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COVID-19 and Cannabis Smoking and Vaping: Four Things You Should Know

Report

This report summarizes four important facts currently known about COVID-19 and how it can affect people who smoke or vape cannabis products.

Source : Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA)
Format: PDF
Published: 2020
Topics: COVID-19 resources, Substance-specific resources

How has COVID-19 Affected People Who Use Substances?

Video

Illegal drugs have become increasingly toxic and highly unpredictable during the COVID-19 pandemic. Toxic street drugs – combined with the unintended…

Source : First Nations Health Authority (FNHA)
Format: Audiovisual
Published: 2020
Topics: COVID-19 resources, Substance-specific resources

Supporting People Who Use Substances in Shelter Settings During the COVID-19 Pandemic: National Rapid Guidance

Guide

The purpose of this guidance document is to support organizations operating new or existing shelter settings in providing evidence-informed care for …

Source : Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Misuse (CRISM), Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Format: PDF
Published: 2020
Topics: COVID-19 resources, Harm reduction, Housing

How Ontario Harm Reduction Programs are Adapting to COVID-19

Background document

This note contains highlights shared by harm reduction frontline workers and program managers about how they are adapting programs and services in re…

Source : Ontario Harm Reduction Network (OHRN)
Format: PDF
Published: 2020
Topics: COVID-19 resources

How the COVID-19 Pandemic is Impacting People Who use Drugs

Background document

A note detailing information about the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on people who use drugs, using information from OHRN's network of 90 front-li…

Source : Ontario Harm Reduction Network (OHRN)
Format: PDF
Published: 2020
Topics: COVID-19 resources

The Ontario Overdose Crisis and the Impact of COVID-19

Webinar

Ontario, like other provinces in Canada, continues to face an escalating overdose crisis compounded by the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), whic…

Source : CATIE, Ontario Harm Reduction Network (OHRN), Ontario Harm Reduction Distribution Program
Format: Audiovisual
Published: 2020
Topics: COVID-19 resources

Supporting People Who Use Substances in Acute Care Settings During the COVID-19 Pandemic: National Rapid Guidance

Guide

This document is one of a series of six national guidance documents, rapidly developed by the CRISM network at the request of the Government of Canad…

Source : Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Misuse (CRISM)
Format: PDF
Published: 2021
Topics: COVID-19 resources

Motivational Interviewing Strategies to Promote COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence among PWUD

Video

As the COVID-19 pandemic evolves, People Who Use Drugs (PWUD) may continue to be at greater risk for COVID-19 infection and complications due to soci…

Source : Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Misuse (CRISM), Canadian Association of People who Use Drugs (CAPUD)
Format: Audiovisual
Published: 2023
Topics: COVID-19 resources, Health promotion

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 resources

Implications of COVID-19 Webinar Series

Webinar

CCSA’s new webinar series explores the implications of COVID-19 on public health, highlighting work in the area of substance use and COVID-19 across …

Source : Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA)
Format: Link
Published: 2020
Topics: COVID-19 resources