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How Do I Know It's Serious? When to Seek Medical Care for Wounds
Poster
This new collection of posters and pocket-sized resources shares key harm reduction information on health concerns for people who use drugs, includin…
Source : CATIEFormat: PDF
Published: 2023
Topics: Harm reduction
Cannabasics: A Primer for Health and Social Service Providers
Document
The "Normalizing Conversations" project team is thrilled to introduce Cannabasics: A Primer for Health and Social Service Providers. This primer serv…
Source : Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA)Format: PDF
Published: 2023
Topics: Harm reduction, Why people use substances, Substance-specific resources
Protecting Our Communities: All Neighborhoods Need Health-Oriented Approaches to be Safe and Just
Toolkit
This Drug Policy Alliance toolkit is designed to help advocates understand recent trends in health, houselessness, crime, and enforcement and needed …
Source : Drug Policy AllianceFormat: PDF
Published: 2023
Topics: Determinants of health, Implementing a public health approach to substance use
Why women vape during pregnancy & postpartum: conversations starters for your practice
Guide
In this resource, we provide some context on vaping, and explore why women vape during pregnancy and postpartum and how you might start conversations…
Source : Centre of Excellence for Women's Health (CEWH)Format: PDF
Published: 2023
Topics: Why people use substances, Implementing a public health approach to substance use
The Cannabis & Psychosis Clinical Toolkit
Toolkit
In addition to the Lower-Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines for Psychosis (LRCUG-PSYCH), a suite of resources have been developed to support awareness, edu…
Source : Didier Jutras-Aswad Research LaboratoryFormat: Link
Published: 2024
Topics: Best practices and guidelines, Substance-specific resources
Vaping During Pregnancy & Postpartum
Report
We interviewed 22 women (and surveyed 111) who vaped during pregnancy to ask what they were wondering about. This resource offers responses to common…
Source : Centre of Excellence for Women's Health (CEWH)Format: PDF
Published: 2023
Topics: Why people use substances, Population-specific resources, Trauma - and violence - informed approaches and gender-informed responses
Imagine Safe Supply: Summary of Findings
Report
Imagine Safe Supply is a community-based research project that explores ideas about participation in safe supply. Between January and June of 2021, t…
Source : Canadian Drug Policy Coalition (CDPC)Format: PDF
Published: 2023
Topics: Harm reduction, Safe supply
Uncovering Substance Use-Related Stigma for Police Service Members and their Families
Webinar
When you speak openly about stigma and substance use, when you encourage a compassionate approach to people's substance use health, when Person-First…
Source : CAPSAFormat: Audiovisual
Published: 2021
Topics: Determinants of health, Stigma reduction, Best practices and implementation
Conversations of Substance with Guest Deirdre Freiheit
Podcast
The Conversations of Substance podcast series asks difficult questions and suggests multiple answers to complex issues around people’s health with re…
Source : CAPSAFormat: Audiovisual
Published: 2022
Topics: Harm reduction, Housing, Determinants of health, Trauma - and violence - informed approaches and gender-informed responses
Rate Your Organization: A Discussion Tool - Harm Reduction and Reducing Substance Use Stigma
Tool
Use this worksheet to assess your own organization, agency, or setting in terms of the 10 strategies below. The goal is to support dialogue and actio…
Source : CAPSA, EQUIP Health CareFormat: PDF
Published: 2022
Topics: Challenging structural stigma, Equity centered approaches