : Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ)Format: PDF
Published: 2020
Topics: Harm reduction, Supervised consumption sites
Supervised Consumption Services: The Basics
Academic article
Supervised consumption services (SCS) are an important health service designed to improve the health of people who use drugs. SCS are a core componen…
Source : WHY SCSFormat: PDF
Published: 2021
Topics: Harm reduction, Supervised consumption sites
Myths & Facts About Supervised Consumption Services
Fact sheet/infographic
Research shows that SCS can also help improve safety in the surrounding community, that they have no negative impacts on crime, and that they can hel…
Source : WHY SCSFormat: PDF
Published: 2021
Topics: Harm reduction, Supervised consumption sites
This is Not Home: Project Summary
Report
This summary report outlines research activities and results, and includes recommendations for improving low-barrier, gender-focused drop-ins and for…
Source : Homeless HubFormat: PDF
Published: 2021
Topics: Harm reduction, Housing, Determinants of health, Trauma - and violence - informed approaches and gender-informed responses, Population-specific resources
This is Not Home: Fast Facts
Fact sheet/infographic
This fact sheet describes barriers to housing and participant experiencies with housing and homelessness from This is Not Home (TINH) - a community-b…
Source : Homeless HubFormat: PDF
Published: 2021
Topics: Harm reduction, Housing, Determinants of health, Trauma - and violence - informed approaches and gender-informed responses, Population-specific resources
Overdose Prevention During a Pandemic
Report
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to present new challenges, historic, and systemic oppressors experienced by PWUD have only become more exacerbated…
Source : Canadian Association of People who Use Drugs (CAPUD), Dalhousie University Faculty of MedicineFormat: PDF
Published: 2021
Topics: Harm reduction, Background information on harm reduction
Sex, Gender & Cannabis: Pain and its Management
Fact sheet/infographic
This information sheet offers a snapshot of how sex, gender and equity-related factors influence the
health effects of cannabis. It can be used…
Format: PDF
Published: 2022
Topics: Population-specific resources, Substance-specific resources
Naloxone is Not Enough: Letters from the Heart of the Crisis
Report
The availability of naloxone as an emergency response intervention has been critical in saving lives. Modeling estimates that from January 2015 to Ma…
Source : BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC), Toward the HeartFormat: PDF
Published: 2021
Topics: Stigma and stigma reduction, Stories and perspectives, Harm reduction, Naloxone, Health promotion, Substance use policy
