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"There is a Place": Impacts of Managed Alcohol Programs for People Experiencing Severe Alcohol Dependence and Homelessness
Academic article
Managed alcohol programs (MAPs) are harm reduction interventions that aim to reduce the harms of severe alcohol use, poverty and homelessness. The au…
Source : Harm Reduction JournalFormat: PDF
Published: 2019
Topics: Harm reduction, Managed alcohol programs, Substance-specific resources
Moving Toward a Recovery-Oriented System of Care: A Resource for Service Providers and Decision Makers
Report
This report presents ways that Canada can move towards a recovery-oriented system of care, based on six guiding principles for recovery, the findings…
Source : Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA)Format: PDF
Published: 2017
Topics: Treatment and recovery, Recovery and resilience
Clearing the Smoke on Cannabis: Respiratory and Cardiovascular Effects of Cannabis Smoking
Report
This report reviews research about the effects of smoking cannabis on the cardiovascular and respiratory systems (heart and lungs). Findings of the r…
Source : Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA)Format: PDF
Published: 2020
Topics: Understanding substance use, Spectrum of substance use, Substance-specific resources
Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on People Who Use Substances: What We Heard
Report
This report summarizes consultations with people who use or have used substances, their families and friends, harm reduction workers and people provi…
Source : Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA)Format: PDF
Published: 2020
Topics: COVID-19, Featured COVID-19 resources
Drug Policy and Harm Reduction
Policy
This policy brief outlines facts and figures and priorities for action related to HIV/AIDS and harm reduction and drug policy.
Source : Canadian Drug Policy Coalition (CDPC), HIV Legal NetworkFormat: PDF
Published: 2016
Topics: Policy, decision-making and legal approaches, Substance use policy
Creating a Climate for Change
Guide
In 2016, FNHA carried out an extensive initiative to support health service staff in achieving the collective goal of culturally safe health services…
Source : First Nations Health Authority (FNHA)Format: PDF
Published: 2016
Topics: Equity and anti-oppressive approaches, Indigenous cultural safety, Population-specific resources
Determining the Features of Managed Alcohol Programs: Rapid Synthesis
Academic article
There are growing concerns globally of the health and social harms caused by alcohol. This rapid synthesis synthesizes the best available evidence on…
Source : McMaster Health ForumFormat: PDF
Published: 2019
Topics: Harm reduction, Managed alcohol programs, Substance-specific resources
Methamphetamine Webinar Series - Part 2: Working With and Supporting People Who Use Methamphetamine
Webinar
The purpose of this webinar is to learn the signs of overdose and how to respond, examine behaviours associated with methamphetamine use and strategi…
Source : Ontario Harm Reduction Network (OHRN)Format: Link
Published: 2018
Topics: Lived and living experience of substance use, Best practices and engagement toolkits, Substance-specific resources
Evidence Brief: Evidence on Rescue Breathing or Chest Compressions in Local Naloxone Programs
Academic article
An assessment of conventional vs. compression-only CPR resuscitation for cardiac and non-cardiac arrest.
Source : Public Health Ontario (PHO)Format: PDF
Published: 2017
Topics: Harm reduction, Naloxone, Substance-specific resources
Lessons Learned from the Opioid Crisis Across the Pillars of the Canadian Drugs and Substances Strategy
Academic article
This review examines responses to the opioid crisis thus far, the lessons learned from these initiatives and the knowledge gaps that still need to be…
Source : Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy (Journal)Format: PDF
Published: 2019
Topics: A public health approach, How to implement a public health approach to substance use, Substance-specific resources