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Understanding Regional Changes in Harm Reduction Services in Ontario Over the Covid-19 Pandemic

Report

The following report describes findings from a Public Health Ontario funded Locally Driven Collaborative Project that described regional changes to h…

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

Safer Opioid Supply: A Rapid Review of the Evidence

Report

Safer opioid supply (SOS) programs involve the provision of prescription pharmaceutical opioids (e.g., daily dispensed immediate release hydromorphon…

Source : Ontario Drug Policy Research Network (ODPRN)
Format: PDF
Published: 2023
Topics: Safe supply

Ontario Opioid Indicator Tool

Tool

The Ontario Opioid Indicator Tool provides public access to indicators of opioid use, opioid-related harms, and access to treatment and harm reductio…

Source : Ontario Drug Policy Research Network (ODPRN)
Format: Link
Published: 2023
Topics: Data collection tools, Provincial/Territorial and local data

Perspectives on a Public Health Approach | Findings from a National Survey & Tools for Future Work

Webinar

CPHA’s Normalizing Conversations project launched a survey in 2021 to learn how Canadian public health, public safety, and health and social service …

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

Mental Health Structural Stigma in Healthcare eLearning Course

Online learning module

Those experiencing mental health and substance use (MHSU) concerns face stigma in every aspect of their lives. No matter the context, be it personal …

Source : Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC)
Format: Link
Published: 2023
Topics: Challenging structural stigma

Human rights challenges in addressing and countering all aspects of the world drug problem - Report of the OHCHR

Report

The present report outlines human rights challenges in addressing and countering key aspects of the world drug problem. It also offers an overview of…

Source : Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC)
Format: PDF
Published: 2023
Topics: Harm reduction, Implementing a public health approach to substance use, Decriminalization

Moving away from the punitive paradigm: An analysis of the 2023 OHCHR report on drug policy

Document

In September 2023, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights released a landmark report on human rights in drug policy. Prepared at the request of th…

Source : International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC)
Format: PDF
Published: 2023
Topics: Advocacy, Determinants of health, Implementing a public health approach to substance use

National Operational Guidance for the Implementation of Supervised Consumption Services

Guide

Supervised consumption services are evidence-based and provide a safer environment where people can consume drugs with sterile equipment, access supp…

Source : Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Misuse (CRISM)
Format: PDF
Published: 2023
Topics: Best practices and implementation, Supervised consumption sites

Guidance on take-home naloxone distribution and use by community overdose responders in Canada

Academic article

The increasing toxicity of opioids in the unregulated drug market has led to escalating numbers of overdoses in Canada and worldwide; takehome naloxo…

Source : Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Misuse (CRISM), Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ)
Format: Link
Published: 2023
Topics: Naloxone, Harm reduction

TRACE V

Report

TRACE V is the continuation of the Teens Report on Adolescent Cannabis Experiences (TRACE) a qualitative research program that began in 2006. This st…

Source : University of British Columbia (UBC), University of Calgary
Format: PDF
Published: 2022
Topics: Harm reduction, Substance-specific resources, Population-specific resources