Balancing Act: An All-of-Society Approach to Substance Use and Harms

Report
by
The Chief Medical Officer of Health of Ontario

Release Date

2023

Geography

Canada

Language of Resource

English

Full Text Available

Yes

Open Access / OK to Reproduce

No

Peer Reviewed

No

Objective

This report by the Chief Medical Officer of Health for Ontario identifies trends in substance use related harms (especially tobacco and alcohol).

Findings/Key points

Offers several recommendations for reducing the harms of substance use in general, and for Ontario to work with its partners to develop multi-pronged substance-specific strategies to reduce health threats for tobacco, cannabis, alcohol, and opioids.

Keywords

2SLGBTQI+
About PWUD
Harm reduction
Indigenous
Policy/Regulatory