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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

COVID-19 et fumer ou vapoter du cannabis : quatre choses à savoir

Report

Résume quatre faits importants connus sur la COVID-19 et ses possibles effets sur les personnes qui fument ou vapotent des produits du cannabis. Parm…

Source : Centre canadien sur les dépendances et l'usage de substances
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

Drug Use and Harm Reduction During COVID-19

Webinar

On Friday, May 8, 2020, EENet and the Ontario Harm Reduction Network presented a webinar titled, "Drug use and harm reduction during COVID-19." The o…

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

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

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

PHO Rounds: Opioid-related Toxicity Deaths and Health Services Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Webinar

This session will summarize the findings (up to the end of December 2020) from this analysis and discuss implications for planning and practice to re…

Source : Public Health Ontario (PHO)
Format: Audiovisual
Published: 2022
Topics: Provincial/Territorial and local data, Substance-specific resources, COVID-19 resources