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Interactive Opioid Tool: Opioid-Related Morbidity and Mortality in Ontario
Toolkit
The Interactive Opioid Tool allows users to explore the most recent opioid-related morbidity and mortality data including emergency department visits…
Source : Public Health Ontario (PHO)Format: Link
Published: 2021
Topics: Provincial/Territorial and local data, Substance-specific resources
A Framework for Action: Responding to the Overdose/Opioid Public Health Emergency for First Nations
Framework
A Framework for Action: Responding to the Overdose/Opioid Public Health Emergency for First Nations captures a system-wide response to slow and stop …
Source : First Nations Health Authority (FNHA)Format: PDF
Published: 2021
Topics: Harm reduction, Naloxone, Substance-specific resources, Population-specific resources
Supervised Consumption Services: Operational Guidance
Guide
These guidelines outline and address a range of questions and issues to consider when planning SCSs, as well as examples of existing facilities world…
Source : British Columbia Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU), British Columbia Ministry of HealthFormat: PDF
Published: 2017
Topics: Harm reduction, Supervised consumption sites
Safe Supply: What is It and What is Happening in Canada?
Background document
Many advocates, including people who use drugs, health care professionals, researchers, policy makers and politicians, argue that a “safe supply” of …
Source : CATIEFormat: Link
Published: 2021
Topics: Harm reduction, Safe supply
Implementing Supervised Injection Services
Guide
This nursing best practice guideline (BPG) is a comprehensive document that provides an overview of principles, resources, and structures for deliver…
Source : Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO)Format: PDF
Published: 2018
Topics: Harm reduction, Supervised consumption sites
Heroin Compassion Clubs: A Cooperative Model to Reduce Opioid Overdose Deaths & Disrupt Organized Crime's Role in Fentanyl, Money Laundering & Housing Unaffordability
Report
The causal relationship between drug prohibition and transnational organized crime’s growth is well known and has been clearly articulated, while all…
Source : British Columbia Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU)Format: PDF
Published: 2018
Topics: Harm reduction, Other approaches, Substance-specific resources
Looking beyond harm: Meaning and purpose of substance use in the lives of marginalized people who use drugs
Academic article
Participant narratives revealed four main themes regarding the role and function of drugs and drug use in their lives: (1) pain relief and management…
Source : Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy (Journal)Format: Link
Published: 2018
Topics: Legalization and policy approaches, Why people use substances
Toward a Shared Vision for Mental Health and Addiction Recovery and Well-Being: An Integrated Two-Continuum Model
Academic article
This paper examines the potential for harm reduction, as an alternative to an abstinence-only model of addiction recovery, to bridge the conceptual d…
Source : Journal of Recovery in Mental HealthFormat: PDF
Published: 2019
Topics: Equity centered approaches, Recovery and resilience
Cannabasics
Fact sheet/infographic
This information package is a set of fact sheets on cannabis for health and social service providers. It provides a basic overview of common cannabis…
Source : Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA)Format: PDF
Published: 2018
Topics: Legalization and policy approaches, Why people use substances, Harm reduction, Background information on harm reduction, Substance-specific resources
Harm Reduction Reports
Website
The BCCDC conducts research and evaluates provincial harm reduction programs.
Source : BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC)Format: Link
Published: 2021
Topics: Provincial/Territorial and local data