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Safe Supply: What is It and What is Happening in Canada?
Background document
Many advocates, including people who use drugs, health care professionals, researchers, policy makers and politicians, argue that a “safe supply” of …
Source : CATIEFormat: Link
Published: 2021
Topics: Harm reduction, Safe supply
Looking beyond harm: Meaning and purpose of substance use in the lives of marginalized people who use drugs
Academic article
Participant narratives revealed four main themes regarding the role and function of drugs and drug use in their lives: (1) pain relief and management…
Source : Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy (Journal)Format: Link
Published: 2018
Topics: Legalization and policy approaches, Why people use substances
Les données
Podcast
Les hôtes de la série, Lee Arbon, Amanda Deseure et Victoria Lewis, vous présentent les recherches de pointe et les tendances actuelles concernant le…
Source : Centre canadien sur les dépendances et l'usage de substancesFormat: Link
Published: 2019
Topics: Determinants of health, Stigma reduction, Anti-oppression, Promotion and communication
Harm Reduction Reports
Website
The BCCDC conducts research and evaluates provincial harm reduction programs.
Source : BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC)Format: Link
Published: 2021
Topics: Provincial/Territorial and local data
Beyond Cannabasics: A public health approach to cannabis for youth, emerging adults and seniors
Workshop materials
The Beyond Cannabasics workshop was developed in 2020 to expand on the concepts outlined in Cannabasics within the context of specific age groups. Th…
Source : Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA)Format: Link
Published: 2020
Topics: Background information, Implementing a public health approach to substance use, Harm reduction, Background information on harm reduction, Substance-specific resources, Population-specific resources
BC Peer Worker Training
Online learning module
The BC Peer Worker Training Curriculum is designed to deliver uniform educational resources that are accessible across the province, evidence-based, …
Source : Toward the HeartFormat: Link
Published: 2021
Topics: Stigma and stigma reduction, Stories and perspectives
Drug Policy and Racism: When it Comes to the War on Drugs, Abolition is the Only Option: End the War on Black Communities
Background document
For those of us involved in research, scholarship, or advocacy around the criminalization of drugs in Canada, the racial reckoning and expanding supp…
Source : Canadian Drug Policy Coalition (CDPC)Format: Link
Published: 2021
Topics: Determinants of health, Anti-racism, Health promotion, Decriminalization
Harm Reduction Fundamentals: A toolkit for Service Providers
Online learning module
There is a growing demand for harm reduction information by all types of organizations that provide services to people who use drugs in Canada. This …
Source : CATIEFormat: Link
Published: 2022
Topics: Harm reduction, Background information on harm reduction
Mothers Who Use Drugs: Closing the Gaps in Harm Reduction Response Amidst the Dual Epidemics of Overdose and Violence in a Canadian Urban Setting
Academic article
This study aims to identify key gaps in overdose prevention interventions for mothers who use drugs and the paradoxical impact of institutional …
Source : American Journal of Public Health (AJPH)Format: Link
Published: 2022
Topics: Harm reduction, Population-specific resources
Envisager des politiques alternatives en matière de drogues
Background document
De la prohibition jusqu’à la légalisation du marché libre, il existe un large éventail d’options de politiques pour contrôler la fourniture et la dis…
Source : Coalition canadienne des politiques sur les droguesFormat: Link
Published: 2020
Topics: Health promotion, Decriminalization, Legalization and regulation