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Point-of-care community drug checking technologies: an insider look at the scientific principles and practical considerations
Academic article
Drug checking is increasingly being explored outside of festivals and events to be an ongoing service within communities, frequently integrated withi…
Source : Harm Reduction JournalFormat: Link
Published: 2023
Topics: Drug checking services
Drug Checking at Music Festivals: A How-To Guide
Guide
This guide is intended to help you start your own drug checking service and to suggest how drug checking may be integrated into a broader harm reduct…
Source : ANKORSFormat: PDF
Published: 2016
Topics: Harm reduction, Drug checking services
Evaluating Networked Drug Checking Services in Toronto, Ontario: Study Protocol and Rationale
Academic article
The aims of this study are to (1) evaluate the impact of DCS access on changes in and factors influencing overdose and related risk behaviours, (2) i…
Source : Harm Reduction JournalFormat: PDF
Published: 2020
Topics: Harm reduction, Drug checking services
Drug Checking as a Harm Reduction Intervention
Report
The present evidence review report provides a description and evaluation of existing drug-checking technologies and services in other countries with …
Source : British Columbia Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU)Format: PDF
Published: 2017
Topics: Harm reduction, Drug checking services
National Drug Alert System -Dashboard
Tool
Created through the St. John Ambulance Accidental Drug Poisoning Crisis – Community of Practice (ADPC-CoP) program, this nation-wide Drug Alert Syste…
Source : St. John Ambulance: Accidental Drug Poisoning CoPFormat: Link
Published: 2022
Topics: Harm reduction, Drug checking services
Community Urinalysis and Self-Report Project: Cross-Canada Report on the Use of Drugs from the Unregulated Supply, 2019-2021 Data
Report
Presents substance use trends and describes whether expected substance use matched actual substance contents. Data were collected from harm reduction…
Source : Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA)Format: Link
Published: 2022
Topics: Harm reduction, Drug checking services, Supervised consumption sites
Projet communautaire d’analyse d’urine et d’auto-évaluation : rapport pancanadien sur l’usage de drogues du marché non réglementé, données de 2019-2021
Report
Décrit les tendances dans l’usage de substances et évalue si l’usage de substances attendu correspond au contenu réel détecté. Des données ont été re…
Source : Centre canadien sur les dépendances et l'usage de substancesFormat: Link
Published: 2022
Topics: Harm reduction, Drug checking services, Supervised consumption sites
Evidence Brief: Drug Checking Services as a Harm Reduction Intervention
Academic article
An assessment of drug checking services guidelines and the effect of drug checking on drug use risk behaviour.
Source : Public Health Ontario (PHO)Format: PDF
Published: 2017
Topics: Harm reduction, Drug checking services