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Clearing the Smoke on Cannabis: Medical Use of Cannabis and Cannabinoids - An Update
Report
Reviews research on the effects of cannabis use on various aspects of human functioning and examines the research on the medical use of cannabis and …
Source : Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA)Format: PDF
Published: 2016
Topics: Legalization and policy approaches, Why people use substances, Substance-specific resources
COVID 19, Alcohol and Cannabis Use
Report
This report summarizes mechanisms through which COVID-19, alcohol, and cannabis use may influence one another reciprocally. COVID-19 may influence al…
Source : Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA)Format: PDF
Published: 2020
Topics: COVID-19 resources, Substance-specific resources
Finding Quality Addiction Care in Canada: Drug and Alcohol Treatment Guide
Guide
This guide provides information about the different treatment options that are available in Canada and important questions you should ask when talkin…
Source : Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA), Canadian Executive Council on AddictionsFormat: PDF
Published: 2017
Topics: Equity centered approaches, Treatment and harm reduction
Understanding Substance Use: A Health Promotion Perspective
Report
Rather than primarily seeking to protect people from disease or harm, health promotion seeks to enable people to increase control over their health w…
Source : Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research (CISUR), Here to Help BCFormat: PDF
Published: 2013
Topics: Anti-oppression, Promotion and communication
Mothering and Opioids: Addressing Stigma - Acting Collaboratively
Toolkit
Much is changing in the substance use and child welfare fields to bring forth approaches that are culturally safe, trauma-informed, harm reduction-or…
Source : Centre of Excellence for Women's Health (CEWH)Format: PDF
Published: 2019
Topics: Determinants of health, Stigma and stigma reduction, Substance-specific resources, Population-specific resources
New Terrain: Tools to Integrate Trauma and Gender Informed Responses into Substance Use Practice and Policy
Toolkit
Many individuals working in the substance use field are very interested in trauma, gender, and sex informed programs, initiatives, and projects and i…
Source : Centre of Excellence for Women's Health (CEWH)Format: PDF
Published: 2018
Topics: Determinants of health, Trauma - and violence - informed approaches and gender-informed responses, Population-specific resources
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
Opioid Mortality Surveillance Report: Analysis of Opioid-Related Deaths in Ontario July 2017-June 2018
Report
A report from the Ontario Drug Policy Research Network, the Office of the Chief Coroner for Ontario and Public Health Ontario that outlines the curre…
Source : Public Health Ontario (PHO)Format: PDF
Published: 2019
Topics: Provincial/Territorial and local data, Substance-specific resources
The EQUIP Equity Action Kit
Tool
The EQUIP Equity Action Kit (Action Kit) is designed to help guide organizations in diverse health and social service settings who want to implement …
Source : EQUIP Health CareFormat: Link
Published: 2022
Topics: Equity centered approaches, Planning for equity, Determinants of health, Challenging structural stigma
Q and A: Possession of small amounts of drugs to be decriminalized but not legalized in BC
Fact sheet/infographic
Beginning on Jan. 31, 2023, and lasting for a three year period of time, possession of small amounts of certain illegal drugs, such as opioids and …
Source : First Nations Health Authority (FNHA)Format: PDF
Published: 2022
Topics: Indigenous cultural safety, Legalization and policy approaches, Decriminalization, Population-specific resources